I just got back from IEarn conference and Youth Summit in Doha Qatar. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life! Four teachers from New Brunswick, Canada were chosen to take part in this amazing international conference, and I had the incredible opportunity to be one of them. We were chosen based on our participation in IEarn projects. What is IEarn? IEarn is a global collaborative organization which provides teachers and students from around the world the ... continue reading...
What to do with all those left over book orders?…Math of course!
Today my kiddos went on a spending spree... What fun and a great way to use up all those extra book order booklets. I asked the kids to make a list of the books they would buy if they had 100$. The rules ... They had to spend as close to 100 $ as possible without spending one penny more. They cut out the pictures of the books to make their lists. To differentiate... Some kids used "school" money , others were able to use mental math strategies to keep within their budget. Those that ... continue reading...
Number of the day, In a grade 3 French Immersion Classroom
The practice of using number of the day in a grade 3 classroom can take on many variations in most elementary math classrooms. There are many ways students can show you what they know about place value and number sense using this practice. I've always believed that using number of the day is a a great practice for teachers to get a snap shot of what their students can do, as well as a way to keep reviewing key concepts throughout the year. Variations on Number of the day... In the past I've ... continue reading...
Word work in Grade 3 French Immersion
"Recreating" the wheel. Making your own resources is part of being a French Immersion teacher. We have all translated many documents and created many activities for our students...It is part of what we do!!! We don't exactly reinvent the wheel...It's more along the lines of recreating it. Our students have unique challenges to meet and simply translating without taking into account that they are second language learners doesn't always work out... Word wall Whether ... continue reading...
Communicating with parents
Communication with parents is important, but in the busy-ness of the day, it can sometimes be forgotten. I have some very proficient colleagues in this area. This is an aspect of teaching I work on every year. We all have stories of difficult parents; however we all have great success stories where working with parents resulted in great results for our students. Parents and teachers both want to do what's best for our students...we simply might not always agree on what that ... continue reading...
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