In my head I've reflected about what I've been learning during this Covid-19 time, but I think it's about time that I started to write them down before I quickly forget. There have definitely been highs and lows during Covid-19 and distance learning was not easy. (We are going back to the classroom in about … Continue reading #SOL20 Things I’ve Grown to Appreciate During Covid-19
Tag: writing
Permission to Fail
Often as teachers, we are scared of failure. We might preach to our students that it's ok to fail, you can make mistakes but you try again. We say it's all part of the learning process, but do we give ourselves that permission? The deep ingrained fear of failure has followed me for a while … Continue reading Permission to Fail
mid mini-lesson eureka Moment
Do you ever have those eureka moments teaching, when you get an idea all of a sudden, like mid mini-lesson? I had one of those moments today during reading workshop this afternoon. My lovely students were sitting in our rug area, and I was giving my mini-lesson about using learning progressions to analyze our responses … Continue reading mid mini-lesson eureka Moment
forgetful
These past days I've been living on the edge or maybe just being really forgetful. I dont know why but I didn't have an umbrella with me when I left school. I always have an umbrella tucked in my bag. You never know when it will rain here in Singapore. Yesterday, when I left school … Continue reading forgetful
Teaching A Memorable Memoir Unit
Our last writing workshop unit of the year was our memoir unit. This is probably one of my favorite units to teach to the students. One of the reasons I enjoy this unit is that I can really see the growth of my students as a writer from the beginning of the year. Also, I … Continue reading Teaching A Memorable Memoir Unit
