Spring has sprung in Calgary. I am really looking forward to this last week of school before spring break. Although we only have 3 days with the kids this week, followed by two PD days, I have so many things I want to do with my students. In particular I want to take their learning outside as much as I can. Most of the snow has melted & I'm hoping that the grass is dry. I talked about taking my students on a sound walk a few weeks ago, this week I'm going to do another one but through the neighbourhood instead of just on the school grounds. It'll be interesting to see what similarities and differences the students notice in comparison to the other walk.
This past winter was a lot colder and I didn't take my students outside for learning as I would've liked to. My goal for after spring break is to set aside time to take our learning outside on a weekly basis, no matter what! I'm hoping that the activities we do this week will propel my goal of integrating the outdoors into our learning for the rest of the year. I'm also being a bit selfish since, the outdoors are really important to me but in turn I know how beneficial it is to learning and want to give my students a variety of learning experiences. Join me on this 31 day journey for the month of March with twowritingteachers.org and their 10th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. #sol17
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Adrienne
3/20/2017 05:38:35 am
I loved going outside with my class as a kid. When I taught elementary, I took my class out. It is more complicated in middle school.
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