About Mrs. Brizendine
National Board Certified Teacher - Early Adolescent English/Language Arts
5th Grade Teacher - Language Arts, Math, and Social Studies
English Curriculum and Instructional Resource Teacher (CIRT)
Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School
7130 Leesburg Pike
Room 301
Falls Church, VA
Hello! This school year I am teaching Fifth Grade. This will be the seventh year I have taught Fifth Grade, in addition to teaching Kindergarten, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Grades. (There are some combo classes in there!) Here's a few fun facts about me.
I am originally from a tiny town called Machias, Maine.
I attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York for my undergraduate degree (majoring in Sociology/Anthropology and Women's Studies) and San Diego State University in San Diego, California to get my teaching credentials in Elementary Education (K-8 self-contained and ESOL). I obtained my Master's Degree in The Social Foundations of Education at The University of Virginia.
I have earned teaching credentials in both Elementary Education and ESOL, teaching English Language Learners, using "sheltered" strategies.
Favorite Stuff
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Movies: Remember the Titans, Lady and the Tramp, and Liar Liar
Favorite Foods: sushi (spicy salmon and avocado roll in particular), bo luc lac (Vietnamese Steak), pho (Vietnamese noodle soup), Purely Decadent Soy Ice-Cream, Maine lobster , spaghetti with homemade sauce, pretty much any kind of cold breakfast cereal.
Favorite Sport:
I
love to play basketball and played from 3rd grade through college!
Favorite Hobby:
I
love to sing! (Do you know what "acappella" means?)
Check out my
college acappella group's website: The
Swinging 'Gates of Colgate University!
The Swinging 'Gates and my class when the 'Gates performed at FEPCS - Woodridge.
Click here to see the real "Teacher's Pet"
Putting this website together has been a lot of fun; I hope you enjoy it!