Meet Miss Zuhl of Team *STAR*

Welcome to the fall 2010-2100 school year!

My name is Miss Katherine Zuhl and I will be teaching social studies to your students this year. In order for you to get to know me a little better, I am going to tell you about myself. I graduated from Ashland University in May of 2011 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. I also have both the Reading and Middle Grades Generalist Endorsement. This is my first year of teaching, but I am really excited about the opportunity to work with your child throughout the year.

I have many exciting units, projects, and lessons planned for social studies this year. I plan on doing a variety of different projects, in order for the students to learn about the importance of history. I also have contacted a teacher in Germany, and the students will have the opportunity to be pen pals and talk on Skype with a German fifth grade class. I find it really important for students to interact with students their own age around the world and this is one way that we will be doing that. I also will have the students write thank you letters to the troops that our serving for our country, in order to acknowledge and thank them for all that they have done.

Since we are working in a team of four this year, we will be collaborating and talking with one another all of the time. We will meet with one another on a consistent basis in order to talk about what's going on in the classroom. I for one know that this is going to be a great year and I am looking forward to it.

Like we said earlier, please feel free to contact us at anytime. I know that I speak for all of the teachers when I say that, and we are happy to hear from you. We also would love to have your help throughout the year in order to help with various projects and events. Please contact us if you would be interested in this opportunity.

Please also feel free to e-mail me at kzuhl@ashland.edu if you have any questions or concerns.

I look forward to working with and playing an active role in your child's life throughout the year! I also forward to hopefully getting to know each of you!

Thanks and see you soon!!

Miss Zuhl