After a few days of ignoring my email, blog, twitter, facebook…. well just the computer in general, I am now back! I found that with student teaching, working two jobs and going to the gym I was really letting myself get burnt out; I needed a few days of catch-up time. So after a few days of meetings, laundry, catching up with friends and A LOT of sleep I am back and ready to go! Student teaching is going by so quickly it seems. I will be finished up on May 4th even though it seems like I… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 13
I can’t believe that my student teaching placement is almost finished up! Although I have loved being in Grade 5 and having an opportunity to teach Science, my love will always be Social Studies. Here are some great resources to start off your week that could be the perfect addition to your social studies class! Remember, I will be adding these to my Favourite Websites page so ensure you head over there to check out the full list that I’ve complied so far. 1 ) Standford Primary Document History Lessons– This websites allows access to 70+ free history… Read More
Titanic's 100th Anniversary
This weekend is the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. If you are as fascinated with the Titanic as I am I strongly urge you to check out Larry Ferlazzo’s blog! He has put together one of the most comprehensive lists of Titanic resources that I have found. http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/03/15/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-titanic/
Random Acts of Kindness
I have to share this story about one of the students in our class… Last week we were holding an in-class badminton tournament during our phys-ed classes. It was a regular bracket-style tournament where they played doubles games with an opposite-sex partner that was chosen randomly before the tournament started. When the time came for the finals we decided to hold off until the next gym class so that all of the students could watch the final games. Now remember how competitive some students are in Grade 5. This tournament was all that the students were talking about… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday: "C School" Update
After patiently waiting for more science classes (we don’t have science everyday) I am finally able to give you all an update about how whole brain teaching has been going with our Grade 5s. Compared to my last student teaching placement in the fall I am teaching much less, but spending more time with our group of students. In the fall I was teaching more than one subject (Grades 10-12 for hour long classes) but only had a group of students once per day. In contrast, I am now just teaching one subject (Grade 5 for 25-30 minute… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 12
Now that I’ve begun to use Google Reader more efficiently I’ve been able to actually keep track of the blogs I want to follow. Yay! That means I’ve been able to find out about a whole bunch of awesome new resources to start off your week! Remember, I will be adding these to my Favourite Websites page so ensure you head over there to check out the full list that I’ve complied so far. 1 ) Storyline Online– This website features videos of children’s books being read aloud by members of the Screen Actor’s Guild! Who wouldn’t want to listen… Read More
Another Spring Giveaway!
It seems to be the season for giveaways! It is Easter weekend…. who says teachers can’t load up on the goodies too? Last weekend I posted about the great giveaway Teaching Blog Addict had put together to celebrate their 1st birthday (you can still enter, its not too late!) and now I’ve found another great giveaway from Kreative in Kinder’s blog. Now I am not really one to promote these sort of things (it just so happens I found two neat ones back to back) but this one just seemed so awesome that I couldn’t resist! I… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday: 10th Edition!
It is my tenth Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday post! I would have liked to have been able to write this post about how whole brain teaching is going with my Grade 5s during this student teaching placement but because of the way our schedule is laid out I haven’t had a science class where I was able to use WBT with them since my last post (I am just observing other subjects). So instead of that, I wanted to share with you why I chose to incorporate WBT strategies into my teaching methods. (This list is in no particular… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 11
With the holidays over it is time to hit the ground running! Only five more weeks of my student teaching placement and I now that it is going to fly by. Here are some more great resources to start off your week! Remember, I will be adding these to my Favourite Websites page so ensure you head over there to check out the full list that I’ve complied so far. 1 ) ChronoZoom– This website hosts an amazing timeline that has pretty much sums up all timelines ever created! It includes information from humanities and sciences and provides information in… Read More
Giveaway!!
The main reason why I started blogging was because I was so inspired by all of the great education blogs out there. Its seems like every day I am finding more and more amazing resources compiled and shared by dedicated teachers from around the world. One of the websites that I quickly added to my reading list was Teaching Blog Addict (TBA) and it just so happens that TBA will be celebrating their 1st Birthday on April 8th and are putting together a pretty cool giveaway. Everyone likes free stuff, right? Head on over to the TBA Birthday… Read More