Mariel @ElementTeaching

Focus for next year- intentionally celebrating L1s #BetterTogether #multilingual #LanguageMatters

Here's an example of honoring my host country & students' culture. In their report, they can either communicate a fact in USD or Thai Baht, whichever they feel more connected to.

It's Sunday. I'm planning my slides for next week. When I use Ss' languagae(s), I try to place it NEXT TO never UNDER English. If I do, it sends a language hierarchy message. This is one way to create a language-friendly classroom.

While I had my students thinking inside the polygon, I had to think outside of it. This expectation is in measurement but I felt it oddly placed. I gave it a new home in algebra, letting my students form the equation themselves. Such excellent math talk today. So proud of my 8s.

My 8s are currently thinking about the best advice they have heard so far to prepare for high school. What advice would you give your grade 8 self?

We did a practice activity and I recorded the submissions to determine where we would progress next. After take up I went back to check if I missed any last minute submissions. It was such a great pleasure to see second (1) and third (2) attempts. So proud. #grit

So excited my grad gifts to my 8s arrived. It has prompts for writing to get to know themselves better over four years, perfect for high school! #ontarioteacher #graduation

I attended great PD yesterday. It had me considering how we set our MLL learners up to be successful sharers in the classroom. I brainstormed what I could do in tomorrow’s lesson and decided to use visual representations of word problems to create a more accessible entry point.

We have started patterns and relationships in 8. Virtual manipulatives made such a nice addition to foster math talk and modeling. #patternsandrelationships #ontarioteacher

All set to give my class some Valentine’s Day fun. Each grade will get a story adventure (fluids for 8s and PS&M for 7s). Can you solve this clue from the 7s story? It describes making invisible ink from a mixture of baking soda and water. #ontarioteacher

To prepare for Terry Fox day at our school I digitized the foundation’s design a shoe project for my virtual learners. Each was able to make their shoes completely in Google Slides™. They did an amazing job creating shoes for our virtual walk. @WellingtonCath #terryfoxrun