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OTF Connects May 8, 2018 : Reading for Intercultural Awareness in FSL
Many FSL teachers have questions about how to address the Intercultural Awareness expectations in the revised curriculum. In addition, we often struggle with how to enrich our students’ experiences with reading and go beyond simple comprehension to meet curriculum expectations. In this workshop, participants will discuss ways to deepen their students’ understandings of texts, and …
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Media: Entertainment to Education – May 7, 2018
We live in a society where people are using media to share their thinking on a daily basis. Funny videos, memes, Snapchat or Instagram stories, screencasts, gifs, texts, tweets, and good old blogs provide the opportunity for people to have their voices heard in a more creative and often engaging fashion. Presenters Andrew Bieronski and …
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OTF Connects – April 18,2018 : LT2: Learning and Teaching Early Math with Learning Trajectories
LT2: Learning and Teaching Early Math with Learning Trajectories In this session, participants will explore the concept of learning trajectories. They will begin to: – Connect the LT (2) site mathematical learning trajectories to Ontario mathematics curriculum expectations (learning goals/targets) – Videos to assess and place their students on mathematics learning trajectories which lead to …
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OTF Connects – April 3 : Planning A Week in a Problem-Solving Math Class
In this session, participants will experience what planning a week for a problem-solving Math class might include. Topics to be explored will include: 3-part lessons understanding the expectations anticipating student errors & misconceptions the balance between partner and independent work opportunities to build skill fluency assessment & feedback Mary-Kay will share work from her Grade …
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Problem Based Learning: How to solve real world issues in today’s classroom – Part 2
In this second session, teachers will continue to build their capacity to facilitate problem based learning in their classrooms and engage students in addressing a relevant social or environmental issue. This session focuses on how to build in cross curricular tasks while meeting curriculum expectations in multiple strands. This webinar is relevant to teachers of all grades and …