Sixth and Eighth (group B) Grade Spanish
Monica Wolff-Waldman - 6th and 8th (group B) Grade Spanish
Monica Wolff-Waldman grew up in Mexico City. She grew up speaking Spanish and also speaks 6 other languages. She got her Ph.D. 13 years ago in clinical Neuropsychology and a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University in psychiatric genetics but has to say that teaching is where her heart is now. She got married almost 9 years ago and she recently had twins, Ethan and Gabriela. She has been working as a teacher for 14 years now, 10 at the elementary level and 4 years here at ACMS.
Mrs. Waldman continues to combine psychology theories with education, which makes her classroom experience a very unique and special one. She feels confident in her knowledge of the curriculum for students and brings to the classroom an understanding of child development and effective methodologies to engage students in learning. With these skills she has been able to promote student inquiry, exploration and knowledge construction. It is her belief that it is important to give students many opportunities to pose questions, and utilize logic and reason to discover solutions with the goal of becoming confident problem solvers and learners. As a classroom teacher she has engaged students in hands-on experiences and empowered them to come to their own conclusions. This has helped her students to make connections between disciplines and to the world outside of the classroom. She believes this is how successful learning takes place.
She believes in the power of children and the awesome influence a teacher holds. She knows that she has created a child-centered learning environment enriched with a community-centered core and exploration of self.
Through songs, games, drama, art, and movement exercises our students learn to understand and communicate in Spanish. Science, math, and social studies are also included in our Spanish lessons.
She continues to improve each year, and values your input and suggestions to help build a strong Spanish program.
Mrs. Waldman hopes that she has an opportunity to meet you in the near future. Thank you for all your support! ¡Hasta luego!
Useful Links
Click HERE to visit Mrs. Waldman's Spanish Blog.