This was one of the first things we read in my grade 8 classroom. There are two parts to this lesson for the first week of school. I like to start with the Globe and Mail Article. Why Kids need to fail to succeed. 1 Ask kids what they think about the title. Start a discussion on that concept. Have you ever failed at something? What did you do? October 8, 2014.

Verbalizing the tell-tale signs of a growth mindset. I then started to reflect on my own teaching experience. Failure can make them stronger, more determined as long as we provide them with encouraging words, a safe environment where a student will be judged by his attempts rather than his successes and with the appropriate support through pertinent questioning.

Adventures in the Art Room. Fournier, MEd, OCT. Tales of an English Teacher.

I take iPhone photos of them after class to post for students to review.

Fournier, MEd, OCT. Tales of an English Teacher. Today my Film Club premiere.

Fournier, MEd, OCT. Fournier, MEd, OCT. To better incorporate new technologies into my teaching practices within and beyond the classroom. After our training with Rueben Puentedura.

In my three short years as a science teacher, I have read and graded approximately 600 formal lab reports. Traditionally I dreaded this task.