Submitted by CanTeach on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:59
I'm so glad Valentine's day is here, my class has been desperately waiting for a day to indulge themselves in candy, chocolates, and craftiness. Christmas and Valentine's Day, the two holidays when glitter bombs the classroom. As soon as the Valentine themed calendar display went up, the kids have been counting down!
Submitted by CanTeach on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 20:01
Valentine's Day is approaching and my firsties are getting flirtatious. I know, I know, Grade One, gasp... but it is so funny. One girl today received a beautiful portrait of her and a special paper crown made with hearts and written on it was "I love you." (complete sentence upper case letter, period, perfect!). Anyway, the receiver was not too pleased at all. She was embarrassed and... can a six year old be offended?! She was offended.
Submitted by CanTeach on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 20:16
Ahhh, guided reading / literacy centres, I love you and I hate you. I love that I can cram a whole bunch of skills practice into my students through you, but managing you strains my limits every year.
Submitted by CanTeach on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 17:19
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Submitted by CanTeach on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 14:56
Happy New Year Everyone!
2011 was a year of wonderful experiences. Most of it was spent on maternity leave, I have been so thankful that I was able to spend a full 15 months at the beginning of my daughter's life and during the preschool time of my son's life. While I do miss being there for them, I welcomed a new school in September!
Submitted by CanTeach on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 20:51
It's Christmas! Welcome to the North Pole!
I love how Christmas slowly creeps into a school during the first week of December and then, WHAM, it's Christmas! There's no avoiding it!
Submitted by CanTeach on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 15:57
Squee! I love being a teacher at Christmas! Although Christmas is in full swing in my classroom, I had to pull out the brakes for this week's blog post. Sorry, folks, I just HAVE to talk about my most favourite unit of the year -
Owls!
Submitted by CanTeach on Sat, 11/26/2011 - 19:35
When we started CanTeach, we had no idea what would become of it, let alone what would become of the internet! Way back in 1998, I had jumped into my first teaching position in a remote community. I was teaching a K/1 class and, because I was the only K and 1 teacher at the school, I decided to start a website that could connect me with other teachers. I was surprised to see that many, from all around the world, were anxious to share their resources with me and get them published on the internet so more teachers could access them.
Submitted by james on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:13
I find myself in this camp - I use an e-reader yet we only read physical books to our children. We're probably just replicating the experience of the bedtime books that we had as children. Hadn't even given this thought before, though!:
What do kids of e-reading parents get? Paper books
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