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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Know Your History – Back to School Edition
It’s that dreaded time of year again. . . at least for some. For others it sparks an air of excitement. Summer holidays may be coming to an end but there is a hint of promise for the new school year that is about to start. Some of us are ready to go back to
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Chasing Content – September 2012
Matthias Süßen via Wikimedia Commons It’s time to click on a bunch of links and rediscover the best of what Silent Cacophony had to offer last year at this time. You can read all of the posts from last September or just these extra special ones . . . Undervalued, Unappreciated, and Misunderstood I love my job
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Using Classroom Rules to Correct Student Misbehaviour
By ChinaFlag [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons “One of the things that I learned this year (teaching grade 6 for the first time) is that when a student is misbehaving, it’s sometimes hard not to get into a power struggle. If you have clear and concise rules, you’re able to identify their behaviour as breaking
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My Name is Memory
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares I really enjoyed this book. It was interesting to see all of the ways that the two characters connected throughout the years. The timing or circumstances were never quite right for them to finally come together to live happily ever after. But that notion of fairy-tale love is
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Stratford’s All-Wheels Skatepark
Grab your skateboard and head to Stratford’s All-Wheels Skatepark. It’s time for another visual tour. This park doesn’t look like much. The ramps look kind of worn down. The concrete isn’t completely smooth. And the area looks like it used to be an industrial parking lot. But the metal ramps are a nice touch. The
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Breathtaking Sidewalk Art
David Zinn magically transforms the sidewalk and immediate environment into breathtaking works of art. And he does it in chalk. Absolutely incredible! I love how he makes three-dimensional drawings that are fully immersed in reality and fantasy at exactly the same time. This piece might just be my favourite. It really looks like Sluggo is