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 …
Virtual Grandparents Day
Each spring, our school opens their doors to grandparents and special friends for a morning of fun-filled activities! Being in a distance learning model this year, grandparents were invited into Read More …
Take Me With You
It has been 7 weeks since my school closed (stay tuned the blog post that has been sitting in my drafts for 5 weeks about the transition into distance learning) and I Read More …