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By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Oct 16, 2025 Looking for some engaging Halloween activities for Upper Elementary? I have got you covered! This spooky holiday has so many great learning opportunities that build…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated March 20, 2024 With September’s Terry Fox Run on the horizon, this is a perfect opportunity to spotlight this exceptional Canadian hero. To maximize our learning on the…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated August 15, 2025 With September 30th approaching, it is important to spend some of our classroom time teaching about residential schools in Canada. Only when we…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 As a BC educator, this is a topic that hits very close to home. There have been ongoing discoveries of so many lost…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 08, 2024 If you have been around here for a while, you know that I really love teaching all about ancient history. Each year in seventh grade,…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 I have been getting a lot of questions on Instagram lately about Reading Response Journals, and ways to implement them in the middle school and…