Calendars

Stephanie
Many different calendars in in use today. They are based on observations ancient people made about the world around them. Some are based on the movement of the Moon around the Earth, some are based on the movement of Earth around the Sun, and some are based on the life…
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Days and Seasons

Stephanie
I'm back to teaching science again! This term's topic is Earth and Space. I am going to be doing activities with kids in grade 4 and 1. I am reviewing some more advanced topics with the year 4 kids, because I taught them last year when the topics were forces…
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Phonics

Stephanie
A while ago I fell into a phonics hole. What I mean is that I looked around all over the web to try to find a strategy to help children who struggle with reading. I was deep into the surprising reasons why English words have so many random spellings that…
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