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Self Talk Art: 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
Core Competenices, SEL, Art, Literacy, Class Community Melissa Salter Core Competenices, SEL, Art, Literacy, Class Community Melissa Salter

Self Talk Art: 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Positive self talk art inspired by 54 Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers. This blog post is about our class discussion of ‘should-ing’ on yourself and the positive self talk art we made after the discussion. It was a community building activity that has become a powerful display of the good our classmates see in us—and the good we see in ourselves!

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Finding Joy in Covid Teaching

Finding Joy in Covid Teaching

Teaching double duty this week with six kids in class and twenty something online. It has been a month of dealing with covid in my class. I am working hard to find joy this week through reducing my workload and focusing on my favourites: writing stories and doing art!

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Reader Request: Hands-On Forestry Stations AND a Few Extra Activities… (Cross Curricular)

Reader Request: Hands-On Forestry Stations AND a Few Extra Activities… (Cross Curricular)

How do you make resources more hands-on? Run stations! Here is an outline of forestry stations I ran in my grade 5/6 class as well as a framework for designing your own stations. I also include a few additional forestry activities. Get messy! Play! Have fun!

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