Somer Sharp
Welcome to Mrs. Sharp's Website!
I graduated from James Madison University in 2014 with a Masters of Arts in Teaching.
I am currently in my third year of teaching First Grade at Bessie Weller Elementary School.
Before Bessie, I taught English at Laibin Lijing International Bilingual School in China for a year.
I also directed and instructed at a summer theatre camp for six years.
I love working with children, encouraging them to love learning, and to let curosity be their teacher.
Special Skills
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Education
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STEAM lesson creation & implementation
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Special Education & IEP experience
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Behavior Plan creation & implementation
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ELL experience
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Language
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Conversational Mandarin
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Technology
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Google trained
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Class Dojo
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Prezi Presentation
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Powtoons Cartoon Generator
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Wix Website Design
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Garage Band Music Editor/Creator
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iMovie video Editor/Creator
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Photoshop Image Editor
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iPads, SmartBoards, & Windows TouchBoards
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Arts
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Singing
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Dancing
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Acting
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Guitar
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Painting
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Sketching
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Play Writing
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Wood Burning
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Choreographing
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Work Experience
Teaching English in China
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For eight months in 2014 I moved to China and taught English as a second language to students, ages 2-9.
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I worked from an ESL curriculum when teaching the primary school students, and I was able to create my own lessons for the preschool and kindergarteners.
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I choreographed several dances for the students to perform in school programs.
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During this time I also studied Chinese and am now conversational in Mandarin.
Teaching at Bessie Weller Elementary
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I am in my third year of teaching first grade at a city school in Staunton, Virginia.
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My curriculum is shaped around the Virginia SOLs, but I like to ensure I am teaching to the student's life experience and not to the tests.
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I run my classroom predominently in a learning station rotation format. I often incorporate a teacher-led station, an independent game station, and a technology station.
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Most of my curriculum is integrated cross-curricularly with an overarching theme for the week.
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I have experience with many first grade virginia assessments: VA PALs literacy assessment, Diebels WPM assessment, Informal Decoding Inventory, and math benchmarks.
Running a Summer Theatre Camp
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For three years I was the Hurrah Players Summer Theatre Camp Coordinator.
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We had three two-week sessions each summer, with about 100 students per session.
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I would oversee all camp activities which include: dance, vocals, and acting classes, along with putting on a one act show with each age group.
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In addition to coordinating camp, I directed the youngest age group's one act show.