This year, I was excited to have my students involved in the Teapot Box Project again. Based on the Grade 5 math expectations, my plan was to have the students create a net (using a pizza box) of a prism … Continue reading
Yesterday, I blogged about a proportional reasoning math question that I did in class, and why I needed to try this activity again. I was feeling good about the changes that I made to the question, but then the students … Continue reading
Tomorrow, almost all elementary educators in Ontario begin a week of remote learning with their students. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this, especially since I’ve heard from numerous teachers that this could be a great time to … Continue reading
I’ll admit right up front that this poll resulted from boredom and maybe a little jealousy. As I was scrolling through Twitter and Instagram on Sunday, I kept seeing photographs and mentions of Easter dinners. As someone who doesn’t celebrate … Continue reading
Yesterday, I posted a list of ten play-based learning activities that could help support kindergarten learning at home during our extended Break. While there are only 10 ideas in the list, each idea is full of other suggestions, so these … Continue reading