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I find that I am somewhat of a digital native. I do remember having a computer at a very young age. I also am surrounded with different types of digital devices in my everyday life and school. I'm usually the one that people go to to "fix" different technology "things" at school. My device of choice is Apple. I find that it is easier and something that I am able to navigate through.  


I am a 7^th grade teacher at Woonsocket middle school. Our website is: http://woonsocketmiddleschool.weebly.com

Our  7^th grade team has our own website:

 team72.weebly.com  . 

To access student grades you may go to www.gradebookwizard.com . 

A great resource for ESL students is http://www.colorincolorado.org . 

This website is great for teachers and parents that want to enhance the learning for their ESL students.

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 In my classroom I use edmodo!

The link to my profile is: https://www.edmodo.com/home#/profile/20337448 . A unit that the students do in my classroom is Persuasion. To help students with the idea of persuasion, we do a unit on products and commercials. The students create a product and then create a script and commercial to sell their product. Here are a few that we did.  

A little about me...

I was never the best student growing up. I always got okay grades, but I was more interested in having fun then worrying about school. The irony in my choices is that I always wanted to be a teacher. I have been teaching for 10 years and I could not imagine doing anything else.

I grew up in Coventry and graduated from Coventry High School in 1999. From HS, I went to the Community College of Rhode Island and later transferred to Rhode Island College. In 2004, I graduated with a B.A in English. Directly after graduating from RIC, I went through the teacher certification program at Providence College and received my certificate in Secondary Education/Middle School English. I am currently working on my Masters degree in English as a Second Language and will be officially done this summer.

For my 1st teaching job, I took a job at the Hillside Alternative Program in Woonsocket (not really knowing what I was getting into). I truly believe that I gained ALL my patience and “bag of tricks” in behavior management from teaching there. After that experience, I subbed and taught in a few districts however, being that I was always at the bottom of the seniority list, I was always the first to be let go… and the cycle continued.

I am currently entering my 7th year at Woonsocket Middle School. For 3 years, I have been teaching 7th grade ESL (and I love it). I taught 7^th and 8^th grade English. My other “specialties” include the WMS yearbook of which I have done for the past 5 years.

In my free time, I am a competitive cheerleading coach. I have been coaching for 12 years for various high schools and all-star teams in the state. For the past 5 years, I have been the head coach at North Smithfield high school. If I don’t already do enough, I am the mom of two girls, Madison and Makayla. Madison is 4 years old and Makayla is 11 months old.  I am married to my husband Brian. We have been married for almost 3 years. We live in my husbands hometown of Pawtucket, with hopes of buying our first home in the next year.