Avril Lavigne played the John Labatt Centre on October 22, 2011. It really was an amazing concert. I wanted to be able to relive that show over and over again so I put together this mix CD. I was able to find all of the songs she performed at the JLC that night. Here is…

Here’s one of the pumpkins we carved for my class. One of my students drew the silhouetted cat using a black permanent marker. I was really surprised to find out that we didn’t need a sharp knife to carve our pumpkins. We used a common butter knife and it worked perfectly, even for such a…

We have a special treat for you today, a guest post from Hilary Melton-Butcher. She shares all sorts of interesting stories on her amazing blog Positive Letters . . . Inspirational Stories.  Today, she contributes a guest post for our Teaching Tip Tuesday series, and she addresses our students directly. So please share this with your…

That’s right! I’m going to the Avril Lavigne concert. I can’t wait! I’ve seen Avril in concert before. It was 2004 and she was touring to support her second album. I was impressed how she played several different instruments in the show; guitar, piano, and even the drums. The crowd was really hyped and sang…

Silent Cacophony has hit a milestone. This humble little blog now has over 100,000 page views.   That feels like reason to celebrate. Bring on the fireworks! For some reason, my numbers fluctuate each week. This is what traffic looked like over the past week. I know that I don’t have a superstar blog. But…

Here are 5 sure-fire ways to get your phone ringing for those elusive supply teaching gigs. 1) Business Cards Having a business card is essential. Always carry a few in your pocket because you never know when you will bump into a teacher or a principal and make a connection.  Your card doesn’t need to…

I don’t know who to vote for in tomorrow’s provincial election. I don’t really care for any of the leaders or parties at this point in time. No one has won my vote.  So what do I do with it? This is a serious question.  I have always voted and I’ve felt pretty confident about…

You can learn a lot from a comic book. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Of course, I never really expected to find inspiration for this week’s Teaching Tip.  But I did just that with the graphic novel “Page by Paige” by Laura Lee Gulledge. The game is called “Drawing Telephone” or…

I went to a really nice wedding on the weekend. I’ve been to quite a few of them over the past ten years and, believe it or not, I still learned a few new things this time around. Here are the 4 Things I Learned at a Wedding this weekend. 1) Unless you like your…

Image via WikipediaWell, this is a first. I’ve exceeded my bandwidth traffic allowance for my domain name. The short-cut link – chasemarch.com won’t work right now. In the meantime, make sure you type in the long form address to get to my blog. http://chasemarch.blogspot.com It’s like chasemarch.com except you need to add “.blogspot” before the…