Knowledge is freedom

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Supporting Students Who “Don’t Know Their Facts”

Make Math Moments Virtual Summit Session by Jennifer Bay-Williams

Flashcards and multiplication charts rely on memorization. Skipping counting also leads to memorization. Explicit stategy instuction outperforms drills and memorization. Research has shown this.

Swimming Policy

Please see the document below for guidlines to follow when swimming is involved on a field trip:

How to Use a Compass

Parts of a Compass

Hansel, B. (2023, January 3). Parts of a Compass. PaddlingLight. https://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/parts-of-a-compass/

10 Essentials for Outdoor Excursions

When heading away from home for an outdoor adventure, it’s important to be prepared for planned trip, but also in the event that things go wrong. The following list can be adapted based on the extend of the excursion planned and the potential hazards.

Animal Tracks at Lakelse Lake Provincial Park

At the different beaches of the Lakelse Lake Provincial Park, wildlife lives in the area and their tracks can be found within the park. The poster below outlines the tracks of coyotes, red squirrels, moose, and Canada geese, which all live in the area.

Thimbleberries

I live in Ts’msyen territory in Northern BC. In Sm’algya̱x, the Ts’msyen language, thimbleberry is ḵ’oo. Hit play on the video below to hear the pronunciation.

Paperbag Scrapbook

As a final project for a novel study in the class I had my practicum in, students made paperbag scrapbooks. It was started before my practicum started but I got to see the creativity of the students as they were finishing them up in the first week. The image below is from pinterest but it follows the same format and style.

Small Group and Whole Class Discussions

During the November practicum, some of my lessons had very little interaction between the students. It’s something I want to do differently in the final practicum (that starts tomorrow). I’ve been searching up ideas online for engaging students with each other and found a fantastic blog post on “Cult of Pedagogy” that has some great ideas.

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