Here's a little personal tidbit for you: I spent three months (not warm ones, might I add!) in the Magdalen Islands just north of P.E.I. for a cultural-linguistic student exchange when I was in high school. I haven't made…

I recognize that we educators have a lot on our plates for the current school year, at the moment. Educators are adjusting to being out of the school buildings unexpectedly. Some are planning and running synchonous learning, whil…

Salut tout le monde!! This is my first post to my blog in ages. Almost an entire year! I won't bother making apologies and excuses, as I'm sure all the teachers out there know just how busy life can get! My reason for r…

Here in Canada, we celebrated our Thanksgiving two weekends ago. In the USA, this holiday of gratitude and geniality (let's not get into the historical origins here & focus on moving forward together, you know?) is marked…

It's been in the works for a couple of years ! My unit for Au pas camarade , (French version of "Branded", the novel by popular YA fiction Canadian author Eric Walters) is finally available to anyone who'd like …

For Earth Week, I thought I'd share some links I've compiled for activities and material to accompany the story and film l'Homme qui plantait des arbres. The text which is about loss, selflessness and reforestation…

I teach grade 8. We like to try to give our students a chance to stretch their wings... try out their independence in safe ways throughout the year. Of course that applies to things like finding an organizational system and devel…

Happy summer, everyone! School finally ended yesterday for me, and Canada Day is right around the corner. I'm participating in a Canada Day blog hop full of tips, freebies and best wishes to our Canadian teaching colleagues …

Are you familiar with Manic Mondays on Classroom Freebies (a web site set up by Charity Preston, of the Organized Classroom Blog )? I made this post originally as part of that collaboration.  Creating a free item worth sharing w…