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

Reader Request: Exploring the First Peoples Principles of Learning

Reader Request: Exploring the First Peoples Principles of Learning

This is a lesson that helped my kids unpack the First Peoples Principles of Learning. We unpacked the language and then used these as a lens through which to view literature. This could also be done at a staff meeting or pro-D to help adults unpack the principles as well. I did make a mistake and have corrected it within this blog post. We are all still learning and when we know better…we do better!

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Refugee Crisis + Math Lesson = Compassion and Understanding

Refugee Crisis + Math Lesson = Compassion and Understanding

This outlines a cross curricular refugee crisis math/social studies lesson I did today. It includes graphing, counting collections, and the refugee crisis. It is hands-on and each class I worked with loved it. It is our job to help kids unpack and make sense of hard topics.

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