Mrs. Haynes in 2nd Grade
St. Columban School 1970
I graduated from Miami University in 1985 with a Bachelor's degree in
Elementary Education. I received my Master's degree in Literacy and Reading
from Walden University in 2005. This is my 8th year teaching at Woodland
Elementary and my 4th year in 2nd grade. I came back to teaching after
staying home 9 years to raise my 3 children. When my youngest child reached
Kindergarten, I joined the staff here at Woodland, where my children have
gone to school! I live with my husband, Rick and my kids Jared, a freshman
at Miami University; Katy, a junior at Lakota East High School; and Emily, an
eighth grader at Hopewell Junior. We have a Yellow Lab named Jake, 2 cats
named Simba and Lucky, and a guinea pig named Carson Palmer. When I am not
teaching I enjoy reading, working on school projects, watching my kids play
sports, working out, Lakota East Thunderhawks football and volleyball,Thomas
More Saints football and family dinners and game night!
Glittery
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My Family during the History Vacation to Gettysburg, Washington
D.C., and Williamsburg last summer!
These are (quite) a few of my favorite things!
Favorite Color- periwinkle
Favorite Foods- chicken, pizza, seafood
Favorite Sweet- M & Ms...really, any chocolate! UNLESS it is Halloween and
then I love Gummy Hamburgers and Hot Dogs! They're awesome!!
Favorite Kids' Authors- Robert Munsch, Gail Gibbons, Cynthia Rylant
Favorite Book Series- Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, Pinky and Rex,
Capital Mysteries
Favorite Adult Authors- James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Nicholas Sparks
Favorite Restaurants- Putters, Montgomery Inn, Red Lobster
Favorite Sports- Football and Volleyball
Favorite Movies- High School Musical, Parent Trap, Remember the Titans, Hunt
for Red October
Favorite Holiday- Christmas
Favorite Drink- Coffee, Beans,& Brew! SF FF Thin Mint Latte!! YUMMY
Favorite TV Shows- 24, Grey's Anatomy, Gilmore Girls
Favorite Season- Fall
My mission is to enthusiastically empower my students with the
ability to believe in themselves and their individual gifts to be the best
person they can be, in and out of the classroom. I will foster a great sense
of community in my classroom with mutual respect that will lead to positive
choice making, risk-taking, problem solving, and ownership. I will lay a
foundation in the early years that will foster a desire and excitement for
learning that will stay with your child throughout his academic life
without the fear of failure or lack of acceptance. Through the use of
projects, hands-on activities, technology and cooperative learning, I will
do my part to encourage and motivate each of my students. My mission is to
guide my students to reach their fullest potential.
I BELIEVE.....
.....every child has the right to learn in an environment where they
feel safe.
.....children learn by making mistakes, therefore mistakes are to be
celebrated!
.....every child is smart, we just need to find their smartness.
.....all children need to learn to respect the likeness and differences
in one another.
.....that change is to be experienced!
.....children learn by example.
.....children learn by doing, messing up, and sharing.
.....children are wonderful!
.....that everyone learns by making mistakes, it is the environment of
the mistake that helps one learn.
WHAT DOES A TEACHER MAKE?
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a
CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, "What's a kid
going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to
become a teacher?"
He went on to tell the other dinner guests that he thought it was true what
they say about teachers - "Those who can: do. Those who can't: teach."
To corroborate his statements, he said to another guest, "You're a teacher,
Susan. What do you make?"
Susan, who had a reputation of honesty and frankness, replied, "You want to
know what I make?"
"I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+
feel like the Medal of Honor and an A- feel like a slap in the face if the
student did not do his or her very best."
"I can make parents tremble in fear when I call home."
"You want to know what I make?"
"I make kids wonder."
"I make them question."
"I make them think critically."
"I make them apologize and mean it."
"I make them write."
"I make them read, read, read."
"I make them spell "definitely and beautiful" over and over again, until
they will never misspell either one of those words again."
"I make them show all their work in math and hide it all on their final
drafts in Writing Workshop."
"I make them experience music and art and the joy in performance, so their
lives are rich, full of kindness and culture, and they take pride in
themselves and their accomplishments."
"I make them understand that if you have the brains, then follow your
heart...and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you pay
them no attention."
"You want to know what I make? - I make a difference."
"Now, what do you make?"
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