2025-26 Morris County Teacher of the Year 4th Grade Teacher at Riverdale Public School

Joined November 2015
We played Boom, Clap, Cup as we reviewed our vocabulary. If they got the cup, they answered a vocabulary question for a point. In Math, scholars reasoned and calculated with a subtraction game.
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Today was the first day of Math Club- yay! I think it’s a good sign when kids are upset it’s over. Go math!
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The printing has begun! The scholars are learning to utilize Tinkercad. Their first task- create a rocket. Here are the first ones done.
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A little musical vocab to get us up and moving while practicing our words
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The students are trying to identify the factor on their card based on the product given and the factor they see. It also helps with our facts because the person giving the cards must state the product. Games practice so many skills!
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We reviewed character traits with Game of Games. If correct they could earn additional points with trashketball, balloon pop, or the whammy wheel.
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In math today students practiced calculating sums with a riddle hunt around the school. They also practiced reasoning with math Which Doesn’t Belong.
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Team Bingo and Headbands bring some fun to the classroom on a Friday.
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Thank you for an AMAZING assembly! 🎉 You flabbergasted us with your incredible tricks 🤯✨ and reminded us that kindness matters—even when it’s tough! 💙 What a fantastic message for our scholars! 🙌
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Reading, thinking, and challenging ourselves! 📚🧠 Students are digging into evidence by color-coding characters’ actions, words, and thoughts, while in math they’re building fluency through Addition Spoons and Target Number challenges.
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Practicing place value with a math mystery scavenger hunt and an escape room. Working on character traits and feelings with a matching activity, a read and search activity, and word art.
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The scholars voted, and this student won our class Respect Award. 👏👏👏
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Using books and shorts to analyze character traits/feelings + Playing math games and scavenger hunts= a great Friday
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Today, our scholars tackled character traits and place value through passages, board games, and fall-themed puzzles.
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Learning about Jackie Robinson while also working on character traits/feelings
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A quick glimpse into our day working on character traits, vocabulary, and math facts.
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School shouldn’t be stressful or boring, so we started the year with fun and games.
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Students are creating individual daily goals to help keep themselves on track.
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Marshmallow Challenge: They may not have all achieved the challenge; however, they did collaborate, problem-solve, and persevere.
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🎨 Our scholars got creative with Play-Doh! They created something that represents their summer or a little piece of who they are—and then put their ideas into words!
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