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** ESL at [|Pauline J. Petway Elementary School, Vineland, New Jersey (USA)] **
 * Welcome to Wonderful Petway Patriots! **

About me:

**My name is Mrs. Mills.** I am an avid ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher at Pauline J. Petway Elementary School in Vineland, NJ (USA).I have started working for Vineland Public Schools in 2005 as a Middle School ESL teacher at [|Landis Intermediate School]. In 2006 I worked at [|Dane Barse Elementary School] as a Collaborative 3rd and 4th grade Teacher, from 2007 to 2014 I worked as an Elementary School ESL teacher at [|Dr. J. H. Winslow Elementary School]. Finally, in 2014 I started working as an ESL teacher at [|Pauline J. Petway Elementary School]. I have also worked as a substitute teacher in Bridgeton Public Schools 2004-2005. I grew up in north-east part of the Czech Republic - quite close to Poland borderline - in a bilingual family. I attended a bilingual elementary school (and high school) where everything was taught in Polish and Czech. Communistic regime of those times forced us to study another language - Russian - so starting 5th grade, I had started studying another language. In Europe languages are a necessity therefore beginning my high school years, more languages have been added to the list: German and Latin. Finally in 1991, after the decline of Communism, we were allowed to drop Russian and focus on any language of our own choice. Yes, this is when I started studying English at full speed. After graduating high school, I studied Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Palacký University of Olomouc, Czech Republic where I was awarded Bc. in English in 1999, and M. Ed. in English and Education in 2003.I have taught English as a Foreign Language at ZS Skolska (Elementary school) in Karvina (1995-2001) and later on as a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language to students with an aptitude for foreign languages at ZS Borovskeho (Elementary school) in Karvina (2001-2003). The events in my personal life led me to the USA in 2003 as a "Modern Pilgrim", and in 2007 I have become a brand new and proud citizen of the United States of America. media type="youtube" key="frLEB-qAC_M" width="560" height="315"

There are currently _25_ ELL students at our school. They are a bunch of awesome kiddos from all over the world. Click on the link below to check out our map and see where we are from. **PETWAY ESL [|MAP]**



Getting Started

 * Click on the pages corresponding to your grade to find resources
 * The resources contain some worksheets I have made myself, online resources for teachers and students such as game websites, worksheet generators, videos etc. All these I have collected and used over the period of my teaching. I hope you find them very valuable.
 * we are using Spotlight on English by Santillana:

media type="youtube" key="4s0BK4UlKZ8" width="420" height="315" Learning English is essential to succeed in school. Teachers are faced with the challenge of helping students who come from other countries to learn English quickly. See how Spotlight on English empowers teachers with the tools they need to teach not only English, but also the grade level academic vocabulary needed for Math, Science, Social Studies, Art and Music classes. "Santillana Spotlight on English: Success in school and beyond" by [|SantillanaUSA] on Aug 18, 2010 - video from www.youtube.com


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Contact me:

 * email
 * 1115 Lincoln Ave, Vineland, NJ 08361
 * Telephone: (856) 362-8855
 * Fax: (856)-362-8981