GENT E CALP
I joined CALP as a 4th grade teacher and
English Coordinator seven years ago.This is my
6th year teaching Kindergarten at “Los Pibes”.
I received my degree in Psychology from the
University of San Diego and later a K12 Bilingual
Teaching Credential. For more than 10 years
I worked at South Bay Union School District
teaching elementary school in San Diego.
In these years as an English Teacher I have had
the opportunity to experience the amazing ability
that my 5 year old students have in acquiring a
second language. Through song, dance, and
making learning fun, kinder students thrive!
A technique that we use daily in our classroom
to help learn our alphabet is ”Total Physical
Response” (TPR). We see the letter, we hear the
sound and name of the letter, as well as a body
movement or hand signal. This allows the student
to distinguish between subtle differences in
sounds, especially tricky short vowels!
I am very grateful toCALP for all their support,
my coworkers, and all my wonderful students, for
bringing so much joy, laughter and bright smiles
everyday!
BE CALP S EP T IEM
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Miss Kristen
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