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
And it Begins… with Canadian History
Yesterday I had my first day of actual teaching in the Grade 11 Canadian History class. The start of the class was a little hectic as we got called down for picture day as soon as class began. I tried to roll with it, however, and had students fill out short questionnaires on que-cards as they came back. I asked them to include their:– Name– Favourite Subject– Least Favourite Subject– One thing I love about history is…– One thing I hate about history is… I explained that this would help me learn more about them so… Read More
Student Teaching: My Classrooms
As of Monday my fiance and I are both back student teaching at “S-School” full time for the next five weeks. Although I haven’t officially begun teaching yet as my cooperating teachers are finishing up their units and having their final tests before I take over using my lesson plans and resources. If you remember, my schedule looks like this: Here is what my classrooms look like! (In order of how they appear on my schedule). Grade 11/12 World Issues: I will be starting my unit on Indigenous Peoples on Monday. Grade 9/10 ICT: I will be… Read More
Remind 101
As you may know, I started student teaching again this week but have only been observing my cooperating teachers so far (I start teaching Canadian History tomorrow). In these few short days I have heard the following: “I forgot that at work.“ “I was so busy last night by the time I got home I forgot.“ “I can’t remember that!“ “That was due?!“ “Oh right, we’re doing that today…. I don’t have it.“ I get it, our students are very busy and most of them have afterschool jobs, work one (or more jobs), care for younger… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 39
Today is our first day back student teaching at “S-School” but instead of only one week, we are now here teaching full time for 5 full weeks! (I am actually still at our school as my fiance is assisting with the volleyball tournament going on this evening.) I am very excited about being back in the school and will be posting about my classrooms later this week (including pictures) and sharing some of my lesson plans (yay for freebies). Until then, here are some resources that I found this week. As always, I will be adding them to my… Read More
Fab Five 2012 Conference
Winnipeg Conference Poster: Our conference dates were different! This week I spent Thursday evening and all of Friday at The Fab 5 conference put on by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society. This conference is designed for teachers in their first five years of teaching (including student teachers) and it is one that I attended last year as well! The sessions cover everything from general classroom management information and curriculum specifics to personal management and special area groups. By far one of the best parts about this conference is the attendants, presenters and organizers! I feel so fortunate to have had… Read More