This collaborative blog has been quiet for quite some time now. Devon and I have continued to work together, but recently we’ve both been focused on post-secondary studies and haven’t dedicated time to this platform for sharing our ideas. Since September 2016, I have been working on my Master’s Degree in Education part time, while […]
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We’ve both gained a lot by being part of the Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator program. Self-nominations are now open for the MIEE program and we’d encourage fellow educators to apply for this amazing professional learning experience!
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As we work through this busy and often stressful time of year, remember to take care of yourselves! We can’t do our best work if we don’t take time for wellness. We wish all of our colleagues, friends and family a wonderful summer!
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This week, we connected with our partner classroom, the Oak Lake Community School Kindergarten class, via video call. After a quick review of the student-generated guidelines for a great video call from last week, we focused on a patterning lesson. The grade 1s in my class were able to explain what they know about patterns
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If you are a regular reader of Kindergarten Diva, you’ll know that my kindergarten students love yoga. They’ve been passionate about it since I first started teaching them in December. In May, I discovered another thing that they really love, and that is making. After attending Riding the Wave in Gimli, my teaching partner Leah
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Our most recent “connected classroom” project was organizing National Sweater Day at our schools this month to promote energy awareness and energy conservation. National Sweater Day is a World Wildlife Fund initiative which Mrs. Devon Caldwell’s Kindergarten class invited us to take part in. (You can read about their project learning here.) Although this was
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On Friday, December 12th our class co-hosted the Kids Who Code Code-a-thon with Mrs. Caldwell’s Kindergarten class at Oak Lake Community School. After preparing for this event over the last few weeks, my Grade 2s were very excited to lead their coding activities and share their coding expertise. I was incredibly proud of the Grade
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The Kids Who Code project is well underway in our classroom! Our class has been exploring coding for the last couple of weeks. We’ve learned that coding is “giving computers instructions/directions” and students have had the chance to try out a variety of coding tools. My students have learned a lot (and so have I!)
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My teaching partner and friend, Leah Obach, and I have worked together for a number of years on a variety of learning projects. For the past few years, our collaborations have focused on service-based projects where we have strived to make a difference, both locally and globally. A great deal of rich, real-life learning has
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This school year, I am working on a very special project with two other educators in Manitoba, Mrs. Connie Lowe and Mrs. Devon Caldwell. We have been fortunate to receive support for our work from the MTS Reflective Professional Practice Grant. Our project is called Kids Who Code and it’s all about helping our young
