Teacher Interview

My teacher's name is Mrs. Pryzbilinski and she teaches second grade. She has been teaching for about 25 years if I remember correctly. She is an extremely organized person and knows what she wants and how she wants it. I admire that. She lets her students and parents know what is is they are going to be learning and how it is important. Each week she sends home a folder that tells what the students will be doing/learning each week. She has a list of jobs that are assigned to the students each week. She assigns homework every night, but never on friday. They clean the room every friday. She's very good with managing her time, another characteristic i admire. The second grade team (and I assume the rest of the school) feel very strongly about an integrated curriculum. They all have a general theme for a unit and integrate all of their subject areas around that particular theme. They do so throughout the year, or so it seems to my knowledge. For example, the theme right now is How do We get out food? (a farming theme). They choose trade books that go around farming, food products, etc. They choose their spelling words from the stories they read. They choose to not go strictly off of the basil but if it does apply or adapt to their present unit, they will include it. Mrs. Pryzbilinski prefers prefers to have her activities as a blended curriculum. She is a very well organized and trained teacher. She is an excellent example for us to observe and work with.