Outdoor Education Activity – Symmetry Bugs
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 Welcome back to post #4 in my ongoing Outdoor Learning series! Through these posts I hope to share some fun outdoor education based ideas and…
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Blog · Elementary · English · Story Studio
Introduction to Story Studio
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 In today’s post, I want to shine a spotlight on a teaching strategy that truly fuels my passion – Story Studio. This dynamic literacy framework…
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Text Mapping – reading Comprehension
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Dec 8, 2023 Text Mapping is an excellent strategy to help students understand challenging text. Through this hands-on approach, students learn to mark up text while practicing key…
Animal Adaptations: Top Five Ways to Engage
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 04, 2024 Today I am here to share 5 fun ways to teach all about Animal Adaptations. Our Animal Adaptations science unit with my grade 2/3 group…
Outdoor Lessons – Symmetrical Snowflakes
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated April 09, 2024 Hello my fellow outdoor enthusiasts! Today I have more fun outdoor lessons to share with you! When the snow falls, it is the perfect time…
Hatchet Novel Study Activities
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is one of my very favorite novels to teach. I sometimes struggle with engaging my struggling middle school boys, and the male protagonist and survival theme really…