Living Avivaloca
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I am a Kindergarten teacher (starting September 2015) that enjoys blogging about my thinking and learning. This blog is really a way for me to share my learning journey with you and reflect more about my teaching practices.
Living Avivaloca
2h ago
Like many other school boards in the province, our Board is using Acadience as a K-2 universal screener. I’ve been trying to support progress monitoring at both of my schools using this screener, so that we can see if what ..read more
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5d ago
I’ve been teaching for a really long time — over 24 years now — and since email became popular, I was always one to send multiple emails. I really loved sharing resources and ideas with others through email. I’m a ..read more
Living Avivaloca
2w ago
In all of my years of blogging, I’m not sure that I’ve taken such a long break from publishing a post. I haven’t written since December 13th. I thought about posts to write. I almost took out my computer from ..read more
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1M ago
Yesterday, we had a Staff Meeting after school. The focus of the meeting was on math, which is always interesting to me in my current position as a Reading Specialist, as it’s really the one subject that I don’t teach ..read more
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1M ago
I just started a professional Book Club at both of my schools. We’re reading and discussing, Decoding Repairs, which is really valuable as we look more at targeted small group instruction and meeting the diverse needs of our learners. One ..read more
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1M ago
Recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about one of the students that I support. This child is beginning to learn how to blend and segment sounds in order to read a few words. While he continues to ..read more
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2M ago
At the end of last year, I found out that I was going to be at two schools this year. I was excited about a new opportunity to work with even more educators and at a school that’s close to ..read more
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2M ago
I’m in the wonderful position of being able to work with two groups of educators each week. While I’ve been in this Reading Specialist position for a few years now, I’m not so removed from the classroom that I forget ..read more
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2M ago
Last night, I shared this tweet of my upcoming #LiteracyInTheLoo post. A teacher reached out to me shortly afterwards about her own “loo learning.” Some students are finding the bathroom a great place to recite the alphabet, do some counting ..read more
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3M ago
When we’re leading a lesson with the full class or with a small group, we want things to work well. Sometimes though, despite the best of plans, they don’t. This week, this happened to me a few times. I tried ..read more