ALL ABOUT...ROOM 4x4!

Mrs. Monica Hamlin
Third Grade Enthusiast
Phone: 586-493-5640
Email: hamlimo@lc-ps.org

  Education
       My teaching degree was started at Eastern Michigan University and completed at Wayne State University!  I have completed a Master's Thesis in Bilingual/Bilcultural Education at Wayne State and am currently working on professional development in writing.  My personal goal is to one day author a children's book.
Field Experience
       This is my 13th year as a teacher and my 13th year in the district.  I began my career developing and teaching a Spanish program at St. Scholastica in Detroit.  I have taught kindergarten through eighth grade.  In L'Anse Creuse, I was the Elementary Spanish Teacher for Tenniswood and South River.  I have also looped two groups of third and fourth graders here at Tenniswood that are now sophmores in high school!  I currently teach 3rd and 4th grade.   I love the diversity that my career has brought to me.  My motto is "You bring 'em, I'll teach 'em!"
Fast Facts
     My husband and I are the proud parents of two girls, Olivia and Ava.  Olivia is 9 and Ava is 7.  Cooper is our family dog's name.  He is a beagle mix and is almost 2!  My passions include reading, exercising, acting and listening to music!  Teaching for me is like water to a duck.  I couldn't imagine doing anything else!  

FASQ: ( Frequently Asked Student Questions)

Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Flower: The Daisy
Favorite Kid Author: Judy Blume
Favorite "Big Kid" Author: Karen Kingsbury
Favorite Subject: Writing
Hardest Subject: Math (I still like it though)
Favorite Hamlin Quote:
"Shut 'em down, clean 'em up, bring 'em back home!'
Interesting Fact:
I won $50.00 from a teaching magazine for one of my teaching strategies, the "Two hand wiggle, point to your speaker, hands in your lap!"

FUN CLASSROOM ROUTINES- 

• SILENT SIGNAL
• TWO HAND WIGGLE
• SHUT 'EM DOWN, CLEAN 'EM UP, BRING 'EM BACK HOME
• FOLLOW THE LEADER
• RUBBERBAND THEORY