Jan 23, 2018
In this replay episode we revist a topic that is important to
inquiry and that is knowledge builidng. Knowledge building with
your students is a vital component of inquiry. But it is not a one
way knowledge transfer from teacher to student it is a
collaborative learning experience between teachers and students.
Join me...
Jan 23, 2018
With a new year comes new year resolutions. Is it time to try
something new? Every year I pick 2-3 things that I want to try in
my classroom. With so many new initiatives and things coming into
the classroom we cannot do it all. So I pick three areas that I
want to focus on trying. This year there are three things that...
Jan 3, 2018
Autonomy: the power to be independent and free; freedom from
external control or influence. Increasing student autonomy in my
classroom has led to - Classroom management is easier - The time I
take to plan a lesson, or unit etc has decreased - I develop
stronger relationship with my students - Teaching is easier...
Get Your Students To Love Writing
Jan 3, 2018
When I first started teaching the focus was on getting students to
read and get better at math. For me, that was what my focus was on.
I didn’t really have a ‘writing program’ or really any structure to
get my students writing and writing consistently. Then there was
this defining moment when I had my class list...