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Erica Miller
email: erica.miller@prepclasses.orgErica has a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Texas A&M University. She has taught both elementary school and preschool, along with homeschooling a couple of her children. She is very excited to join the Prep Team! Her son attends Prep Classes, and she already knows what an amazing place it is.
Erica and her husband, Travis, have been married nearly 20 years. They have four children—a high schooler, a middle schooler, an elementary schooler, and a preschooler! She has had the important job of stay-at-home mom during these years.
In her spare time, Erica and her family love to camp. On weekends, you can usually find them pulling their camper to a Texas State Park. Erica enjoys chaperoning her high schooler’s color guard dance competitions. She is also trying her hand at being a very beginner ukulele player.
Erica would love to have you join her for a wonderful year in English Class!
Teacher's Classes
Tuition: $495 per year, or $55/month for 9 months (September – May)
Supply Fee: $60 due by August 1, 2022, non-refundable
This course will focus on literature, writing and grammar. We will read some great novels, write some amazing things and learn and review grammar along the way! English 5 is a teacher & parent partnership, and I will need your help to make this year a great success for each student. Parents will be responsible for facilitating grammar homework, along with monitoring reading and writing projects.
Required curriculum, to be purchased by parents for the first day of class.
- Easy Grammar, Grade 5 Teacher’s Edition by Wanda Phillips. This will contain the homework for your child, along with grammar explanations for the parent, answer keys and tests.
https://www.christianbook.com/easy-grammar-grade-5-wanda-phillips/9780936981413/pd/981413?event=CPOF
- Structure and Style for Students, Year 1, Level A (Binder and Student Packet*) by The Institute for Excellence in Writing. This will be our main in-class curriculum. Utilizing curriculum from the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), students will learn a variety of stylistic techniques as they work through nine structures of writing including: note-taking & outlines, writing from notes, retelling narrative stories, summarizing references, writing from pictures, summarizing multiple references, inventive writing, formal essay models and formal critique. *This should only cost $35. There are more expensive options that include video streaming that are not needed for our class.
https://iew.com/shop/products/structure-and-style-students-year-1-level-binder-student-packet
- Portable Walls by The Institute for Excellence in Writing. “With Portable Walls students can create a writing station right at their desks. This tri-folder is packed with the Unit Models and several word lists, including prepositions, strong verbs, substitutes for said, and more!”
https://iew.com/shop/products/portable-walls%E2%84%A2-structure-and-style%C2%AE-students
- Novels (Please feel free to shop around and/or purchase used copies.)
The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
The Tanglewoods’ Secret by Patricia St. John
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
Other important info:
2022-2023 Mandatory Parent/Student PREP Classes Orientation: Tuesday, August 16, 2022. 5:45-9:00 pm @ Cypress Bible Church Gym. Please see the PREP website for additional details.
Tuition can be payed by check or Venmo @ Mrs-Erica-Rae. Monthly tuition is due the first class of each month. Late tuition will incur a late fee of $10. For students who drop the class after September 30, three month's tuition will be required as a drop fee. For students who drop the class after December 15, tuition for the remainder of the year will be required as a drop fee.
Additional Supplies: Students will need notebook paper, a folder with pockets and pencils or erasable pens. Pilot FriXion pens are great!
It’s going to be a great year in English 5!!
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Tuition: $495 per year, or $55/month for 9 months (September – May).
Supply Fee: $60 due by August 1, 2022, non-refundable.
This course will focus on literature, writing and grammar. We will read some great novels, write some amazing things and learn and review grammar along the way! English 6 is a teacher & parent partnership, and I will need your help to make this year a great success for each student. Parents will be responsible for facilitating grammar homework, along with monitoring reading and writing projects.
Required curriculum, to be purchased by parents for the first day of class.
- Easy Grammar, Grade 6 Teacher's Edition by Wanda Phillips. This will contain the homework for your child, along with grammar explanations for the parent, answer keys and tests.
- Structure and Style for Students, Year 1, Level B (Binder and Student Packet*) by The Institute for Excellence in Writing. This will be our main in-class curriculum. Utilizing curriculum from the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), students will learn a variety of stylistic techniques as they work through nine structures of writing including: note-taking & outlines, writing from notes, retelling narrative stories, summarizing references, writing from pictures, summarizing multiple references, inventive writing, formal essay models and formal critique. *This should only cost $35. There are more expensive options that include video streaming that are not needed for our class.
https://iew.com/shop/products/structure-and-style-students-year-1-level-b-binder-student-packet
- Portable Walls by The Institute for Excellence in Writing. “With Portable Walls students can create a writing station right at their desks. This tri-folder is packed with the Unit Models and several word lists, including prepositions, strong verbs, substitutes for said, and more! https://iew.com/shop/products/portable-walls%E2%84%A2-structure-and-style%C2%AE-students
- Novels (Please feel free to shop around and/or purchase used copies.)
Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime by Janet & Geoff Benge
Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
That Quail, Robert by Margaret A. Stranger
Other important info:
2022-2023 Mandatory Parent/Student PREP Classes Orientation: Tuesday, August 16, 2022. 5:45-9:00 pm @ Cypress Bible Church Gym. Please see the PREP website for additional details.
Tuition can be payed by check or Venmo @ Mrs-Erica-Rae. Monthly tuition is due the first class of each month. Late tuition will incur a late fee of $10. For students who drop the class after September 30, three month's tuition will be required as a drop fee. For students who drop the class after December 15, tuition for the remainder of the year will be required as a drop fee.
Additional Supplies: Students will need notebook paper, a folder with pockets and pencils or erasable pens. Pilot FriXion pens are great!
It’s going to be a great year in English 6!!
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