Patty Bonner
Faculty Facts
| Grades:
6-8
Subjects: Religion, Integrated Language Arts Total Years Teaching: 26 Years at Notre Dame: 20 |
Education
Elementary: St. Madeline High School: Cardinal O'Hara College: West Chester University |
Email: grade8@notredamedelourdes.net
Highlights for this year:
Writing assignments that run the gamut from Myths to Commercials to Poetry. A poetry Contest for grades 1-8.
~~ Grade 6 highlights include: Interactive copybooks, How-To's, "Holes" Unit, Caricatures, Reading
Rewards, Essay Contests
~~ Grade 7 highlights include: Interactive copybooks, Public
Service Videos, Storyboards, Poetry Readings, Survival Guides, Essay Contests
~~ Grade 8 highlights include: Wax Museum, Holocaust Unit, Grammar Board games,
Soundtracks of My Life, Poetry Critiques, Essay Contests
What would you like your students to take away from this year?
~ An understanding of the complexity of the brain
~ An awareness of how they learn best
~ What brain-based learning means
~ A renewed interest in reading and writing
Why did you become a teacher?
I decided in the 1st grade when I started school and I never changed my mind. It is what I always wanted to do!
What is your favorite lesson to teach?
Any writing lesson, especially poetry.
What is one thing your students don't know about you?
If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret anymore!