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By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 Indigenous read alouds are wonderful ways to acknowledge Truth and Reconciliation Day, and start the conversation about this important piece of Canada’s history….
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…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Nov 28, 2023 Members of the Creative Classroom Core Community already know how passionate I am about teaching novel studies. I truly believe that the novel study is…
Building engagement for your upcoming novel study is a crucially important but daunting task. Creating classroom “buzz” about the new book you are about to read helps to build anticipation…
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…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 12, 2023 Ancient Civilizations Unit Teaching Ideas As a middle school history teacher, I have always found Ancient Civilizations to be super engaging to learn about and…