Mr. Gardner's Learning Room
Micro-School
98516
Help students maintain/advance proficiency in math and writing. Students will learn about their own creativity. Lessons will be engaging and challenging.
Program Details
Type of Program
Micro-School
Program Description
I offer creative math and creative writing enrichment for grades 4-6. I make my math and writing sessions engaging, interesting, and challenging. I do this in math with a wide variety of projects, puzzles, brainteasers, problems and critical thinking activities. MATH My goal is to help students maintain/advance their current level of math proficiency and to be supportive of the classroom teacher(s). WRITING Like the math, above, my creative writing sessions will engage, interest, and challenge students We will explore a wide variety of themes in prose and poetry. We’ll also cover the conventions: spelling, punctuation, grammar, and so forth. I taught elementary grades 4-6 for 42 years, I’ve taught math methods and content at Antioch U. in Seattle, and I’ve presented at national math conferences ACTIVITES: Math: Multi-step math problems Critical thinking activities Games Math projects Algorithms Writing: Exploring prose and poetry Writing prose and poetry Reading activities One-on-one writing help Conventions
Taught by Dave Gardner
Background Check Confirmed
35 yrs full-time elementary teaching, grades 4-6 7 yrs head teacher and mathematician-in-residence for Zeno Math 4 yrs teaching math methods and math content, Antioch Univ. Seattle 5 yrs volunteering one day a week at my local elementary school, teaching math to 4th/5th graders Presenter at local, regional and national math conferences Above all, i have a passion for these two subjects
Program Location Details
I'm in the Jubilee community on 41st NE in Lacey. Lacey is just north of Olympia, WA.