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In this #SEL check-in strategy, “Students are asked to share one thing they are happy about (Yea), one thing that is frustrating (Nay), and one thing they are excited about (Hip Hip Hooray).” This simple activity can work wonders, @DrCrodgers writes.
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Did you know you can use Cuisenaire® Rods to easily explore and represent ratios while developing crucial critical thinking skills? 🤗
How are you using Cuisenaire Rods in your classrooms?
ALT 4 important questions to ask students at the start of the school year:
What helps you feel welcomed?
How do you like to be greeted?
What strengths do you bring to the classroom and school?
What do you like most about school so far, and what could change?
📢#WCDSBAwesome Parents, Guardians, and Educators - Have you checked out the Parent and Guardian @D2L App yet?
Step-by-step videos in Arabic, English, Spanish, Tigninyan, and Ukrainian are available here ➡️ wcdsb.ca/parents/ (scroll to the bottom of the page for videos)
Your classroom is your domain. This year, consider setting it up in a way that works FOR you instead of against you—no matter your level of resources or amount of space. ✨
ALT "I think one of the best pieces of pedagogical advice I can give to new teachers is this:
opportunities for students to surprise you.
Make space for them to be creative, take risks, laugh, mess up, and try again. Because they will, and it will be wonderful." - Dr. Mikki Brock, Associate Professor
This is the most important topic to address in schools today because "bullying" impacts everything.
"So in the middle grades, you’re saying that social conflict is a very normal thing for students to experience?" "It’s not only normal, it’s imperative. "
Read on...please!
.@Pfagell shares how to create a healthy, positive #SchoolCulture, why #MiddleSchool is the perfect time for students to develop key social competencies, and how educators can play a role in this work: edut.to/46KWiRk
Remember this before heading into the new school year. ❤️
ALT Teachers, your students don't love you because of your class decorations, clothes, bitmojis, lessons, etc. It's you. They love you for who you are and how you treat them. Just be you. —Samuel Vo, Teacher