There’s no PRO in PROTOTYPE
I can hardly believe that it’s already almost the end of the school year. This is the time of year when all of the teachers reflect on their professional growth Read More …
Category: Teaching
Reframing Stars
Earlier this fall, during our Curriculum Night / Meet the Teacher Night, a parent ask a question about learning gaps. My cohort of students, like all Grade 2 students, have Read More …
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 …
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 …
Choose Your Own Adventure
Throughout my Bachelor of Education I learned how to use curriculum documents, create unit plans/lesson plans, and develop behaviour management programs. Not once in my 2 year university program was 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 …
Up and Coming Authors
In the month of November I created a virtual choice board. The main purpose was to create asynchronous learning experiences for my students who were going to be inconsistently flipping Read More …
Confessions of a HyFlex Teacher
What is a HyFlex Teacher and why does she have confessions? Great questions. My colleague and friend, Melissa Thompson, clarified the term HyFlex for us. So now that we all 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 …