teaching portfolio

Linda Abdelhadi Teaching Portfolio

2006 – Present

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to

light the way for others. Author Unknown

Current Resume

Teaching CertificateLANGUAGE

ARTS

MATH

ART

Philosophy of Education

Letters of Recommendation

Middle School Mathematics

6th, 7th & 8th Grade

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7th Grade students playing a “Tug of War” review game on Percents

Teaching Math Should be FUN!

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MATH PICTIONARY!Students played a game of Geometry Math

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Learning about Area, Perimeter and Volume through ART!

I believe in Hands-on learning…Students learn better by being able to apply their knowledge and create artifacts!

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Relating Current Events to the Curriculum

Setting a purpose for learning and establishing real life connections helps students relate content area to real life situations.

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History in Math??? Learning Math through Mathematicians

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Patterns and Shapes…The ART of Tessellations

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Physics and Math! Egg DropStudents designed a basket and calculated whether their raw egg would withstand the fall!

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4th Grade ROCKS!!!

4th Graders try to defeat GRAVITY!!!

How many pennies can your straw house HOLD???

Hands-on experiments helps students better understand science concepts.

Electricity Did it light???

Building Blocks of Life! 4th Grade creates a

model cell

Mixtures and SolutionsCooperative Learning leads to remarkable DISCOVERIES!

Science and Writing

Students learned about adaptations and habitats and created their own animals

Vocabulary Fun! Reviewing our

vocabulary words through a word sort

game

Novel StudyDaily Writing Log

Tales of a Fourth Grade NothingBy: Judy Blume

Students reflected and made predictions throughout the novel.

Fruit PoetryStudents wrote a descriptive poem about fruits using their 5 senses

Cinderella - A Thematic Unit

4th grade explored Cinderella stories from all over the world. Students were able to compare and contrast the stories, and created their own picture book.

Student Samples

The Cinderella Play…Exploring Drama and

TheaterStudents participated in a

live theater production.

Integrating the Arts into the

Reading Curriculum.

The United States of America

State Project… Students wrote a Report on a state, created and ABC picture book, and made a clay sculpture representing something from that state

Sample Report

Time, Speed, Distance and Weight – Paper

AirplaneStudents used their math skills to calculate the distance the paper planes traveled and the time it took. They made predications prior to launching them as to which one will make it there first/farthest and why.

Bulletin Boards

ArtGrades K-8

Newspaper ArtStudents used recycled newspaper to make sculptures

Graduate

A bowl of Cereal with a spoon

Football Stadium

Leaf Animal Art Students used various leaf shapes and colors to create animal art

Owl Turkey

Bottle Art

Students used plastic bottles to create sculpture

Making PaperStudents made paper and constructed a collage book

Scratch ArtStudents used scratch art to reveal color pictures!

CeramicsStudents created pinch pots, pottery and plaques using clay. They also glazed their pieces

Still Life DrawingStudent Learned about various artists and different techniques and implemented their styles in their work

Other Art Projects

Pumpkins

Crayon shavings

Colors (Stained Glass Affect)

Tie Dye Shirts

Name Design

My Personal Art WorkMedia includes Stained Glass, Mold Making, Ceramics, Wheel Throwing, Painting,

Graphite and Charcoal drawing

Thank you

The art of teaching is the art of assisting

discovery.  Mark Van Doren