I’m writing this blog post in Spring 2021, when my home province of Ontario is in lockdown, and schools are once again virtual. Like many school districts across the world, planning a real field trip involving school buses and permission slips is not possible this year, so teachers are looking for alternatives. A virtual …
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How do you like to end the school year in your upper elementary or middle school class? I aim for activities that engage my students’ imaginations and interests, while also reviewing academic content from the year we’ve spent together. Here are a few ideas for you to consider as that last day of school finally …
Engaging students in their learning can be a challenge in any classroom, but there is one tried-and-true strategy to rev up their interest: a classroom debate! I was first introduced to this activity back when I was in Grade 11, as Mr. Deery, our English teacher, scheduled a class debate every Friday. No one ever …
August is quickly approaching, and with it the slow realization that I actually need to start thinking about September! I’ll be teaching a Grade 5/6 split for the first time in my career, and it dawned on me that I had no suitable bell work for this particular grade. It was time to get …