When I taught Grade 6 French Immersion, I started using inquiry-based learning in my classroom towards the end of the school year. My goal was for my students to apply all the comprehension strategies they had learned. This positive experience, both for me and them, convinced me even more of its benefits. If you wish …
When we think of centers, we think of elementary. But what if there was a way to adapt centers to middle school and high school? What would it look like? How would it be organized? Those are questions I was asking myself last year when I taught ELA. I was thinking about how I could …
Have you ever heard of the flipped classroom? This model has been around for many years, but, with the pandemic, it has become more and more relevant as we dive into online learning. In its essence, the concept is this : the teacher creates a video lesson ahead of time that they share with the …
Poetry is fun and there is a way to make it fun. Have you ever heard of a Poetry Party? Basically, students memorize a poem that they will then present to their classmates. How is that fun you ask? Well, students can be as creative as they want with their presentations and you might be …
