Friday, February 25, 2011

About

Thank you for visiting Funky First Grade Fun!  My name is Kimberly.  I am proud to be a mother, wife, speech-language pathologist and a teacher.  This is my family (Jeff, Marissa and Donavon).  I am so proud of my husband and my amazing kids.  We are truly blessed!


I've been teaching for 13 years.  My teaching experience includes school based speech-language therapy, young 5s, kindergarten, 1st grade and working as a literacy intervention specialist.  First grade is by far my favorite thing to teach! I feel super lucky to spend my days working with children.  There is nothing more rewarding than knowing that you have the chance to make a difference in the life of a child. 

I'm pretty sure that most people who know me would agree on a few things...
I work hard.
I have lots of opinions (that I'm not shy about sharing).
I believe that it's important to advocate for every child.
And... I talk way too much.  Ha!

I hope you will find something useful while you are here and that you'll stop by again soon! 
Posted by Kristen at 3:33 PM

6 comments:

  1. Hi Kimberly- I was checking out the blogs on the TpT site and found yours. I scrolled down and saw that your familiy visited Mackinaw Island- are you from Michigan? Although I am now a Teacher Consultant working with the RtI Initiative, I was a Speech Path for years in the schools and my job-life sounds a lot like yours. Fortunately I still get to work in first grade. If you get a chance, check out my store in TpT and see what you think. I'd love feedback from someone who's doing the same thing with the same age group. Julie
    http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Julie-Van-Alst

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  3. I heard from Maria Dismondy that you were also from MI. I teach in Bloomfield Hills. Where are you located? We should do a blogger meet up!

    Erin
    http://www.kleinspiration.com
    erinklein12@gmail.com

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    1. Oh my gracious! We are two in the same...I work hard, I'm opinionated and not shy, and I talk too much, too! I love it. I am definitely going to be frequenting your blog, it's fantastic!
      Cruz'n in First

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  5. You have some effective learning strategies. I like your bulletin board "Reading is Thinking" A great way to enforce comprehension.

    Tonya Simmons
    smartandsnazzykids.com

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