Chase March – Blog
Welcome to the sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find my various articles about a variety of topics (DJ Events and news, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more)
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January 2015 Recap
I normally do a best of list at the start of every month. I think it is a great way to highlight content from this blog that we may have forgotten about or want to revisit it. I call the feature Chasing Content and feature the best posts from the year before. I do this
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2015 Reading Challenge
Here is an intriguing reading challenge that I have seen floating around on social media. I have challenged myself for the past three years to keep a detailed reading log and blog about every single title I read. Here are my totals so far 2012 – 65 2013 – 61 2014 – 78 As you
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Building an Independent Reading Culture in the Classroom
In the past, I have had a hard time getting the students in my class to read. I could get them to pick out books and to look at them, but I couldn’t seem to motivate them to actually read the book or stay quiet during Silent Reading time. I have finally figured out how
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No one Can Live Without Art
I have never had much in the way of money. I have more or less scraped by my entire life. However, I have never gone without. And for that I am thankful. I know what I need most of all in life though. That is story. I need great novels, film, and television. I need
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The Animal Man Series Concludes
My brother bought me the first trade paperback of Animal Man last year for Christmas and I was immediately drawn into the fictional world. I read Volume 2 of the book as well but only just got around to reading the complete series. Animal Man – Volume 3: Rotworld – The Red Kingdom Animal Man
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First Nations Research Info for Kids
I have had a really hard time finding appropriate resources to use to for my Grade 3 Social Studies Unit. The problem is that most of the teaching resources are written for middle or high school students. Very few texts are suitable for elementary school and our new curriculum. I just recently discovered that my board has a