My name is Caitlin Nowell. (You might hear the kids or other staff members refer to me as Ms. Q or Caitlin Quandt. I just got married in November, and transitioning to a new name is still in the works.) I am a 2012 Corps member, and your Model Classroom Teacher this summer. I will be teaching and modeling 8th Grade ELA.
Background Information:
I'm originally from Tullahoma, Tennessee, and graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (GO VOLS!) in 2012. I joined the corps right out of college and began teaching 7th grade Social Studies at Cameron Middle School. My second year in the corps, I taught 8th grade Social Studies. Like I said, I just got married in November, and my dog is my puppy child. Seriously, she is. If you are a dog lover and miss your dog back home, you can love on Scout any time. :)
She is the cutest, cuddliest, sweetest dog of all time.
You know you just fell in love....
In my classroom, I had a huge focus on Literacy in the Content Areas and ran my classroom more like a Humanities model (History taught through ELA Common Core Standards). I saw HUGE growth in my kids and ended up with the highest SS scores my school has ever seen. It was not because I was awesome. It was because I supported literacy in a meaningful way, and the SS TCAP has a huge focus on reading comprehension. So, if you are someone who is teaching middle school ELA OR SS I have TONS of resources that you can draw from to present texts to your kids and make them like it.
This summer, I will be posting different strategies that can be used both in your ELA classes and your SS classes in the Fall. If you have any questions at all during or after institute, please don't hesitate to ask me!
Best,
Caitlin Nowell
caitlin.quandt@gmail.com
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