Students are responsible for homework every night. One assignment you can absolutely count on is 15 minutes of reading each day. Students who receive math instruction for me have a 'Daily Math Journal' that we have started using every day. 'Morning Work' is glued on one side of the page and is the page we work on every day together. It is the model for the 'Homework' page that has been glued on the opposite side. Students can refer back to what we did together to independently answer a similar problem. Please DO NOT work ahead!!! The problems that are assigned will be highlighted. The 'Homework' page does not have to be completed at home. Students may finish these problems during homeroom, center time, or any other free time they may have.
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About Me...
My name is Jenna Hanfland, and I have an absolute passion for what I do! I graduated from Eastern IL University with honors from the special education department in 2001 with triple majors in special education, elementary education, and humanities. I am certified and endorsed in every academic area in special education and elementary education in grades Prekindergarten through 9th. I am also specially endorsed in the areas of learning disabilities and emotional/behavior disorders.
I began teaching in Chicago, IL in a self-contained classroom in a therapeutic program for teens with severe behavioral disorders. From there I moved on to teaching special education in co-teaching and small group settings in public schools, until I was hired by a high school to create and run their self-contained program for severe emotional disturbance. At this point, my husband was transferred to the Atlanta area, and I taught special education at Campbell Middle School. Although I loved teaching special education, the distance between the school and my home as well as starting to feel burned out led me to transfer to Acworth Intermediate as a regular education 5th grade teacher. I was teaching 5th grade for the last two years, and absolutely loved the refreshing view it gave me as to what is considered "normal" as well as the breather I needed. However, I was feeling the pull of special education again and was extremely fortunate that Mrs. Curran offered me the opportunity to teach Acworth's small group program.
Outside of school I am married and a mother to two wild animals, otherwise known as Alex and Tyler. Alex is in first grade at Baker, and Tyler is in preschool at Bright Future's. Both of my children have given me a unique perspective into regular and special education from a mother's point of view. Alex was born six weeks early and has tendencies for learning disabilities as well as certain physical developmental delays. Tyler has shown autistic tendencies since infanthood. You'll notice I won't use labels with my own or your children as they are kids, not disabilities walking around in kid bodies. Parenting my boys and working with their teachers has opened my eyes as to what an "educational team" REALLY should be.
