reflections
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What Went Well…What Didn’t Go Well..
What went well today in our classroom: Children sharing in jigsaw groups what they have been learning about one of the six regions of Canada. Children writing headlines (a visible thinking routine) to highlight something interesting or important about a region of Canada that someone else shared. Conversations around division: does the larger number always Read more
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Reflections for Student Led Conferences
Today we spent most of the morning getting ready for student led conferences.Rather than describe how hard students worked and how much they got done, which they did, I decided to let their words about reading and writing grace this post. What follows are a sprinkling of comments about their learning this year.In response to Read more
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Reflections on the past year
Almost a year ago we relocated to Quito, Ecuador after having spent six years living in Calgary, Alberta. Image from: http://bit.ly/19cIuyP Those six years in Calgary were wonderful; both my husband and I had amazing jobs and we made some good friends while we were there. I could write an entire blog post about the great Read more
Elisa Waingort 