Christmas is just around the corner. So many people I know are decorating and putting up their trees weeks ahead of when many people usually do. I wondered why this might be. I think that people are wanting to feel happy. They are wanting to feel that feeling you can only get from that wonderful Christmas or holiday season spirit….
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6 Ways to Teach Mindfulness in the Classroom
Teaching mindfulness in the classroom is a powerful way to support student social-emotional learning. Over the years, as I became much better (and more passionate) about helping my students learn important social and emotional learning skills, I realized that there were a few important main ideas or themes around the teaching that was very successful. My students were able to…
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Remembering…
Remembrance Day and Veterans Day follow an exciting spooky season. Now, our attention turns to something more serious and important in our lives. It is now that we take the time to remember and honor our members of the military who served in the wars and continue to serve today. In Canada and Australia, it is also a day to…
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Small Group Writing Instruction That Works (Part 3 of 3)
I’ve been talking about my writing instruction and in particular, the small group instruction that works for me. You can see the first post here and the second post here. Today, I would like to share with you how I use the formative assessment data from the small group instruction and observations in class to move my kids forward in…
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Health and Nutrition Lessons for Little Learners
Health and nutrition has always been an important topic for both parents and teachers. I started this whole child journey when I created a unit called Mindful Brains Mindful Hearts. It was a culmination of all the Mindup, Bucket Filling, Brain-based, and compassion ideas that I found so fascinating and effective with the children in my classroom. The children were…
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Small Group Writing Instruction That Works (Part 2)
Thanks for taking time out of your very busy schedule to visit my blog. I really appreciate it. If you are tuning into this post about writing and haven’t seen part one, you can read it here. There I wrote about how I get my students in to a writing mindset. This post is all about grouping my students for small…
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