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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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Winterlude Bed Races
No this isn’t Hoth. It’s Dows Lake. The frozen over lake where the Bed Races were held at this year’s Winterlude. It was great to see so many members of the community participating in it. This is the Paramedic team. And the race is on. It was hilarious to see the teams try to manoeuvre…
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New Reason to Love Curling
I found a good reason to watch curling. Her name is Geri-Lynn Ramsey and she plays for team PEI. I’ve seen curling before but I don’t ever remember seeing players this young and beautiful. I felt a little guilty rooting for another province over my own but I cheered PEI on all weekend long. They…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Phys. Ed & Health
In a perfect world, every school would have a gym teacher. Each class would go to the gym four days a week to learn skills, build muscle, and have fun. On the fifth day of the week, this teacher would come to your classroom to deliver an intensive health program. However, in many schools this…
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Winterlude Lights Up the Night
Winterlude is an annual event where Canadians get together to celebrate Winter. I know a lot of people would rather huddle up inside and hide under the covers just waiting for it to be over. “Who celebrates winter?” they say. That being said, I’ve always heard good things about Winterlude so this year I made…
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Twitter Tip – Creating a Threaded Discussion
One of the most frustrating things about Twitter is trying to have a conversation with someone. When you reply to a tweet, it isn’t threaded at all. There is no subject heading so it can often be unclear as to what post you are commenting on. I know there have been times when I’ve stared…
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Recommended Reads – Table of Contents
Welcome to Recommended Reads. These are books that I hold dear to my heart. Please click on the button right under the header page to get the up-to-date Recommended Reads list. I will continue to update it with books that I have read and enjoyed. Chase’s All-Time Favourites Heartbeat by Sharon Creech This book sounds…
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Recommended Reads – Fables
Here is the latest addition to my Recommended Reads list. Tomorrow I will be launching a Table of Contents page so you can cruise through all of the titles quickly. This one is another graphic novel and it is full of characters that everyone knows and not of one them is a superhero. The characters…
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Teaching Tip Tuesday – Get the Parents On Side
Last week, we discussed The 6 Key Elements that Great Teachers Possess and it was a real eye-opener for me. I knew that I wasn’t doing enough in the way of communication between home and the school. I’d tried and tried and tried. I’d banged my head against the wall time and time again. And…
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Laughs in the Mail
I got this letter in the mail on Friday and I laughed out loud. It’s not often a letter can evoke laughter from me. Laughter that brightens up my whole day. Laughter that was desperately needed that day. Before I show you the letter though, it needs a bit of set-up. I hope you’ve been…
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Sunglasses, who knew?
I must admit that I’ve never been a fan of sunglasses. I normally wear a hat when I go outside and thought that was enough. The brim of the hat stops the sun from getting in my eyes. The optometrist suggested that I start wearing sunglasses to protect my eyes from some of the harmful…