My name is Pam Eilers and I am pleased to serve Commerce Middle School as the 8th Grade ELAR teacher. My teaching experience includes elementary, middle school, and high school business and technology. Prior to my years in teaching, I served Texas A&M University-Commerce in Institutional Advancement as the assistant to the vice president.
Learning by creating is my favorite part of being a teacher. It would be impossible to list or display all of the student projects that have filled my heart with pride. Below you will find a few of my favorite experiences from being a teacher. |
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Yucky Day In First Grade
Here I am with my favorite teacher...no, not myself, Mrs. Angie. Mrs. Angie is a great teacher, always open to new ideas, always willing to tackle difficult concepts with the kids, inspire daily, laugh frequently, and repeat until summer provides a short reprieve.
As adults we take basic words, sounds, and spelling patterns for granted. All of those words with the "ew" sound are no big deal, right. Imagine you are back in the first grade and you have to decode the sounds and then determine how to properly spell all of those words. You have about seven different spelling patterns to choose from, how do you know which one to use?
The concept of Yucky Week was born so we could engage the kids every moment to help them succeed with a tough unit. It also provided an opportunity to tie-in cross-curricular activities with a special "trash to treasure" recycling unit, citizenship with lessons on environmental stewardship and conservation in our community, technology with the "Yuckies" ipad app, and creating and writing about their own personal "yucky" character that they designed and created. The big finale at the end of the week was a special dress-up day where we wore our ugliest clothes, disheveled hair, and applied cocoa powder for a little "fake dirt". Of course the other teachers were aware of our unit so they would stop by and say "ew" to help reinforce our vowel spelling pattern for the week. However, we got some odd looks from the secondary students who didn't know about our yucky plans.
The concept of Yucky Week was born so we could engage the kids every moment to help them succeed with a tough unit. It also provided an opportunity to tie-in cross-curricular activities with a special "trash to treasure" recycling unit, citizenship with lessons on environmental stewardship and conservation in our community, technology with the "Yuckies" ipad app, and creating and writing about their own personal "yucky" character that they designed and created. The big finale at the end of the week was a special dress-up day where we wore our ugliest clothes, disheveled hair, and applied cocoa powder for a little "fake dirt". Of course the other teachers were aware of our unit so they would stop by and say "ew" to help reinforce our vowel spelling pattern for the week. However, we got some odd looks from the secondary students who didn't know about our yucky plans.
My First Class
This is my first class at Campbell, 26 in all, even though they all aren't shown. This group of kids really opened my eyes to how unique each child truly is, each with their on set of strengths and weaknesses, each with individual learning needs, and personalities traits. We truly must teach the whole child! I have a million fond moments from this year but my favorite is when one little girl told me, "I just know that I was born to read books." Few accomplishments have provided me with as great of satisfaction as facilitating her reading and watch her love for reading grow over that year.
This is my first class at Campbell, 26 in all, even though they all aren't shown. This group of kids really opened my eyes to how unique each child truly is, each with their on set of strengths and weaknesses, each with individual learning needs, and personalities traits. We truly must teach the whole child! I have a million fond moments from this year but my favorite is when one little girl told me, "I just know that I was born to read books." Few accomplishments have provided me with as great of satisfaction as facilitating her reading and watch her love for reading grow over that year.