Teacher Feature #6: Mr. Pencek (Gifted & Talented Teacher)

What is your favorite subject? Science

What is your best memory from elementary school? Taking our 5th grade trip to Niagara Falls and having a fancy lunch in a rotating restaurant.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a biologist because I liked to study plants and animals.

What college did you go to? Hiram College (Ohio) and McDaniel College (Western Maryland)

What is your favorite children’s book or chapter book? I have always enjoyed reading Dr. Seuss for the rhyming patterns. 

What is your favorite website? NFL.com

What is your favorite (magic or lucky) number? 13 or 6

What is your favorite color? green

Where have you lived during your life? Dunkirk, NY (grew up there), Cleveland and Akron, OH, and Baltimore, MD

Teacher Feature #5: Mr. Gibbs (5th Grade Teacher)

What is your favorite subject? Social Studies

What is your best memory from elementary school? I protected my younger sister from everyone, but I required her to walk 500 feet behind me at all times because I was too cool to be seen with her in public.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? a shell collector living in a cave in Ocean City

What college did you go to? Towson State University and Johns Hopkins University

What is your favorite children’s book or chapter book? all of the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling

What is your favorite website? The Pittsburgh Steelers official website!

What is your favorite (magic or lucky) number? 7 (which happens to be Ben Roethlisberger’s uniform number)

What is your favorite color? blue and green

What is your favorite place to go for fun? The Home Depot

Our Book Fair is almost here! We’ll preview the books next week, and then students and parents can take home their favorites during our week of Parent/Teacher Conferences… but that’s not the best part!

This year’s Book Fair theme is Lights! Camera! BOOK FAIR! I have a feeling that some of your favorite authors and books will be stars at our Book Fair.

So, what a great book or author we should watch for at our Book Fair? What makes this book or author such a star to you?

Share your comments below.