Happy New Year everyone! As I sit here typing this I realize just how little I have been blogging the past few months (in comparison to my average). Leading up to September, my life was relatively calm compared to the organized chaos that is the life of a first-year teacher. Prior to this point my blog posts had been a way to further the learning that was occurring as I made my way through my education degree, reflect on any PD that I attended, share interesting ed tech resources that I found online, etc. While I feel that… Read More
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Day 7
Merry Christmas everyone! Welcome to Day 7 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 5 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please keep the holiday spirit going, if you enjoy the freebies, link up below, share a… Read More
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Day 6
Merry Christmas everyone! Welcome to Day 6 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 6 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please keep the holiday spirit going, if you enjoy the freebies, link up below, share a… Read More
12 Days of Christmas! Day 5
Merry Christmas everyone! Welcome to Day 5 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 7 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please keep the holiday spirit going, if you enjoy the freebies, link up below, share a… Read More
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Day 4
Merry Christmas everyone! Welcome to Day 4 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 8 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please keep the holiday spirit going, if you enjoy the freebies, link up below, share… Read More
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Day 3
Merry Christmas everyone! Welcome to Day 3 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 9 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please keep the holiday spirit going, if you enjoy the freebies, link up below, share a… Read More
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Day 2
Merry Christmas everyone! Welcome to Day 2 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway s Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 11 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please keep the holiday spirit going, if you enjoy the freebies, link up… Read More
12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! Day 1
Its that time of year again! Last year I celebrated the Christmas season by hosting a linky-event and I am bringing it back again this year! s Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 12 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! Please… Read More
Dropping The Beat: Power Laws in The House!
In Grade 9 math we have been discussing Powers, more specifically, the six major Power Laws: – Power of a Power – Zero Exponent Law – Product of Powers – Quotient of Powers – Power of a Product – Power of a Quotient After being introduced to each of these laws (over the course of four classes) and having time to practice applying them (over the course of four classes), my Grade 9 students are now creating songs about each of these laws! In groups of 4-6, students were assigned a specific Power Law to base their song… Read More
2 Stars & a Wish: Week 14
This past week represented my shortest teaching week this year as I was away both Tuesday and Wednesday at a math conference. While I enjoyed the PD opportunity, and learnt a lot of effective strategies, it is a lot of work to be away from your classroom for so long. I came back to what felt like chaos since my room was no longer organized to my expectations (I may be a tad OCD) and not all of my students behaved the way they do while I am present. I had several students deviate from routines and fail to hand-in… Read More