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The effective teacher understands that the time to prepare students for the lesson is just as important as the time to assess students at the end of a lesson. Each phase works together to create and build effective learning strategies. This past Monday, at Morning 
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Have you ever noticed how much children talk while they build with blocks? The blocks themselves become their language. Children learn best through authentic experiences. Exploration of block play is very valuable and most enriching for young children.In JK we see children using blocks to create 
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The Grade One students are repeatedly reminded of the importance of using correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, in order to make their writing clear and comprehensible. They understand that writing is all about communicating their ideas. They are regularly reminded to think of their 
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“Language instruction in the Junior years is designed to engage students in meaningful interactions with a wide variety of texts. They look beyond the literal meaning of texts and observe what is present and what is missing, in order to analyse and evaluate an author’s 
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Above & Beyond is a story about what is possible when communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity transform learning opportunities. I still remember the structure and environment of my classroom when I was in Grade 6.  There were about roughly 25 other students in the 
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Number sense and Numeration is a part of our every day studies. However, we have shifted our minds towards the study of shapes, angles, lines, curves, vertices, etc. Geometry is imperative in the development of spatial understandings, numbers and measurement, and deeper thinking skills, which 
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At the onset of the school year, the Faculty at Richland Academy met to identify an area of research to inform our practice.  Having experienced the impact of students’ exploration with a rich selection of materials, we decided to deepen our understanding and conduct a 
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Patterns in nature are visible regularities of form found in the natural world. These patterns recur in different contexts and can sometimes be modelled mathematically. Natural patterns include  symmetries, trees, spirals, meanders, waves, foams, tessellations, cracks and stripes. “Early Greek philosophers studied pattern, with Plato,  Pythagoras and Empedocles  attempting to explain order in nature. The modern understanding of visible patterns developed 
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When we think of writing poetry, we immediately think of structure, rhyme and the various rules governing this writing genre. We can be wary, hesitant and unconfident in our ability to engage in such a powerful medium of communication. But, what about letting our thoughts and 
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Research has shown that self-assessments encourage children to build the skills to become independent, self-directed, life-long learners.  Keeping in mind that self-assessment is not about asking students to grade themselves , but it is an engaging formative process where they compare their work to set 
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