Gave blood in memory of an amazing friend and colleague today (but forgot my purple shirt 😕). You are so missed, Julie. As always, thanks for organizing, @DDeagleEdu . #PintsForPiché

We’re late to the party, but we tackled Day 6 of the 12 days of Tweetmath today! We explored how to grow this pattern in many different ways… thankfully they all led to the same 7th term! #tvdsbtweetmathk8 tvdsbmath

Day 7! This one led to a great convo about how different number sentences are connected. #tvdsbtweetmathk8 tvdsbmath

☃️ Spin a Winter Story! Students get inspiration to write a short story by spinning three wheels. Chances are the story starter will be pleasantly preposterous! Google Slides template: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Day 8! Ss helped out Santa with some unplugged coding. This led to lots of great convos about efficiency when we were discussing the different paths that had been created. #tvdsbtweetmathk8 tvdsbmath

This one had Ss stumped, but a bit of work with some friendly numbers and a number line, and we got to an answer for the regular sized candy canes. We will save the small ones for another day :) tvdsbmath #tvdsbtweetmathk8

We estimated our hearts out today! One student even had the correct estimate from the get-go! tvdsbmath #tvdsbtweetmathk8

Resharing the link to the digital templates I’ve created over the past few years. Feel free to use any of them with your class! Bit.ly/mcbresources #onted

Teachers, to start off 2022, I'm offering two free 30-minute virtual appearances. I can talk about writing, share a preview of I Survived in progress, or whatever you would like. No limit to the number of students, can do grades 3-8. RT to enter. I will notify winners 1/10.

We were absolutely honoured to participate in the “Water Is Life” session with Isaac Murdoch this morning. Ss are inspired to learn more! Thank you FNMI Thames Valley for giving us this opportunity to connect. @byron_somerset

Here are 4 sketchnotes of the 4 toolkits from Peter Liljedahl's #thinkingclassroom. These versions now have a better citation of the book. I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students! drive.google.com/drive/folders/… #onted #destreaming

Try some #DIWALI Rangoli STEM with your class this week! The linked Google slides include a Diwali read-aloud, 2D geometric and spatial reasoning task, coding connections, and a hands-on experimental design prompt! #math #science #STEM #STEAM #CRRP docs.google.com/presentation/d…

1) Okay, so the Ontario Gov't just announced parents would get $250 per kid to "enhance learning". Let's look at one example of what that money could do if it was directed to schools instead of used as a political bribe to parents.

We explored rotational symmetry this morning while using Polypad to build rangolis. Love how these turned out! Happy Diwali!

Who says you can’t have fun in French class? Today we reinforced numbers and possessive pronouns with a game of Go Fish. Students accepted the challenge of no English for 10 minutes! @byron_somerset TVDSB French

Day 1 of the December Math Challenge! Lots of great conversations about strategies, metric units and organizing our thinking! tvdsbmath

Day 3! Ss loved creating their own snowflakes using patterns and symmetry. We explored some tech and tech-free design options. tvdsbmath

1. Download some PDF isometric dot paper at dailystem.com/resources 2. Give some to your kids 3. Challenge them to draw something festive

CONNOR BEDARD STARTS IT, CONNOR BEDARD FINISHES IT 🤯 Canada is heading to the semi-finals to take on USA at the 2023 #WorldJuniors 🇨🇦

We’ve been having too much fun with our #Ozobots this week! Tomorrow students will write and map their own Ozobot story. #byronsomersetstars Thames Valley DSB