Five years ago (seriously, people? I've been blogging THAT long?) I posted something about using Kahoot effectively . It's time for a bit of an update.  I feel like in 2021 there are probably only a handful of French teac…

I learned about a free platform hosted by a Canadian University, called Tandem, for recipricol language practice, about a year ago and am just about to embark on using it myself. Those teaching French or ESL (with students having…

Have you noticed a new little "Create Digital Activity" tag on some files that you already own, or that you have seen while browsing on Teachers Pay Teachers? If you've been browsing for Back to School shopping, and…

I can't say for anyone else, but because I had to bring home all of my teaching resources and materials this summer, I feel like I am positively drowing in books at the moment. I'm not complaining though, (even if some ot…

Here in Canada, we celebrated our Thanksgiving two weekends ago. In the USA, this holiday of gratitude and geniality (let's not get into the historical origins here & focus on moving forward together, you know?) is marked…

It's been a little while since I participated in the Bright Ideas blog hop, but they really ARE a great way to share tips with teachers, so for this month, I want to share an idea I got from a Special Education colleague a f…

It's time to announce the winners of my giveaway  for French teachers ... Image courtesy of Educlips Congratulations, ladies! Not sure where the MEN are... I am pretty sure all 81 entries were by women, but that'…

Thanks to Jackie at Room 213 who invited me to be part of her link up on what matters in teaching! She asked... What do you know to be true about learning and what do you try to focus on, regardless of how many days you …

Here's just a small freebie for today. I made this simple sign to go in my classroom above the pocket chart I use for Exit Tickets. I'm making it available for you in PDF or PowerPoint format (which means what you'll…

For ten months now, Shelley Gray of Teaching in the Early Years has inspired a couple of hundred teacher-bloggers to share thousands of ad-free posts with great tips to our blog-reading audience once a month. She called this the…