TDSB Urban Voices is Back!
Urban Voices was gone for a while but thankfully it is now back. Urban Voices has been a place for …
Category Archives: Teacher Resource Ideas
Thinking about a Work of Art: Visual Literacy
The following categories, questions and elements are intended to assist teachers in having discussions about works of art as a …
Comparing and Contrasting Two Works of Art: Visual Literacy
Pick two pieces of art that share a common theme or subject and have students identify commonalities and/or differences between …
Design Improvement: Visual Literacy
On his website Michael Darnell’s photographs depict products that have design flaws. He describes the problem and then makes a design …
Helping Kids Be Responsible Online: Tips for Parents
Technology Keep discussion open and ongoing around the use of technology. Kids need to feel they can trust you and …
Examples of Best-Practices Used in TDSB classrooms
Assessment For and As Learning Bansho Comprehensive Literacy Descriptive Feedback Differentiated Instruction Gallery Walk Guided Practice Inquiry-based Learning Learning Based …
Practices to encourage higher-order thinking in your classroom
Example Example Acknowledging failure as essential to learning Identifying premises, conditions and/or constraints Comparing and contrasting Identifying …
Progression of Listening Strategies By Grade
1. Retell (kindergarten and grade 1) Tell teacher the most important parts 2. Paraphrase (grade 2) Tell teacher what you’ve …
Promoting and Controlling Group Discussions
Open the topic up to the group, so that everyone has a chance to participate. Examples: “Let’s hear what other …
Action Verbs Organized by Achievement Chart Categories
Knowledge/Understanding Thinking Communication Application AskCalculate Check Classify Compare Complete Compute Connect Contrast Correct Decide Define Detect Differentiate Estimate Evaluate Generalize …
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