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Spiraling INTO Control: A Different Way to Plan and Teach Math for Deeper Student Understandings
In this session, Mary-Kay will share her approach to spiraling through the Math curriculum, balancing content expectations and the math processes, to achieve her goal of strengthening students’ mathematical reasoning skills. As well, discussion will look at how this approach better aligns with the assessment practices described in Growing Success. Student work will be from …
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Planning for Small Group Learning in Kindergarten
In this webinar, we will share our experiences in collecting information about students and how we use that to guide and plan our small group instruction as a kindergarten team. Educators will have an opportunity to see and share practical ideas that will support the planning process. We will also share real examples of activities …
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Math?! Where do I begin? Part 1: Planning
Description: This session is an introduction to how to plan a math unit using the curriculum and students’ prior knowledge as starting points. We will discuss what to do when you have a split grade or a wide range of knowledge and skills in one class. Once a sense of the big ideas and the …
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Delving into Documentation
What happens when students don’t always produce work on paper? How do you keep a record of ongoing learning? What role can students play in this documentation? These are just some of the questions that will be explored during this session on documentation. In this session, participants will: Learn about various ways to document student …
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Supporting Teachers in the Use of Inquiry through the Revised Social Studies, History and Geography Curriculum
This session explores a recently developed teacher resource for supporting inquiry in social studies and environmental education. Designed for grades 4-8, this resource supports the revised SSHG curriculum which challenges students to explore content by formulating, investigating, and answering questions, though teachers at all elementary levels will find something useful. Learn how these challenges can …