Fun: 3/5 Difficulty:2/5 Creativity: 2/5 Grade:3-6 The origami heart I remember learning in grade 3 so I wanted to attempt it again. It is pretty cute and simple but there isn’t a lot of room for creativity besides decorating the hearts with markers or crayons or cutting them to be more fun of a shape […]
Read more "Inquiry #9 Origami heart"For my final assignment I would get my students to make a portfolio in any form they would like, collage, digital, video, song: something to show and express everything they have made over the year. I think you could really do this with any age range as long as you adjust it for your class. […]
Read more "Final Inquiry #10 Portfolio!"While thinking about 2055 can be a little scary and my immediate thought is robots controlling the world, AI being everywhere and the world resembling black mirror episodes I am choosing to focus on a more positive perspective. I think education has come a long way even since I was in elementary school instead of […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection #10 Education in 2055"Fun: 4/5 Creativity: 3/5 Grade level 2-4 Time: 10 minutes Materials -paper -pen or pencil -scissors tape -If you are a perfectionist maybe a ruler This week I made a flying butterfly out of paper very cool very fun. The idea came from a nature craft book I have. It didn’t take long I wish […]
Read more "Inquiry #9 Paper Flying Butterfly"Difficulty: 1/5 Creativity: 4/5 Fun: 4/5 Time: 20 minutes Grades: K-2 Materials -Paint Pens This activity is something I imagine doing with primary students near the start of the year so they can start thinking about what colours work well together. They would get to choose either cool tones (blue, green,etc or warm tones like […]
Read more "Inquiry #7 Warm/Cool Tones"Grade: 1-3 Fun: 3/5 Creativity: 2/5 Difficulty: 2.5/5 Time: 2 minutes per flower Materials -green pipe cleaners and pipe cleaners of your colour choice -pencil I really liked this activity because all you need are pipe cleaners and a pencil. I found it a bit challenging at first but I got the hang of it […]
Read more "Inquiry #6 Pipe Cleaner flowers"Fun:5/5 Difficulty:2/5 Grade: K-2 Creativity 4/5 Time: 1-2 blocks Materials: -Paper -Toilet Paper Animal -Markers, Paint or Paint Pens This week I chose to expand on my craft from the other week the fox character I made from a toilet paper roll click here if you want to learn more about that. I was thinking […]
Read more "Inquiry #5 Creating Stories and Settings (Toilet Paper rolls extended"Featured image from Ukgardenphotos on flickr Today we had Kirsten Pierce, A lovely guest speaker come into the classroom and talk about ways to use technology. How we can use technology with the environment and for the environment. There are obviously the classic resources like google maps or geocashing but there are some I haven’t […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection #9 Technology for Outdoor education"Featured Image from This week in class we learned about BCEdAccess in class. They are a non profit that advocates for inclusive education. Kaori Lau and Neesha Blauberg came to speak to our class about the organization. They spoke about the role of technology in creating an inclusive classroom and supporting students with IEPs and […]
Read more "Weekly Reflection Reflection #8 Tech and Inclusion with BCEdAccess"AI is an interesting resource, That we can’t really escape as teachers. It is everywhere around us. I used to use AI as a resource fairly often for things like emails or editing but since learning about the environmental impacts I have tried to avoid it whenever possible and only used it when required for […]
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