Jessica Shaner

Second Grade Teacher

Central Cambria School District: Jackson Elementary
3704 William Penn Ave.
Johnstown, PA 15909

To Whom It May Concern:

Brandon Martinazzi was a student teacher in my self-contained second grade classroom for
approximately six weeks. My classroom had twelve students in the classroom and three students
learning virtually through live stream instruction. Brandon began by observing for a week. He
then transitioned to teaching all of the subjects by gradually adding one subject each week. By
the end of his experience, Brandon was responsible for teaching Science, Social Studies, Math,
Reading, and Language Arts.
Mr. Martinazzi will have had the experience of teaching Math, Science and Social Studies for six
weeks. During this time, he has planned and implemented the daily homework, weekly quizzes
and unit tests. The units were mostly scripted through our district’s curriculum, but he was able
to create meaningful connections through various activities. He was successful in monitoring
and adjusting to various schedule changes in order to complete it during his time of teaching.
Mr. Martinazzi taught Reading and Language Arts for the last two weeks of his experience in
second grade. He followed along with our Reading Curriculum, Wonders, while still pulling in
supplemental resources. Brandon used varies methods to collect student data. He used SeeSaw,
worksheets, and white bored responses.
Brandon was very pleasant to work with. He was always timely, well dressed, and well
mannered. He also created meaningful relationships with the students and fellow members of
the staff.
Please feel free to contact me via email jshaner@cencam.org or by phone 814-749-8421 ext.
5207 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Jessica Shaner