After Reading the Article “Healthy childhood development through outdoor risky play: Navigating the balance with injury prevention.” (Click HERE to read) I decided to reflect on how we can implement this into schools and why it is important and connects with the BC curriculum. Outdoor risky play, according to the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), strongly […]
Read more "Implementing Risky Play"In this post, I will be comparing Driscoll’s Reflection Model and Boud’s Reflective Cycle, as well as mentioning how I will try to use them in my upcoming practicum. Driscoll’s Model Boud’s Cycle Importance In The Classroom Reflection models are important tools for helping students think about their learning, and both Boud’s reflective cycle and […]
Read more "Reflection Models/Cycles"What is RAFT? – Definition from Reading Rockets RAFT is a writing strategy that helps students understand their role as a writer, the audience they will address, the varied formats for writing, and the topic they’ll be writing about. The four elements of RAFT are: How to use RAFT: Class Example: Here is a picture […]
Read more "RAFT Way Of Writing"In this post, I will be explaining what a story vine is and showing you one that I made about the story “Where The Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. Story Vine Concept: The idea of creating a story vine has been taken from Robin Bright’s book, Sometimes Reading Is Hard, pages 91-92. Students will first read […]
Read more "Blog Post #6 – Story Vines"In this post, I will be sharing the importance of having a diverse classroom library so that students from any background are able to connect or relate to books that are offered in my future classroom. By doing this little act, it will ensure that all of my students know they are welcomed, have a […]
Read more "Blog Post #5 – Diverse Classroom Library"In this post, I am sharing a literacy station that I created for a kindergarten class. I had 4 groups of 6 students for about 10 minutes each. I was told beforehand that the students are working on and learning the letters of the alphabet so I decided to create an alphabet memory card game! […]
Read more "Blog Post #4 – Literacy Stations"In this post, I will be reflecting on my experience of VR (virtual reality) and the story “The Wolves In The Walls.” By Neil Gaiman. If you want to see my previous experience with VR and the SD5 design lab, please read my other blog post that you can find –> here <– We spent […]
Read more "Blog Post #3 – VR & Literacy"For this post, I will be reflecting on a read aloud that me and my co-teaching partner Graham Smith did over 3 weeks in a grade 6 class. The book we read was “The Animal People Choose a Leader”, by Richard Wagamese. Below, you will see a read aloud template that we completed for this […]
Read more "Blog Post #2 – Read Aloud"Reflection/Takeaways After reading Jo Chrona’s “If Not Here, Then Where?” Blog post, I wanted to share my takeaways and reflect on my learning and my teaching practice moving forward. I really enjoy reading and hearing what Jo Chrona has to say. As a non-indigenous person entering the education system, I understand that it is my […]
Read more "If Not Here, Then Where?"In this post, I will be answering a series of questions posed by my instructor that will help me understand my teacher identity as well as my worldview better. Enjoy! Teacher Identity Questions: 1.) What does it mean to be “effective”? 2.) What characteristics does an effective teacher have? 3.) What kind of teacher do […]
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