An Open Letter to Premier Ford & Minister Lecce

Dear Premier Ford and Minister Lecce,

As I woke at 5:45am and scrolled through my twitter feed (as I usually do as part of my morning ritual hoping to discover more innovative ideas to help me meet student needs in the…

Running

It’s been two years since I started running again. I flew to Florida with my then…

Learning to Listen: (Emerging) Beliefs & Practices through Classroom Conversations

For my dad, who has taught me how to listen.

Final tasks are opportunities to observe and discuss student learning, to celebrate student progress. But they are…

Balancing Theory & Practice to Promote Equity in the Classroom

It’s Wednesday morning. I open the door to my classroom and walk into the room. On the whiteboard, scribbled in multicolour markers…

Unsettling

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The students quoted in this blog provided feedback on the draft and final version. It was published with their permission. Additionally, this dilemma was discussed openly in class during our first book club as part of an ongoing conversation about the importance of critical literacy in the…

Push & Pull

Is it possible to be both too close and too far at the same time? This is how I feel when I am around him.

Last night, after reading books and brushing teeth and singing songs and listening to a meditation, he pushed his stuffed animals to the edge of his bed and turned away from…

Learning to read — again

On frequent weekend visits to my grandparents house as a child, my grandfather would interrupt my make-believe and call me over to sit…

#Moments

As I applied maximum pressure and sqeeeeeezed the last of the aquamarine acrylic paint out of the dollar store bottle onto a piece of cardboard, I wondered (for a second) what my husband would think about my decision to let the kids paint the garage. The kids, on the other hand, looked up with anticipation…