All About Miss Barnes

My name is Miss Donisha Barnes. I have a 3 year old son named Josiah. I am a 2006 graduate of Rocky Mount Senior High (Go Gryphons!) and a 2011 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University (Go Golden Bulls!). I started my teaching career with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools in 2011 teaching all subjects in 3rd grade. During that same year, I received First Year Teacher of the Year. 2012 - 2013, I taught all subjects in 5th grade. In 2014, I relocated back to Rocky Mount  and began teaching 5th grade at Benvenue Elementary. I am currently teaching Reading, Writing and Social Studies. I have been named the 2017 Teacher of the Year for Benvenue Elementary!

Reading Common Core Standards

​​http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/5/

Week of March 20: As a Reader, I can determine 2 or more main ideas in a given text.

Writing Common Core Standards

​http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/5/

Week of March 20:​ As a Writer, I can compose an opinion writing piece.

Social Studies Common Core Standards

.www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/socialstudies/scos/

Week of March 20: As a Historian, I can describe life in the 1500s and ​how the slave trade began