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Send us Fan Mail In this video, we will look at how to structure your virtual literacy block to balance em, the question that is asked is how do we transfer what we did in class to the virtual classroom. In this video, we will look at how to structure your virtual literacy block to balance: Asynchronous Learning Synchronous Learning Student Independent Learning Activities Small-Group Instruction O...

Send us Fan Mail A real and raw conversation, previously posted Live on Facebook about the current changes in the teaching atmosphere. Remember to Subscribe for more insights on how to navigate the complexities of teaching with efficiency and impact. Share your experiences and strategies in the comments to join the conversation with fellow educators. To find our highly effective, time-saving resou...

Send us Fan Mail Are you rushing to create all the things digital? Before you create or convert your next digital activty I want you consider these 5 things. Using digital resouces being a digital teacher doesn't mean that you need to create all the things in a digial format. In fact probably many of the things you are creating and spending your time converting are just fine the way they are....

Send us Fan Mail So things are going to look a lot different this year in classrooms all across the country. We are looking at in-class learning but clearly teaching and learning will look different this fall but there are a few things we can use from digital learning in the spring and blend with our in class learning. Theh key is to keep it simple. Not everything needs to be an elaborate digital...

Send us Fan Mail Ignited Literacy is a comprehensive literacy program that uses a spiralled approach to teaching language arts in your Canadian classroom.   Ignited Literacy is now available for grades 3-4, 4-5, and 5-6 and sold in Canadian dollars. A monthly payment plan is also available. It fits everything together. Stop teaching all of the parts of language arts separately and start teaching t...

Send us Fan Mail When you think about how to assess students what might be the first thing that comes to mind. Tests.. Projects.. The tools we use to assess these tasks often include a marking scheme or a rubric. But what if the tests and projects were simply the tools we used to assess the skills students demonstrated. And...the rubrics, learning goals, success criteria were not based on the prod...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that there was more than one way to run your centers in your grade3-6 classroom? I have 6 different ways that you can run centers in your junior classroom. These look at two different factors in using centers. 1) Rotations 2) Groupings I have a simple matrix for you that looks at what centers look like on these continuums. Remember to Subscribe for more insights on ho...

Send us Fan Mail What are your goals for your literacy program in a junior program? In this episode, we are going to review what makes junior literacy different from primary education. Then learn about some things that can be used in the classroom that will help you accomplish these goals. Remember to Subscribe for more insights on how to navigate the complexities of teaching with efficiency and i...

Send us Fan Mail Let's start by looking at where to start when you are planning out your literacy program. I have five things that will help you get started with your literacy program. Remember to Subscribe for more insights on how to navigate the complexities of teaching with efficiency and impact. Share your experiences and strategies in the comments to join the conversation with fellow edu...

Send us Fan Mail When I first started looking at making my long-range plans or just trying to figure out what I needed to teach. I treated the curriculum standards like a checklist. This checklist led me to feel overwhelmed and always feeling like I was never going to get everything done. I hated that feeling. So I changed the way I looking at planning what I was going to teach when and I will nev...

Send us Fan Mail It's that time of year when we are all sitting down to write report cards. From one teacher to another I wanted to share how I sit down and tackle these to help me get these done. In this video, we talk about: - How do you organize your tasks - Strategies to turn your marking into a report card mark - How to build your comment bank Remember to Subscribe for more insights on h...

Send us Fan Mail It's that time of year when we are all sitting down to write report cards.   From one teacher to another I wanted to share how I sit down and tackle these to help me get these done.   I'd love to know your tips for shaving off time to write your own reports. Share below Remember to Subscribe for more insights on how to navigate the complexities of teaching with efficienc...

Send us Fan Mail I don't know about your but something tells me that I will need to be changing a few things up next week. - Students are less engaged - Parents are returning to work - The weather is hard to avoid - we all would rather be outside.   So I have a plan... I am making a month-long calendar of fun and engaging ideas that kids can do at their own pace while still covering concepts...

Send us Fan Mail The pressure is on and there is an increased pressure being placed on teachers to provide synchronous learning.   Never heard that word before?   That's because the better way to describe this overly complicated term is live teaching.   Just the thought of live teaching makes so many teachers nervous and rightly so. While there are advantages there are also some major concern...

Send us Fan Mail One big concern with teachers right now is how to provide assessment and feedback. I wanted to share with you my mindset when it comes to providing feedback and assessment for teachers of students. There is no one way to provide quality feedback and no it doesn't need to be all about writing paragraphs in response to everything that they are doing. Let's review the guide...