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Mrs. Marler

Biography

 Katherine L. Marler –
Wings Second Grade Teacher, 2009-10

This is my eighth year teaching in the WINGS program.  I have been an educator for over twenty-three years.  I received my Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Missouri State University, a Master’s Degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, as well as certifications in Middle School Education, Library Science Education, and Gifted Education.  My husband Bill,  serves as Senior Pastor of a local church, and teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at MSU.  We have three children:  Marissa, an English Teacher in Dallas, Texas; Brett, a Drury senior studying international and political studies; and Elizabeth, an IB junior enjoying volleyball, debate, and student government at Central.  My favorite things are big family celebrations and visits, traveling, hearing babies giggle,  jazzercising, biking, shopping, vocal / instrumental music, and crafts/decorating. I find special humor in the Peanuts Gang comic strip and enjoy bringing these characters into the classroom! 
I truly love serving families with gifted children, teaching and leading them to accomplish goals and follow dreams!

What a great year 2009/2010 will be!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Choat

Biography

Jonna Choat

This is my tenth year as a third grade teacher here at WINGS.  I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art and Psychology from Drury University with an emphasis in Education.  In 1986 I received a Master of Science degree in Art Therapy from Emporia State University in Kansas.  I completed my certification in Gifted Education in 1999.  In May of 2009 I completed my second Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Missouri State University. I have an 18 year old son, Brady, who is a freshman attending Drury University. I am actively involved in Boy Scouts and enjoy art, music, theatre, and scrapbooking. I especially enjoy traveling when I am not teaching.  I have had the opportunity to travel to Europe on more than one occasion; visiting Ireland, England, France & Italy.  I can’t wait to share my adventures with you.  I am looking forward to this year and hope to encourage and enthuse students to be life long learners.

Bring your imagination to WINGS!

 

Race Sponsor stock car

Doug Powell, NASCAR fan comes to tell about the origins of this competition
He also told about:

  • Famous races/racers
  • Science of the sport

March 15-18, 2010 -  523-3300                                  Mrs. Marler and Mrs. Choat
This Week in 3rd grade WINGS: 

Third grade students have been busy these past weeks with the following:
Greek/Latin:  annus, lithos, dormio, hypnos, geo, terra, dia, trans, helios, bonus. Review these with your children.  Students will be involved in a class competition in April.  
Thinking Skills:  The focus in Thinking Skills has been on Analytical Skills.  Students have studied and created “Plexers” and Analogies.  This past week we solved rebus puzzles and the studied the similarities with Plexer problems. In effort to support MAP skilsl, students recorded on an organizer their interpretation of the important events in the story Ravita and the Land of the Unknown Shadows.  Reflecting on the CCI data from this week, all students have achieved mastery in analogies!  Whoo Hoo!.
PGD:  Students have considered strategies for dealing with Perfectionism and Procrastination.  We continue to support students’ development of life skills by focusing on the positive character traits of individuals in their current Major Unit.
Major Unit: The two major units of “Off to the Races” and Expeditions-Explorations will end this next week.  “Off to the Races” teams will draw extempore cards to work into their skits they will present to the primary classes. “Expeditions-Explorations” will be walking to Phelps Grove Park to explore the navigational system known as GPS and reflecting in their journals incorporating first hand accounts of their exploration experiences.
NO WINGS for 3rd grade – 8th grade during the MAP testing weeks of March 29-April 8.  We fully support this testing window for our WINGS students in their home schools!


We're Off to the Races Major Unit:
This unit is a creative problem-solving unit based on multiple intelligences to study competitions and races. Students will be using this topic to also practice and acquire research and presentation skills as well as portray their knowledge gained from different races in the form of a team-written and performed skit. Some of the races included for study in this unit are: Olympics, NASCAR, Kentucky Derby, Iditarod, Tour de France and others.

This unit is a course of study designed to meet and challednge the needs of Primary gifted students. Their need to be exposed to varied subjects and concerns. Their need to explore issues related to the world community, and to heighten awareness of personal talents and ways to contribute to humanity.


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