Welcome to Our Classroom

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Welcome to Our Classroom
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• Education is not the filling of a pail, but the
  lighting of a fire.
• W. B. Yeats

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About your teacher

• Married 22 years to Tom.
• Children Ben, 14 and Laura, 11.
• Love traveling, movies, singing and learning new
  things.

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Professional Experience

• 13 years of elementary teaching
• experience in kindergarten , first,
• 2nd and 4th grade.
• 2 years of university teaching
• at TWU and UNT.
• Doctorate in Literacy Education.

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• Mrs. Philips
• then and now

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Professional Learning Goal this Year

• To learn more about the impact of teacher
  decision-making on student writing processes.
• Research to be presented at
• American Education Research Association
  Conference
• in Chicago, April 2014.

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Communication

• The best way to communicate with me is through
  email _at_ sphilips_at_dentonisd.org
• My conference time is
• Phone numbers

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Lunch and Special Areas

• Lunch TBA
• Special Areas TBA
• Mon. -
• Tues.
• Wed.
• Thursday -
• Friday -

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Classroom Wish List

• Dry erase markers.
• Post-its. (medium and large size)
• Spray air freshener for bathroom
• Items for treasure box
• Recycled kids meal toys.
• Pencil top erasers, etc.

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• Lets make it a great year!!!