Emily Solilak

Raising a nature-loving kiddo & Teaching Middle Years in the Prairies 🌾

[Wayne Ewasko @WayneEwaskoMLA]

École Edward Schreyer School students are just as bright and inquisitive as I remember from teaching there years ago! 📚

Happy to welcome EESS 7th graders from Beausejour on Thursday to the Legislature!!
Thanks to Mrs Solilak and Jill Kaatz for bringing the students 😊

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

My grade 7s used @CanvaEdu Magic Studio to create alternative Book Covers to Gratz’s “Refugee.” They used AI text to image to visualize what their character would look like. Good skill practicing describing their character to get the most accurate & realistic image!

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@CanvaEdu 🌏🌲👥

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

We were honoured to have Her Honour, Anita Neville, the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba accept our invitation to read to our Grade 7s for I Love to Read month!

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

Experimenting with @canva Magic Studio with my students creating AI generated images. I’m brainstorming ways I could create a whole lesson & assignment on this! They loved being creative on this!

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

The Grade 7s had fun painting rocks & leaving messages on them to deliver in different places around town 😀

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

I had no idea who Bishop Grandin was/why the street was named after them. It’s time to rename it!

[David A. Robertson @DaveAlexRoberts]

Winnipeg has a boulevard named after this man: Bishop Grandin Boulevard. @Mayor_Bowman we need to rename this street. Nobody, not Grandin nor Macdonald or anybody else, should be honoured or immortalized if they played a role in this system of genocide. #TRC

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@NahanniFontaine Wow, I had no idea, thank you for sharing!

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@brentstokes753 😳😳😳

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@KayeEllen17 Been following your story & devastated to hear of your loss ❤️ sending love & prayers from the small town of Selkirk, Manitoba in Canada 🇨🇦

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

Shopping @sobeys on a sensory- friendly evening, lights dimmed & noise reduced. As somebody who is high energy, I love the calming effect. PLUS, having taught a few kids with autism spectrum disorder over the years, I can understand what a huge impact this would be. Thank you! 👏🏼

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@sorokowskij Same same!

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

Apparently today is #TeachersDay so shoutout to my colleagues! I wouldn’t be where I am today without the support of my work fam. In this profession we need a listening ear, somebody to bounce ideas off and lots of encouragement to keep going & trying. Kudos to all the teachers👏🏼

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

Beausejour has access to beautiful trails & park in their community. We took the Ss on a nature/photo challenge yesterday. Need to get the kids outside as much as possible! I’m wanted to get as much PD as possible on outdoor classrooms this year ☀️

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@SunriseMathMan Chocolate for when you realize you just need to put your feet up & treat yourself

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

Finished reading @AlanGratz Allies & I’m ashamed to admit I had never heard of “If Day” in Winnipeg, a full on simulation of a Nazi invasion on Feb 19, 1942. This makes a strong argument for the importance of using simulation in social studies learning!

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@mra_mb Recommended to me & one I constantly lend out to others!

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@MB_HumanRights Ecole Edward Schreyer School students stepped up this year for human rights by studying the original 30 from the UDHR & creating a mural for all students to see and learn about them #ManitobansSteppingUp

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

@brentstokes753 That’s very sweet! He’s such a kind & funny kid

[Emily Solilak @vittemily]

Annual tradition of making “good bye” cards for my Grade 7s... this year feels extra weird. Difficult to fit in everything I want to say, while mentioning the impact of COVID-19 on our school year. These kids will definitely remember Grade 7 the rest of their life!