Laura Wood

Grade 9, 10, 11 English Literature Teacher. Hockey, Young Writers & Model UN Coordinator. Library & Photography Lead Educator.📚👩🏻‍🏫☕️ B.A., B.Ed., M.ScEd.

[Laura Wood @MsWoodHNMCS]

A very safe & happy holiday season to all of our @HNMCS students & staff ⭐️ Whatever your holiday traditions look like this year, may they be merry and bright🎄

[TED-Ed @TED_ED]

This is what goes on in your body when you're chronically stressed: https://t.co/I5yFZioObx

[edutopia @edutopia]

Stress can send a person into fight, flight, or freeze mode. Here’s how taking a sip of water can help bring one back to a calm state. 💦

[TED-Ed @TED_ED]

How to stay calm under pressure— even when it feels impossible: https://t.co/1NX0wrtZcp

[edutopia @edutopia]

Finding ways for your students to collaborate can be a challenge during distance learning, but these 5 strategies will get them working together, no matter where they are.

[Laura Wood @MsWoodHNMCS]

Sonya outlines the importance of continuing a safe Trick or Treat routine this year amongst the Covid pandemic 🎃 👻 Do you agree with her article encouraging parents to set up a socially-distanced candy distribution? 🍭 🍬 @HNMCS

[Laura Wood @MsWoodHNMCS]

Our grade 10 girls created personalized letters of encouragement, support & love to the elderly members of our community 🏡 This weekend I will seal & deliver these notes of positivity to a local community centre @HNMCS #giveback

[We Are Teachers @WeAreTeachers]

How can we teach kids healthy tech habits during this pandemic? We've got you covered. #sponsored by @MessengerKids #teachertwitter https://t.co/tk7UJGyevX

[edutopia @edutopia]

How are you handling homework while students are doing all of their work from home? Here are *5 keys* to make homework more meaningful.
https://t.co/Mi7CGhyi0q

[TED-Ed @TED_ED]

The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. When spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second.

So how do our brains correctly identify each word? https://t.co/rHg5mf6CTM

[Laura Wood @MsWoodHNMCS]

Grade 10s relate direct and indirect characterization to their peers, drawing real world connections from ARITS lessons ✏️ 📖 🤓 @HNMCS

[Laura Wood @MsWoodHNMCS]

Grade 10s create interactive posters discussing the themes & historical elements found within A Raisin In The Sun 📖 @HNMCS

[edutopia @edutopia]

An educator @ClassTechTips shares ways to get more out of tools that many teachers already use. 🙌🏾
https://t.co/ssisA8nf5H

[TeachingEnglish @TeachingEnglish]

🧑‍🏫Happy #WorldTeachersDay2020 😃

[ALIVE Outdoors @ALIVEOutdoors]

Seems like a nice little reminder on this rainy Sunday.

[Laura Wood @MsWoodHNMCS]

Check out the beautiful colors of the @HNMCS grounds 🍃 🍁 🍂

[Laura Wood @MsWoodHNMCS]

Grade 10s sprint to their student government executive during our question & answer interactive game 👩‍🏫 📚 @HNMCS

[edutopia @edutopia]

When this school leader started reading the books her students were reading, "characters’ voices—which so often mirrored student voices—had settled in right where they belonged: front and center in my consciousness."
https://t.co/yR6PsTOtk6