"Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get Messy"-Miss Frizzle
Ms. Nunamaker is native of New York State. She was born and raised in the Buffalo, NY area. As a young girl, she would often play school and her brother would be one of her students. As an elementary student, her favorite author was Judy Blume. She is a graduate of Lockport High School. She graduated from Buffalo State College. After graduation, Ms. Nunamaker moved to Orlando, Florida. She taught third grade at a private school. After the birth of her first son, Nate, her family moved back to the Buffalo area. She taught grades 3, 4 and 6 for the Buffalo Public School System. She was participated in a two-year professional development on math. It was through this experience that she fell in love with hands-on math! Her philosophy of mathematical instruction shifted from "skill and drill" to hands-on, problem solving and critical thinking. Dice, spinners, deck of cards and game boards replaced worksheets. Ms. Nunamaker challenges her students to develop strategies for solving problems and for looking at relationships between numbers.
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