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By MARISSA DESPINS Updated Oct 6, 2023 Halloween worksheets to engage your learners We have all been there. You carefully plan and execute a super engaging lesson for your students, and realize you still have 20 minutes of time to fill before the bell. Have no fear! I have gathered up some fun, print-and-go Halloween worksheets that…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated July 25, 2024 Orange Shirt Day Posters for the classroom Raise awareness with Orange shirt day posters: Sept 30th is almost here, and with it comes the important reminder to share this dark part of Canadian history with the learners in our classrooms. Only through education can we sure the mistakes of the…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated July 25, 2024 The Orange Shirt Day Story revolves around Phyllis Webstad, a member of the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation in Canada. Phyllis’s experience as a young Indigenous child attending a Canadian residential school in 1973 led to the creation of Orange Shirt Day, which is now honored as a special and important…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 September 30th is rapidly approaching, and that means it is time to start thinking about ways to acknowledge Orange Shirt Day in your classroom. One of my favorite activities for honoring this important day asks students to create their own Orange Shirt Day designs that symbolically reflect their…
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated July 26, 2024 With Orange Shirt Day 2024 quickly approaching, it is an important reminder to spend time in our classrooms teaching our students about this important and sad period of Canadian history. Only through education can we ensure the errors of our collective past are not repeated in the future….
By MARISSA DESPINS Updated June 18, 2024 Orange Shirt Day 2024 is only a few short weeks away, and serves as a powerful reminder about the importance of teaching students about the past in order to avoid similar mistakes in the future. I love using Orange Shirt Day quotes in the classroom as a way…