Picture Books for Teaching Growth Mindset
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Jan 3, 2024 Picture books for teaching growth mindset As classroom teachers, we all know how important it is to encourage a growth mindset with our learners. After…
Back to School
New Teacher Survival tips
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 10, 2024 Every time I go on social media, I am bombarded by talk of the teacher retention issues going on in our world right now (don’t…
Back to School Activities for the First Week
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated March 21, 2024 In beautiful BC, Canada, we are about a month away from returning to our classrooms. I am not sure about you, but to me this…
Blog · Back to School · Elementary · English · Middle School
Learning Styles in the classroom
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated March 28, 2023 Learning styles, and the theory of multiple intelligences, refer to the way students prefer to absorb and understand information. There are many different types of…
Blog · Back to School · Elementary · English · History · Middle School · Writing
Mandala Art Projects for Back to School
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 03, 2024 I am excited to share with you today one of my very favorite art projects for back to school – personal mandala creation. These mandala…
Blog · Back to School · Elementary · Writing
What is Writer’s Workshop?
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 03, 2024 Welcome to the second post in my series on Writer’s Workshop. Over the next few weeks, I will share a variety of posts on this…