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LONG RANGE PLANS FOR SPLIT GRADES 3-6
Planning a split can be tough. Make it a little bit easier with these detailed long range plans for split classes from grade 3-6. Get your time back and start with a solid plan.
HOW TO PLAN YOUR LANGUAGE ARTS
Stop feeling overwhelmed trying to fit your language arts together. Move forward with a solid plan for mastering language arts that is easy and engaging for both you are your students.
INQUIRY 101
Grab this FREE MINI COURSE and get started with implementing inquiry in your classroom. You will go from uncomfortable to confident as you implement these tried and tested inquiry-based teaching strategies in your classroom!
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A Flipped Classroom: Strategies To Use With Elementary Students
Have you ever tried to flip your classroom. Normally you follow the pattern of teach-practice - assess but what if you flipped that? I've been experimenting with this in math. I've been using some math centres recently. It all started with the daunting task of...
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Technology Hardware In Your Classroom and How To Use It
I love tech...I am not sure that I can remember a period of time in my life where technology didn't exist despite the fact that I am not really a millennial. This was the benefit of growing up with a dad who ran a small computer company. I still remember the day he go...
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Getting ready to teach a split grade classroom.
Ok, don’t freak out!!Recently I was interviewed on the Bully Brave podcast and they asked me all about teaching from classroom management, to inquiry, to teaching a split. So what was my advice for teaching a split grade…. Don’t freak out! It’s true we talk ourselves...
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30+ Projects Your Students Will Love.
A good project is engaging, relevant, and fun for students to share their learning. Projects are an excellent way for students to share their learning with others. If you are using an inquiry approach embedding choice is essential into this final project is vital....
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5 Reasons Why I Am Not A Perfect Teacher and Why That Is Okay
Why are you here? Why are you reading this blog? I'm not a perfect teacher...I try... but I am far from perfect. You probably came here because you were looking for ideas perhaps on teaching a split grade or using Inquiry or for many other reasons. Sometimes I hear it...
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The Power of Autonomy
Autonomy: the power to be independent and free; freedom from external control or influence. Increasing student autonomy in my classroom has led to Classroom management is easier The time I take to plan a lesson, or unit etc has decreased I develop stronger...
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TEACHING WITH INQUIRY PODCAST
HI I’M PATTI,
I am the teacher-author behind Madly Learning. I have been teaching for 10 years and for the last 6 I have taught combined classes and have loved it.
I hold Specialist Qualifications in Reading and English as a Second Language. I share lots here on the blog about my experiences in my classroom both the ups, downs and everything in between.
As a teacher I embrace the importance of differentiated instruction and student-centered inquiry especially for split grade classrooms.
I also currently host a weekly live video on Facebook that supports teachers with using inquiry in their classroom. You can find me everywhere else on social media as @madlylearning.
Let me help you reduce some of the overwhelm that comes with teaching as I help you to make it all fit together!
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