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Documenting Spatial Reasoning in the Full-Day Kindergarten Program
Area(s) of Focus: kindergarten, math
Division(s): Primary
Level(s): Kindergarten
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Using the professional resource, Taking Shape, we supported students’ understanding of spatial reasoning concepts through intentional play-based tasks and documentation.

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documentation, intentionality, play based, spatial reasoning
Building Mathematicians Through Learning Buddies
Area(s) of Focus: math
Division(s): Primary, Junior
Level(s): Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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During cross-divisional learning buddies, students had opportunities to explore growth mindset, math and STEM challenges to further develop their math confidence and to support our math community.

Keyword(s):
hands-on, inquiry, math, math community, stem
Digital Inquiry Geography Portfolios

Area(s) of Focus: revised curriculum
Division(s): Intermediate
Level(s): Grade 7, Grade 8

We developed a Digital Inquiry Geography Portfolio with lessons for intermediate students using the Google Drive platform. Our goal was to tailor the digital folders and lessons to complement the inquiry process found in the Ontario Curriculum.

Keyword(s):
digital, geography, inquiry, portfolio, revised curriculum
Reading Non-Fiction Texts in Social Studies

Area(s) of Focus: revised curriculum
Division(s): Junior
Level(s): Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

For this project, we developed lessons which integrate Grade 4, 5 and 6 social studies with the language curriculum. We used the fiction and nonfiction Reading Signposts by Beers and Probst to read social studies texts for deeper understanding.

Keyword(s):
language, signposts, social studies
Improving Oral Language in French as a Secondary Language Classrooms Through Sustained Inquiry
Area(s) of Focus: revised curriculum
Division(s): Primary, Intermediate, Junior
Level(s): Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 7
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We worked on developing a culture of inquiry by examining what inquiry looks like in an FSL classroom across elementary classrooms and by questioning students and each other. We examined strategies found in Making Thinking Visible.

Keyword(s):
culture of inquiry, french immersion, inquiry, oral language, questioning

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