My name is Denise Orem and this is my seventh year of teaching at Whitney Elementary. I taught first grade for four years and am currently in my third year of second grade. I have a wonderful husband and a beautiful daughter who was 18 months old in September. My class is participating in the Accelerated Reading program.
Students choose books that are on their reading range to read.
Once they read the book, they go to the computer and test on it. Students receive points based on how well they did on the test. Each month the students get to spend their points at the school store. We also have an assembly that recognizes the students when they reach a certain point goal. In science, we learn about mammals, insects, reptiles, birds, amphibians, fish, and dinosaurs.