I retired from the United States Navy 1 June 2003, after serving for thirty years and a couple of days. My goal was to teach middle school social studies and I brought into all the hype that I could get hired to teach on a temporary certificate. At that time I had never heard the term highly qualified and it took me a while to figure out what it meant. Once I did, I realized that I would never teach social studies unless I became highly qualified in that field. So I decided to become highly qualified reading teacher instead. The day school started this year I was offered a reading position at Brentwood MS, mainly because I had completed six of the ten reading courses required to get a K-12 five year Reading certificate. I start my day off with an eighth grade double block level I&II’s. The rest of my day is spent teaching level III’s and above seventh and eighth graders. I also tutor twice a week as a UWF SES reading instructor. On the busiest day of the year to travel, my wife and I decided that was a good day to go to California to see our granddaughter for Christmas. Will never do that again, after leaving Pensacola at 8 am, we finally go to our hotel room in Lemoore at about 2 am. We had a good visit and were happy to arrive back in P-cola after an uneventful day of travel. I spent the rest of the break working on lesson plans to help my students get ready for the FCAT coming up in a couple of months.

My pages:

Comprehending Metaphorical Language

Readability

Charles Read

Orthography

My Commentarys:

Vironica and Elizabeth Context 3/28/07

Phonemic Awareness Studies 1990s 2/18/07

Vanessa Avis 2/18/06 Phonemic Awareness Studies 1980's

Cynthia Boles & Deborah Lousie 2/18/07 Phonemic Awareness Studies 1970s

Carolyn Morin 2/4/2007 Word Sorts

Kelly Murphy 2/4/2007 Word Walls

Christy Nobles 2/4/2007 Past tense affix(for sorting)