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Visual Tour of The Dundas Valley Trail
I love exploring new places to run and bringing my camera along with me for the trek. This time I decided to go to Ancaster and run along parts of the Dundas Valley. I hope you enjoy this visual tour of my trail run. I started off walking. I was just getting my camera strap adjusted…
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Under the Bombay Doors
This week I took my class on a field trip to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ontario. It was an amazing experience for both myself and the kids. I was fascinated to get to see the Avro Lancaster Bomber up close and personal. As you can see in this photograph, the museum…
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Teaching Tip – Elementary Origami (Guest Post)
You’ve probably heard of making paper cranes as an elementary art project, which might seem mundane and even pointless at first. But origami has many more possibilities for encouraging creativity, learning, and developing fine motor skills. As an added bonus, kids are more than happy to sit still for a few minutes while you teach…
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Chasing Content – November 2009
Image via Wikipedia I’m hauling out the big machinery for this month’s installment of Chasing Content. It’s time to excavate some of my past posts that would otherwise stay buried in the archives of Silent Cacophony. So, grab a shovel and help me to unearth these gems. You can read all of the posts from…
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Warbler Woods Visual Tour
Are you ready for a visual tour of Warbler Woods? Good, because I laced up my running shoes, grabbed my camera, and got out for a nice trail run. Entrances to nature trails often have a tight fence like this one. They are meant to stop dirt bikes, ATVs, and snowmobiles from tearing up the…
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Teaching Tip – Smarties Math
This lesson is ALWAYS a hit with the students. How could it not be? Everyone loves Smarties. The first thing you need to do is buy each student in your class a regular box of Smarties. Don’t cheap out and buy the snack size or Halloween boxes though. There just aren’t enough candies in those…
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The Top 10 Canadian Rappers
The National Post revealed their list of The Top 10 Rappers in Canada It was great to see such a list put together by our national newspaper. I actually have been impressed with the level of hip-hop reporting they have been doing lately. That being said, I don’t completely agree with this list. The National Post’s…
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Know Your History: Episode 5 – Rap is Born (Part 2)
This is the conclusion of the transcript for Episode 5 of Know Your History. If you missed reading Part 1 you can go back and read it now. You can also download the radio show for free or stream it with the player below. In 1978, the term “rap music” came into existence. Most people…
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Know Your History: Episode 5 – Rap is Born
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. This is the transcript of the fifth installment of the show. If you haven’t been with us for the previous four, you can download each episode for free or stream them with the player at the bottom of the posts. You can also read…
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Teaching Tip – Capitalize on Those Moments
I am a very organized teacher. I have an extensive long range plan that breaks down what I am doing in the classroom term by term and week by week. I write detailed day plans for each and every single day of the year as well. This sounds like a lot of work, but I…