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Sharing successes and challenges through teaching while becoming a (hopefully) published author.

Finding Joy in Covid Teaching
Teaching Strategies, Pandemic Teaching, Reflecting, Language Arts, Art, Outdoor Ed Melissa Salter Teaching Strategies, Pandemic Teaching, Reflecting, Language Arts, Art, Outdoor Ed Melissa Salter

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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Picture Books Part 7: Activities Inspired by Anchor Texts
Hands On Learning, Loose Parts, Language Arts, Picture Book Series, Core Competencies, Cross Curricular Melissa Salter Hands On Learning, Loose Parts, Language Arts, Picture Book Series, Core Competencies, Cross Curricular Melissa Salter

Picture Books Part 7: Activities Inspired by Anchor Texts

Do you like to use picture books to explore identity/core Competencies? This post will give you two activities you can use after reading Count of Me by Migeul Tanco or I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes. Both activities are hands-on and one involves loose parts/creating a class book using Book Creator.

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