I recommended Elephant Secret by Eric Walters yesterday to my student. Today I asked her if she was enjoying it. She read 200 pages last night. I would say that she is enjoying it!

Marked as safe from teaching on Halloween. I hope the force was with you today #StarWars

Wow! Just finished some amazing PD with ThingsMrGSays My head is spinning with all the great ideas. Thank you!

The only plan.

Can someone explain the website “emotes” to me - is it like Spark notes? Should my Ss be using to for their research? Thanks ThingsMrGSays have you seen this website?

And sadly not just an American thing. Justin Trudeau should be embarrassed by the state of the water on our reservations.

Such A great book! Highly recommend.

Bunch of Munsch! WCCHS & West Meadow School partnered for cookies and reading this morning LRSD_68 Smiles all around!

When will I stop letting tiny moments that go wrong in my class dominate my thoughts? How do I keep one angry parent (who only has half of the information) take up all my headspace? Why do I overthink the negative?

First nice day of spring - of course we read outside 🌞⁦WCCHS⁩ ⁦LRSD_68⁩

This weekend’s read. Great series for my 8s. They like fantasy and this has the advantage of being on Netflix. I have had Ss for whom reading is a challenge say they like to watch the movie first bc then they have the pictures in their head when they read. Netflix Canada

Poverty is not a new concept, neither is mental health concerns, homelessness nor abuse. So why do our children seem less equipped to manage and how do we help them?

90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18. They paid the ultimate price for your freedom. You live your life the way you do because of them.

On holiday in the Uk - discovered these. Wow!

Starting year 11, 3rd year in Grade 8. Still can’t believe they pay me to do this 🥰 #WCCHS #bleedblueandgold

I don’t know a single teacher in Alberta who cares much about a new school being built in 7 years when their current reality is a class of 30+ students who have very diverse needs, with zero additional support. There is a crisis in education TODAY that is NOT being addressed.

You can put it in the win column!

When grocery stores start putting Canadian flags on their products isn't it time for publishers to put a Canadian flag or a little maple leaf on the spines of Canadian books? I Read Canadian 🇨🇦 OLA Forest of Reading Cdn School Libraries

Love this series

A message from a Kindergarten teacher: After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old: “My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.” No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s