Surrey Educators share how an intentional âhands-on, minds-onâ approach can help students communicate and share their thinking with one another. âUnderstanding that children are active and that they learn best through play, you begin to look for ways to have numeracy instruction as playful as other parts of the day. So when you see children…
Surrey teacher Darcy Booth discusses the development of Core Competencies through coding and robotics. âItâs an opportunity for them to put all of the core competencies to use. I feel like weâre constantly talking about communicating with each other, problem solving, critical thinking and they get to see that and what it really means and…
Educator Kasha Duff explores the use of âWalking Wednesdaysâ to help students enhance their critical thinking and conversational skills during Spoken Language class. âI was focused on getting students away from the desks more oftenâ¦I realized how much they were lacking that skill, to talk to somebody who you donât talk to on a regular basis.…
Teacher Jonathan Vervaet discusses the role Number Talks in the classroom plays in boosting confidence in students and changing mindsets towards mathematics. “For teachers that want to use this, they have to believe their students can do this. That was another thing going into this: students had to feel that I believed they could do this.…