A few months ago, a co-worker of mine stumbled upon a Mini Office made by Kristen Vibas on Teachers Pay Teachers (my Heaven!). She forwarded it to me because she thought my students could benefit from it, and I am hugely grateful that she did! The office itself was created for English Language Learners, but… Continue reading Mini Office
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KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 3
We're on to chapter three in Becoming a Better Teacher! The chapter itself is titled "Standards-Based Curriculum and Assessment" and begins by asking some pretty important questions: how can teachers define learning in completely different ways and grade completely differently yet still be considered following standards. How is this something that can be controlled? Essentially,… Continue reading KIAT Book Club: Becoming a Better Teacher Ch. 3
Imagination Questions
I stumbled across these amazing cards one day when an education assistant found them in our school library. I can't stop singing their praises because I can see them being great for pretty much all age groups. One of my centres for English Language Arts is writing, in which I give the kids a prompt and… Continue reading Imagination Questions
Nine Types of Intelligence
As I talked about in my most recent book post, one thing which really struck me was the discussion of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. Teaching at a school for kids with Learning Disabilities, I like to begin the year by discussing these intelligences. Most of my students have come from schools where they've been bullied… Continue reading Nine Types of Intelligence
We’re Always Bzzzy Working!
Now that Spring is (finally) here, it's that time of the year for new bulletin boards and Spring crafts! I decided I'd put up a nice bumble bee board up outside my classroom on account of the facts that: 1. Bumblebees are cute. 2. Bumblebees are relatively simple crafts to make. It was easy to… Continue reading We’re Always Bzzzy Working!
What Can Light Shine Through?
I teach in a specialized program at a school specifically for students with diagnosed Learning Disabilities. Accordingly, the majority of them are visual, hands-on learners. I am always trying to find ways in which they can get up and move, create, and see their own learning. In Science, the unit we're working through right now… Continue reading What Can Light Shine Through?
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