Texas History

Teacher: Elaine McWhirter (Mrs. Coffee's niece)
               1902 San Joaquin
               Friendswood, TX 77546
               Phone: 281-993-9095
               E-mail: <ElaineJMcW@yahoo.com>

Bio: In 2002, I earned a Bachelors Degree from the University of Houston majoring in Communications/Broadcast Journalism. Shortly after graduation, I returned to college and received my Teaching Certificate. I have been teaching in the public school system for six years and have enjoyed every moment of my tenure. I've resided in the Pearland area for over 30 years, where I've met my husband and have had two beautiful children, ages 2 1/2 and 10 months. I've been blessed with the wonderful opportunity to be able to use my skills in the home school setting. I'm extremely excited to meet all the new faces in the upcoming school year and look forward to making special memories for both myself and your children.

Materials: folder (teacher will provide), zipper pocket to keep supplies in, pencil, stick glue, scissors, and crayons. The supplies will be stored in your child’s zipper pouch, and will be available for use during other courses, if need be.

Course Content: The curriculum is a unique newspaper format that contains valuable information about Texas history, geography, people, agriculture, industry, government, climate and much more. All reading will be required outside of class. This will allow time for our innovative “hands-on” lessons in class.

Expected amount of homework per week: Students will be required to do homework each week. They may be asked to do a reading, writing, or vocabulary activity, or a combination of all of these each week. The assignment will be given in written form in class each week.

I will send be sending “update” emails to keep parents informed of what we have learned in class.