Using Multiple Technologies
For this assignment I have chosen to adapt a lesson from the University of Regina .
Online Tools Analysis
Tool Link Grade Range Possible Uses Pros Cons First People’s Links My experience Overall review YouCubed https://www.youcubed.org/ k-12 Rich tasksMath gamesMath mindset ideas and activitiesSharing information with parentsSupplement to the Mathematical Mindsets booksOpening conversation on new or review topicsEncouraging students to think critically and creatively about mathActivities encourage collaborative learning No costOpen ended problems and…
BC Coast Photos to Prompt Thinking
The photos above are personal and family photos that I use to engage students at the beginning of my Great Bear Rainforest and Salish Sea unit. I use two thinking routines with these images, “See, Think, Wonder” from Project Zero and “Observe, Wonder, Infer” from Reading Power. These images are unique set that my students…
EXPLORING THE SALISH SEA AND GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST A Cross Curricular Unit
I have attached my template and my the beginning of my Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest unit. I typically only plan the first few detailed lessons of an inquiry unit in advance as they are the ones I use to build curiosity and back ground knowledge before diving into the inquiry with my students…
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Travelling the BC Coast GRASPS Assessment
This is something I would like to include in my BC Coast unit as something we would work on as part of our inquiry process getting to know the coast. I have included my teacher planning as well as what I would give to my students, typically with my class I would model the steps…
The Seal Garden Questions
I’ve also used the adaptation Brenda offered to do this task as my summer school program is not lending itself well to this assignment. I have chosen to look at a read aloud lesson I would typically do during my Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest. For the criteria and developing good questions I looked…
Good and Bad Research Questions
I chose to keep my questions focused around the Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest. Good Questions: What are the unique abiotic factors of the Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest? What are the unique biotic factors of the Salish Sea and Great Bear Rainforest? How do humans impact the Great Bear Rainforest and Salish Sea?…
My Thoughts on the First People’s Principals of Learning
As someone who identifies as being Metis and having Metis heritage, I have found that many of these principals have been woven into my life from early childhood and continue to influence both my family and my work in the classroom. I did not know that these principals had names until my Aboriginal Education course…
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Outdoor Math
One of my biggest takes always from my current course is that math does not have to be confined and should not be confined to our traditional paper and pencil math. Something that I am looking forward to doing more of in the next few weeks before the end of the year is taking math…
Star Quilt Fractions
I have chosen to adapt a task from Aboriginal Perspectives at the University of Regina this fabulous resource was shared with me by our Aboriginal Support Worker at my school. The resource has many samples of math problems that support authentic and culturally sensitive first people’s perspectives and the BC math curriculum. It was important to…