The Learning School Teacher

I was talking with a friend of mine who is an elementary teacher from southern Saskatchewan. One of her favourite things to do is put togeth...

This weekend I attended the SUM Conference in Saskatoon, focusing all of my attention on ways to become a better math teacher.  As a student...

During the summer holiday I was roaming through Twitter when I came across an image of one of the coolest bulletin boards I had ever seen. A...

The month is almost up and the honeymoon is definitely over. Our students' true colours are shining through, and ours are too. And an al...

I can't say enough good things about body breaks and brain breaks.  I love them.  I think that they are a gift to teachers and to the sa...

This year I have committed to reading at least one full picture book to my grade 3 class a day. I have made a board for our classroom dedica...

When I think of strategies meant to get student's attention, I think back to my first year of teaching and remember how I didn't hav...