Children
A Note
Ten years ago, when I first began teaching, Character Education was starting to make inroads into the curriculum. The value of explicitly teaching important qualities and traits that are admired by the population was becoming more apparent. For students to learn the behaviour, not only did we have to model and live the behaviour, we also had to talk about it.
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12/05/15 09:00 Filed in: Personal
As a student, early in my elementary school career, my passion for reading ended. The lack of choice and limited exposure to a variety of different texts turned me off and it stayed that way for a long time…
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26/05/15 09:00 Filed in: Reading
It is important to equip children with informational texts early on in life so that they can be accustomed to it in their later lives. But the benefits don’t stop there, it also helps develop their vocabulary, background knowledge and comprehension skills…
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