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Teaching Tip Tuesdays – A.P.E. (guest post)
Hello Chase March’s loyal readers. This is a guest post from Cottam Country. I currently teach Gr. 3/4 language arts and math as well as a variety of rotary subjects. Our school has been an “OFIP” (Ontario Focussed Intervention Program) school, which has meant that the teachers have been engaged in intensive professional development for […]
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Why The Olympics are the Best in Reality Television
I have never been a fan of reality television. Most reality shows are so contrived that they don’t even approach anything that even resembles reality. I don’t really have the patience to watch any of these shows and I don’t see how they manage to draw in so many viewers. I have had the opportunity […]
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Some Trek is Better Than No Trek
I remember the excitement and energy back in 1991 surrounding the twenty-fifth anniversary of Star Trek. I was really excited about it. Back then, The Original Series was on the air pretty much every day and new movies were coming out regularly. Star Trek: The Next Generation had also really come into its own. Star […]
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Know Your History: Episode 2 Part 2
Know Your History is a monthly radio segment I produce for DOPEfm. If you missed Part 1 go and read it here. And don’t forget to download the podcast for free. Without any further ado, here is Part 2. “So far we have had a song about the history of the culture, how it started […]
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Know Your History: Episode 2 – The Elements
Know Your History is a monthly segment I do for DOPEfm. This is the transcript for Episode 2. Please go and download the show for free. If you missed download it for free here. I hope you enjoy the show. I look forward to hearing your feedback. “Hey Everybody, this is Chase March and thanks […]
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Amazing Beauty and Grace on the Ice
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have been absolutely breathtaking to watch during the Winter Olympics this year. They capped off an amazing journey last night by winning Gold in Ice Dance. These two skaters met when Tessa was only seven years old and Scott was nine. I saw them both being interviewed on Olympic Morning […]
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Teaching Tip Tuesdays – Black History Month
I came across this great site last week that I wanted to share with you for Teaching Tip Tuesday. Debbie DeSpirt has written quite a few articles and lesson plans that will appeal to primary school teachers. http://www.suite101.com/writer_articles.cfm/chokurei I like her lesson for Black History Month and how it deals with some of the every […]
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Who Has The Best Traffic Lights?
Traffic lights seem to vary from region to region. I don’t why this is the case. I think the design of them is so much better here in my province but perhaps it’s just that I am accustomed to them being this way. Let’s look at a few different designs I have come across. This […]
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Winterlude Fun!
Snowflake Kingdom is a gigantic snow playground that it is constructed every year for Winterlude. Apparently, it takes weeks for them to make enough snow to construct these huge slides. But the time spent in constructing them is sure worth it. The line ups were huge and everyone seemed be having a great time. I’ve […]
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Castles in the Snow
These snow sculptures were constructed by teams from all across the country for this year’s Winterlude. They are on display at Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau, Quebec. I think this is my favourite. Team Manitoba did a great job on it. This one shows a group of kids tobogganing. Team Alberta made this huge pair of […]