Tess Brilling

Colony Teacher at Livingstone Range School Division 🍎 interdisciplinary, place and inquiry based learning!

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We had an amazing year as we learned together, laughed together and cried together. Sadly, I said goodbye to these lovely kids on Friday and teaching in Alberta (for now!) I am off to Mexico 🇲🇽 to teach Grade 6 at an Alberta Accredited School! Here for the next chapter! 🩵

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Woohoo! I love when the students are feeling awesome after a PAT and even said “that was fun!” Super proud of them working so hard this year! ☀️📝

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A beautiful morning to write Haiku’s about spring and the changes we see! ☀️🌳

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“Something’s Wrong” won March Maddness! It was so close with “I Once Met an Elk in Edson.” Students has a blast reading new books this month! 📖

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Today, we tested out what materials are best to make slime! We talked about what each material does and where we see it everyday! Happy Friday! 🧪

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Oh these are so cute! 😍

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What a fantastic morning with Sigmund Brouwer! We had a great discussion about stories and how our most important tool is the alphabet! Students are so excited to start our new unit of Story Writing!! #literacy

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

The biggest lie I tell myself…

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Family Literacy Day was a hit! We started off with these two books, families had to guess what we were doing. We made a Colony cook book for each family and guest to use!

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Our new WIG (wildly important goal) has started. 100% of students will read for at least 60 minutes a week! We have almost earned it for Week 1! #literacy

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A great week back! This week, we talked about our Leader in Me Power Words and created a word for the year, and how we can use these words throughout the year to achieve our goals! @LRSD_68

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🍊 orange blossom special! I love listening to these kids and their musical talents! Wow!

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I love when students are reading together and especially reading joke books together!

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ACE conference was great. Lots of learning, laughs and collaboration! I am feeling revived with new ideas to try out this week! #colonyteacher

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I love reading during DEAR with my students! Over the long weekend, I picked up a few new books! 😍

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An awesome week of learning. Grade 7s and 8s went to the pond on the colony to find consumers, producers and decomposers. Then, we put together out ecosystems and determined what kind of invertebrates were living. They discovered side-swimmers, water spiders and leeches!

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A big thank you to PEAKS for coming to visit us today. Our students had a great day learning about Métis history and the blending of cultures all around us. We also had some outdoor learning which involved frisbees and step dynamics! @LRSD_68 #placebased

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The difference between information and knowledge:

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3rd summer read on the Ferry back from Vancouver Island! What a nice way to start the morning 🌊

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Enjoying my parents’ beautiful backyard and pool while they’re away. Staycations are the best! ☀️