Tomorrow we will start our LAST week of our student teaching practicum and I can’t believe how fast it went by. I am so sad to think that I will be leaving my students already but I am happy about how well everything has gone over the past four weeks. I have had two formal evaluations by my supervisor from our university as well as two evaluations by each of my cooperating teachers and they have all gone wonderfully! I am happy to say that I received some great feedback as well as gaining some wonderful references for… Read More
Where in the World is… Whole Brain Teaching?
I know that there will be some of you out there that have been wondering where my Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday posts have gone. Is it because I have been busy with my student teaching practicum? Partially. The main reason, however, is because I have been spending a lot of time reflecting on who I am as a educator and what my personal teaching philosophy is. In my first semester of my education degree I was asked to create a document that described my personal teaching philosophy. What did I believe the purpose of education was? What… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 42: First Nations Resources
As some of you may know, the unit I am covering with our World Issues class is Indigenous Peoples of the World. As part of our learning, we have chosen to do a compare and contrast of these Indigenous groups:– Suri of Ethiopia– Maori of New Zealand– Ariaal/Rendille of Kenya– First Nations of Canada (Manitoba focus) With this in mind I have been trying to collect First Nations online resources to assist in our learning and, to be honest, I haven’t found as much as I though I would. I wanted to share what I have found… Read More
November Currently
I can’t believe that it is already November! Student teaching is more than half way done and my fiance and I are working on sending out our “Save the Dates” for our wedding. I know this month is going to be a busy one. If you haven’t encountered a “Currently” post before, it is just a fun post at the beginning of each month that serves as a way to share what is Currently going on in your life! You can link up and share your own “Currently” post by visiting the wonderful Farley over at Oh’ Boy 4th Grade.
Canadian History Class
On Friday I shared what was going on in my World Issues class and now it is time to find out what has been happening in Canadian History. I didn’t mean to take so long to make this post but I had many pictures that featured students and I wanted to be sure on our division’s picture release policy before I posted anything. This was the title screen of my PowerPoint I used as part of our learning! The entire unit that I started has been focusing on “British Colonial Rule” following the fall of New… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 41
This week I am featuring two great resources that I am using in the classroom during student teaching, plus one neat one that I found online and wanted to share! Not only have I used these resources myself, but I have been recommending them to other teachers as well so I hope you like them too 🙂 As always, I will be adding these to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) Canada 1812 – Forged in Fire– This website features film clips, informational articles, images, and an incredibly detailed (over 100 pages)… Read More
Mrs. D is Having a 100 Followers Giveaway!
Have you been following Reading with Mrs. D? If you aren’t you should be! Right now she is celebrating one of her first blogging milestones and hosting a 100 Followers Celebration! The best part is that her celebration is all about featuring other bloggers, sharing their resources and then sharing some of her freebies! Head over to her blog now to link up and be a part of the action 🙂 https://fishbowlteaching.com/2012/10/100-followers-celebration.html
What To Do When You Aren't The Right Person For The Job
Yesterday I posted about how things have been progressing in my World Issues class (I will be posting about my Canadian History class on Monday). One thing I did not mention, however, is one of the difficulties I experienced. As you know, we have been learning about “Indigenous Peoples of The World” and have been comparing and contrasting the First Nations groups of Canada with Indigenous groups in Ethiopia, Kenya and New Zealand. On Friday I presented some information on First Nations people in regards to clothing, food, employment, and homes. I will note that most… Read More
World Issues Class
I can’t believe it is Friday already! Student teaching has been ALL consuming and I am trying so hard to make a good impression and provide meaningful learning opportunities for my students. I want to share all of the things I have been doing with my two main classes so I am dividing this into two separate posts… First, World Issues! My Grade 11 World Issues class only has 9 students so I really wanted to try my hand at working in options that were inquiry-based that allowed the students to have more control of their… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 40
Student teaching is in full swing and I have officially been teaching all of my classes now except ICT. Unfortunately we have had so many extracurricular activities (cross country meet, picture day, admin day, etc) that we had to push back my start time. I don’t mind though because it makes it a smoother transition if I get to start each of my classes spaced out! I also have exciting news! I have officially joined the “cool kid club” as it is being called on Twitter and bought my very own iPhone! I’ve already been using… Read More