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It doesn't seem to matter what grade I teach - Halloween takes over our lives. Between the candy, costumes, decorations and special school events - my students could not contain their excitement. Our school had our Fall Dance the week before Halloween - which meant that I was really struggling to find a way to…
All around education; the buzz word 'inquiry' pops up. Inquiry based learning, Inquiry questions, Inquiry projects - but it is hard to know where to start, what it means and how to assess these projects. This book has been so, so helpful. "Inquiry-based learning is a process used to solve problems, create new knowledge, resolve…
PBIS world is a site that feeds you behaviour management strategies based on the kinds of behaviour you're seeing in your classroom. It's a really interesting read and there are a mix of interesting new strategies, tried and true classics, and some that are a bit shaky. For example: Student A is a name calling…
Weekends are precious, and for some reason always seem to get busy really quickly. An ideal weekend would be: not leaving the house and being able to indulge in hours of reading or Netflix binging (without feeling guilty!). On our ideal weekends, here is what we'd be wearing: Kelsey: Weekend Teacher Morgan: Weekend Teacher …
I am now one day into my third day of school and currently feeling like I've been hit by a truck. As some of you may have noticed from the photos of my classroom, I am not teaching in my comfort zone this year, but took on a grade 3 class. It is a departure…
Meet the teacher is a pretty important day! As they say you can't make a second first impression. Here's what Kelsey and I wish were were wearing to meet the parents of the people who will rule our lives this year.
The first day of school is full of mixed emotions for me (which I would assume is the same for 99.9999% of teachers). I’ve actually never been at a school for more than a year, and so I always am the “new” teacher. This means meeting new coworkers, getting the lay of the land and…
