Holiday drama shows

Kelly.McLaughlin
December 9, 2019
Assessment and Evaluation, Curriculum Planning, Inquiry, Inspiring Students, Play-Based Learning, Students as Teachers, Technology
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Last month I posted about an opportunity for a halloween drama task where students used their short stories to make them come to life in our classroom. I wrote about the success of it and the interest amongst all the students in grade eight. So of course when the holidays rolled around again, I posed […]

Halloween learning opportunity

Kelly.McLaughlin
November 3, 2019
Assessment and Evaluation, Celebrating Success, Language Learning, Learning in a Real Life Context, Literacy
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During the past few weeks, my students have been writing short scary stories. They have been working in groups to create stories with creative characters, a strong plot and a problem that arises in their story.  About a month ago, my students were thinking hard to plan for our first drama task of the year. […]

School year start up

Kelly.McLaughlin
September 21, 2019
Behaviour Management, Celebrating Success, Classroom Management, First Week Reflections, Flexible Classroom, Inspiring Students, Learning About Your Students, self reflection, Start of the year, Student Ownership, Wellness
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A new school year has begun again and I am once again teaching grade eight, in my opinion, the most exciting and enriching grade I have taught so far. The first few weeks have been incredible because of the honest conversations we had week one about how great their year can be if they make […]

Inquiry project success stories

Kelly.McLaughlin
June 17, 2019
General
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Students from 8A made over 400 smoothies on Thursday, June 6th on our student led create your own business. With the donations from the HWDSB Foundation for Student Success and the help from my other job Tucker’s Marketplace, our business plan went off without many hitches. We had a great day with 22 students spread […]

Collaborative Inquiry Celebration

Kelly.McLaughlin
May 13, 2019
21st Century Learning, Celebrating Success, Constant Learning, Curriculum Planning, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Inspiring Students, Inspiring Teachers, Learning in a Real Life Context, Making a Difference Through Education, Professional Learning and Growth, Resources, self reflection, Technology in school, Use of Technology, Using technology well
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The other day, many teachers from across my school board gathered together to share with other educators how their year long inquiry project went. As I have mentioned in previous posts, mine was about starting our own business as a class and inspiring my students through leadership. I shared with the other educators these successful […]

Prom Project Hamilton

Kelly.McLaughlin
April 14, 2019
Celebrating Success, Inspiring Students, Inspiring Teachers, Teacher Appreciation
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On Saturday, April 13th at Delta High school in Hamilton, the Prom Project held an amazing event. This event is supported by the same foundation who gave my students our grant for our inquiry project, the Hamilton Foundation for Student Success. The Prom Project allows students to pick out outfits free of charge to wear […]

Update: Inquiry project

Kelly.McLaughlin
March 31, 2019
21st Century Learning, Celebrating Success, Inquiry, Making a Difference Through Education, Mental Health
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An exciting update for my classes upcoming inquiry project, our board has funded the project for us! Students in my class will start to work with the supplied budget to help them start their treat company! This funding will make it possible for the students to make this project the best it can be. This […]

Inquiry Project

Kelly.McLaughlin
February 3, 2019
21st Century Learning, Celebrating Success, Inquiry, Inspiring Students, Learning in a Real Life Context, Literacy, Math, Questioning, The Arts
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As part of a board focus group I am involved with, I am exploring along with a group of six other teachers, the inquiry model in the classroom. Each group that has gathered together to focus on inquiry looks at how it works in their classroom in a different way. My group has selected questioning. […]

Taking the time to collaborate and learn how to bridge the gap

Kelly.McLaughlin
January 9, 2019
Constant Learning, Curriculum Planning, Differentiated Instruction, Diverse Learning Needs, Math, Planning, Professional Learning and Growth, Questioning, self reflection
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Once a month, my colleagues and I go to a highschool to look at a math sample from each of our “marker students”. There are a group of about ten of us which is made up of highschool teachers, elementary teachers and math facilitators. We take time to identify what the student knows, what they […]

David Suzuki’s message to us all

Kelly.McLaughlin
November 8, 2018
Advocacy for change, Challenging Topics, Eco Heroes, Field Trips, Inspiring Students, Inspiring Teachers, Making a Difference Through Education, Questioning, Resources, Science, self reflection, Social Justice
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Today the grade seven and eights at our school were invited to attend the Eco Summit at Mohawk College. It was an exciting opportunity where we got to listen to motivated students from around Hamilton speak about the change they were making in their school community and beyond. Local poets, musicians and activists spoke as […]

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