The Power of Doing
Last year, I began my journey with Structured Word Inquiry (SWI). I blogged about why I was interested in SWI for my professional growth project, as well as, a snippet Read More …
Category: Learning
We Are Word Investigators
In January, I wrote about my Professional Growth Plan (PGP) for this year, specifically my focus on Structured Word Inquiry in a Grade 2 classroom. Since writing that post, a Read More …
Sound it Out?
Picture this; you are in a Grade 2 Journal Writing class and your student asks you how to spell action. Your first instinct is to respond with “sound it out”. Read More …
Rear View Mirror – PGP Reflection
Each year, teachers work with our Head of School to co-create a Professional Growth Plan (PGP) and participate in a two Teacher-Led Evaluation meetings (one in the Winter and one in Read More …
Head First
*After sitting in my drafts since the end of March, I figured now would be a good time to revisit this post, add to it, and finally hit publish* Let’s Read More …
3 birds, 1 stone
Intimidation filled my stomach when I learned about the Maker Space my school was building. I had played around in the uOttawa Maker Space a little bit through my B.Ed, Read More …
Let’s Get Personal
Each year, teachers at my school are asked to work with our Head of School, Dr. Jon Mitzmacher, to develop a PGP (Professional Growth Plan) based around a competency area Read More …
Student Blogging
This year I have stepped out of my comfort zone to embrace blogging. While I have always been pretty savvy with social media, blogging is something pretty new to me. Read More …
GRA & Class Twitter & Reflections… Oh My!
Here’s a little bit of a different post. I am cross-posting my most recent post from my Grade 2 Classroom Blog… but I will be adding annotations and reflections throughout the Read More …
that time I guest hosted a Twitter chat
As I mentioned in my second blog post, one of the best takeaways from the BLC conference was the group of amazing teachers that I connected with. My most meaningful Read More …