Teaching Portfolios: Do we need them?
Ever since I became a teacher in 2009 I’ve been keeping everything I’ve done. For the first two years as a PRT (Provisionally Registered Teacher) it was pretty much part of the process of...
Unleash Education Aotearoa
Happy New Year: 2020 Vision
At the end of last year (2019), the most searched term that lead to this website was ‘teaching portfolios” followed by “examples of teaching portfolios”. It prompted me to think about and reflect on...
Teaching times Ten – Place Holders: Leaves and Rocks
This morning I used the following mental picture to assist students in understanding what happens to numbers when they multiply it by ten. It also allowed for follow up for multiplying by 100. Example...
Daily 5 – Reading or Writing Student Conference
I have just made this resource to assist my Teacher Aide(s) in meeting with regular students during Daily 5. It outlines various questions and learning based conversations to have as to what the student...
The Foundation: A Line in the Sand
Draw a Line in the Sand It is incredibly important that when we talk about relationships, we talk about them in a purely professional sense. There have been far too many children who have...
The Foundation: Building Relationships
Relationships. Such a loaded word. And so many get it wrong. They use the wrong cement, or the wrong dimensions, or don’t dig deep enough (or some dig too deep!). Getting it right is...
