I struggled when deciding whether or not I should use the House System in my classroom. Competition in schools is a pretty controversial topic. “Should I play this game? Will…
2020 has officially started (especially since we’re now halfway done February). But, amidst the craziness that is life as a teacher-mom I need to stop and reflect on what has…
Do you ever find that holidays sneak up on you? Here I am, teaching content and rocking it (most days), when all of a sudden I realize that it's Valentine's…
Creating a collaborative math classroom means giving space for your students to talk about the math that they are doing. They need to ask questions of one another and learn…
Are you working on coming up with some Music lesson plans for the first week of school? I'm still torn between working on Music things and getting my Grade 8…
Some people have an issue with talking about first day of school activities in July. I am not those people. The first day of school is my favourite day of…
I first heard about Keep the Quote (a community building strategy) while scrolling through Pinterest and came across Miss 5th's blog. Let me be honest here, I had started pinning…
Listening journals are one of my fave activities to do with my Music classes. You may be thinking to yourself, "What? That's weird." Maybe it is weird but one of…
Teaching students to think and talk about math does not come naturally. So much of math education has been about rote learning - which definitely has a place. Taking a problem-solving approach to your math program can be unnerving for the teacher, students and especially the parents. We all have to struggle through but I saw firsthand the growth in my students so I wanted to share with you how I got problem-solving started in my class.