Allison Rand

Grade 3/4 French Immersion teacher. I believe in growth mindset, restorative justice, reflective practice and the power of a great read aloud. I love to learn!

[Allison Rand @MadameRand]

Reader's theatre underway! A perfect way to engage readers at the end of the year and celebrate all the progress we've made!

[Allison Rand @MadameRand]

Math escape room was tough, but these mathematicians didn't quit! Lots of 'This is impossible, Madame!' followed by "Ohhhhhhhh!" moments later. 😂

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Working on reader's theatre, we watched this video: https://t.co/vBLRUwOK3j
And one of my smarty pants guessed exactly what I was going to teach! Acting and reading with emotion in your voice! They loved this quick video.

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So true! It shows kids how we think and make choices as we write... And even the teacher gets stuck sometimes!

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@BarbaraMCamp70 They love to work in groups! It's so clear how much they missed it! I'm hoping we can do even more next year!

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Tech-free coding was super fun! Now we know that algorithms are sets of code. We also learned about the joys and pains of debugging our algorithms!

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Our next series of *snack time reads* has been this collection of books about the diversity of families from @epic4kids. A great series for us as we just recently spent time studying the importance of diversity of representation in books. https://t.co/C9S6WU8yWZ

[Allison Rand @MadameRand]

The last two weeks we've been reading stories by and about indigenous people of Canada and we've learned so much! Modern day life, historical ways of life, residential schools, art and more. Still trying to grow my library if you have any recommendations!

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Spanish tile art progress! We've been working on coloring in the different shapes with a variety of values from light to dark to add dimension and they are so lovely!

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Where the wild things are... The kids call it 'the forest' 💕 and it is one of the best parts of our playground.

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Twin day at St. Cat's!

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@epic4kids I haven't been able to access your library at school recently. Having technical difficulties?

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In love with our Spanish tile art project on the go! We discussed radial symmetry and used miras to trace the reflections. Super fun and what beautiful results!

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These are the kinds of wonderful families I am partnering with! 😍

[Barbara M Campbell @BarbaraMCamp70]

My 10 yr old’s response to At Home Learning being extended to end of May: “Don’t worry Mum we’ve got this!” 😍 @HRCE_NS @stcatschool @MadameRand #AtHomeLearning #WeGotThis

[Nova Scotia Gov. @nsgov]

COVID-19 cases are rising in Nova Scotia. There are things every one of us can do to help stop the spread.

- Keep your social circle small and consistent and always follow gathering limits.

[Allison Rand @MadameRand]

French book recommendation: Nouvelle Partie! These stories about 'Super-Lapin' happen inside a video game. Lots of humour and very engaging for everyone. I just got a pack of 7 for $35 from Scholastic and they are flying off our library shelves!

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We used miras to draw congruent shapes. Very cool stuff! (and more than a few students tried looking at the world through 'rose-coloured glasses'... 😂)

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We ❤️ food chain tag! We've been noticing what happens when we change the ratios of producers, herbivores, carnivores and decomposes in our game... Ecosystems in and out of balance!

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Outdoor reading season has returned and we couldn't be happier! Now 🤞 we don't get too many April showers to keep us in!

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@maryledgerart @TILTHRCE @epic4kids Working now thankfully! Very weird!

[Allison Rand @MadameRand]

@TILTHRCE I am seeing that @epic4kids is being blocked by our webfilter. Anything we can do about this? This is an important resource I use very frequently.