Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Introducing Seven Year Olds to Coding

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A little over a month ago, I was invited to be on a team of writers for the ministry of Ontario to create a document for teachers about co...
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Using Brainpop, iPads and Padlet to learn about the Water Cycle

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Last week Sarah (my teaching partner) and I introduced the water cycle to our students. On Tuesday we started with a Padlet wall to see wha...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Join The Global Project #kidscancreatechange

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We (my teaching partner and I) are embarking on an inquiry that we hope will promote innovation, empowerment, risk taking, commitment, and ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Show Me The Money!

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The past few weeks we have been working on money.  My second graders are expected to be able to estimate and count money amounts to one do...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

Changing the World by EMPOWERING my Students

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I have been reading other blogs tonight and seeing the pattern of choosing "one word" to really focus on this year.  This co...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Need an Authentic Audience for Math? Use Twitter

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For the past couple of weeks my 2nd graders have been learning about data management.  This past week they have learned about collecting dat...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Students Show their Thinking with the Drawing Pad App

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Today in our quest to find more out about habitats.  We discussed that there are different types of habitats.  I thought we would get throug...