We all know the chaos that begins when we hear the morning bell. Students rush into the classroom in a flurry of backpacks, lunchboxes, coats, and papers. It can be loud and our short peaceful prep time before school comes to an abrupt end. But the beginning of the school day doesn’t have to be all chaos. Que bell ringers.
Bell ringers are a ...
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DIY HOLIDAY WREATH
C H R I S T M A S. There’s nothing I don’t love about this time of the year. Christmas carols, snowflakes falling, reading Christmas books, and carrying family traditions each year through to the next - from watching Christmas flicks to Starbucks Christmas brews! Yes, I L O V E everything that gets crammed into the month of December.
For ...
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SPOOKY STORIES YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WILL LOVE
SPOOKY season is in full swing in this little corner of the internet, and nothing beats curling up with a shrilling creepy story. If your middles are anything like mine, they love reading horror, paranormal fiction, and dark fantasy! This year I have decided to incorporate some of my favourite spooky stories into my short story unit to help ...
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CREATING A STUDENT CENTERED CLASSROOM
The new school year has been off to a quick start! Third week in and it often feels as though we never left the classroom at all yet I still always feel excited anticipation for a new year! This year is particularly important after the challenging year that we all faced. Just as we feel anticipation for a new year, so do our students! It is essential ...
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TIPS FOR HYBRID TEACHING
A CRAZY YEAR!
Welp! I don’t know about you, but the 2020-2021 school year was definitely one for the books! It had been perhaps the most challenging year of teaching for me as I’m sure it had been for many of you. Hybrid teaching had forced many of us to adapt in ways we never imagined possible. As I reflect back on the past school year of hybrid ...
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