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Hoover Gr. 4 Teacher Featured in Scholastic Teacher Magazine

Scholastic article

Kerry Smith, a fourth-grade teacher at Hoover Elementary, was featured in an article in the fall edition of the national "Scholastic Teacher" magazine. The article shared a lesson stressing narrative elements which she has done with her students 

Smith was first introduced to the author of the article, Amy Mascott, through a friend. Mascott was looking for a different approach to teaching narrative elements. Mascott and Smith corresponded through email, whereby Smith shared one way she has taught narrative elements in the past that was very effective for her students. Mascott and her editor expressed to Smith that this lesson was the exact type of lesson they were looking for for a future publication.

You can read the article here:

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/18-19/grades-4-5-lessons-story-elements/