Posting this more for myself and any other first year teachers out there❤️ good luck & don’t forget to have fun tomorrow 🥰 quote from James Clear

Beginning my journey into play-based learning with my grade 1s this school year! We had our first loose-parts play after reading the story “Stick & Stone”. The students were encouraged to create their story with stick, stone and pinecone & illustrate it! 🪨🪵

Sight word centres today! The students are still working on their letter and sound recognition so this was an introductory look at letters in a formation! They especially liked the playdoh mats and letter dice! 😊

We are learning all about patterns this Fall! Yesterday we collected items from our environment, and today we completed several different AB patterns! 🍁🪨🍁🪨🍁🪨

As a first year teacher (who is a perfectionist and over thinker by nature💁🏼‍♀️) it becomes very difficult not to take everyday home with you- this is something I have been trying to navigate this year. Take big breaths, embrace mistakes, everyday is a fresh start, you got this.

On this very spooky Friday, we turned our hands into monsters!👋🏻 👻 The students came up with some very creative names!

Today we combined science & math, and explored our five senses with pumpkins and counted all the seeds in 2 pumpkins! 🎃👩🏼‍🔬 We later voted on faces and names to give our class pumpkins!

Playful learning!! Identifying beginning sounds of loose parts with playdoh! The kids were so engaged and proud of themselves!! 🧠🎉

What a beautiful morning Seven Stones Community School today! ☁️🧡

#WeAreSTF Students & teachers deserve better! Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation

In class we have been exploring ribbon skirts and their meaning. Today the students created their own beautiful ribbon skirts and shirts!

Some pics of Focus 4 in action! 🧠

In honour of making Earth day an everyday practise, we discussed Mother Earth and all living things connected to her. We discussed Christi Belcourt and painted our rocks with dots. What a joy to experience this lesson with my 1’s!

We have been learning all about birds this May! We made some cool crafts, hatched our own chicks, and have been watching our local birds with our bird feeder! 🐦

And just like that our school year is complete! What a year of growth, learning, and memories with my soon-to-be grade 2s!❤️ Seven Stones Community School, you have my heart and gratitude. Sending light and love to everyone as they say their goodbyes and begin new journeys!

Having lots of fun with #BuildingThinkingClassrooms with my grade 6s! We use vertical surfaces in the morning for collaborative bell work, math, literacy, and inquiry subjects! 🧠👥

Attention all eco-loving teachers! If you have lots of plant offshoots (ie. my thousands of spider plants), I have been propagating them in my classroom and giving them to my students! We created compostable pots using cardboard box scraps! 🌱🌎💚

Happy World Mental Health day 🧠🤍The class has been participating in conversations, wall writes, and activities to better understand our mental health and what we can do to help support others!