Global Read Aloud 2020: Planet Omar Discussion Questions
Classroom discussion questions for Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet, a Global Read Aloud 2020 pick.
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Tech Tidbits: GooseChase virtual scavenger hunts
It’s back to school here in Manitoba and we’re excited to have students return to school! We’re also feeling the strains of teaching during a pandemic and looking for creative solutions given the current situation we’re facing in education. If you love fun and engaging hands-on activities, but you’re not sure how that will look
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3 Practices to Support You this School Year
We are learning the value of taking care of ourselves a little more each year. We are passionate about our work and we tend to “go hard” when we’re working on something. But, we’ve also learned how important it is to make time for restoring and recharging so we can be at our best. It
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Support Your Wellness with a Good Book: A House in the Sky
We’re enjoying summer holidays and the free time that comes with time off. We’re both avid readers and we belong to a book club with other women from our community. Each month, we take turns choosing a book and hosting the book club meeting and discussion. We’ve been doing this for a few years and
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Support Your Wellness with a Good Book: American Dirt
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins5/5 stars This intense story begins with a gruesome mass murder and then follows a Mexican mother and child as they flee Acapulco due to drug cartel violence. They quickly leave behind their comfortable life in Mexico and become migrants on the move, living rough and running for their lives. The
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Promoting Choice as we Evolve Remote Learning
I’ve been asked to co-host the June #MicrosoftEduChat TweetMeet on the topic of evolving remote learning. I’ve been working with a team of global educators to plan the chat and reflect on this topic. To me, evolving remote learning means changing, improving and growing our practice to make remote learning as successful as possible. There
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3 Tools for Creating an Awesome Year-End Video
It has turned out to be a wild rollercoaster of a school year, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing school closures and the transition to remote teaching and learning. However, there is still lots to celebrate this year and one way we like to commemorate our school year is by putting together a year-end video! You
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3 Resources to Bookmark if You Teach with Google Suite
If you teach with the Google Suite for Education tools, you’ll want to save these 3 resources.
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At Home Fitness & Wellness
As we face the stresses of distance teaching, balancing work with family and coping with a global pandemic, it’s important to prioritize wellness. Here’s a list of home fitness resources curated by teachers!
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Dear Teacher, You are amazing.
In the last few days your world has turned totally upside down. You went from ordinary school days of planning, teaching and interacting with students to reminding kids to wash their hands to finding out your school will be closed. You watched as students trickled out of your classrooms heading home to stay safe from a pandemic none of us could’ve imagined.
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