I have been a fourth-grade teacher in Brookfield, CT for the past 14 years. Before that I taught 5th grade for three years in the Bronx. I love teaching to a whole class and joking around with the lessons (so long as we meet the lesson objective), but I find the most rewarding part of teaching is working in a small group or one-on-one. I like to talk with students about the material to get their thoughts out in the open. Usually,before they realize it, they have given a lucid and in-depth a...