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Do you use inquiry in your math classroom? Perhaps you should be!

In this episode, we're going to talk about how you can use inquiry pedagogies in your math classroom to build a better math class.

We will mostly focus on the following questions:

Was your math program student-centered? Did your math program harness your students’ choice and voice? Did you support your students in learning differently based on their strengths and needs as learners? Were your tasks open-ended and allowed for the widest variety of students in your class to access the learning? 

I am going to go through all of these questions in this episode and give you some ideas on how you can have more inquiry-based pedagogy in your classroom if you aren’t able to answer all of these questions with confidence!

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Does the thought of assessing inquiry keep you up at night?

I totally get that! There is a lot to prepare!

You might feel like you have a lot of extra work during this time because you have neglected some papers or you feel like you need to justify the marks you give by finding evidence.

The good news is that you actually don’t need to be overwhelmed by assessment!

In this episode, I am talking all about how you can assess inquiry effectively without doubling or tripling your workload.

I am going over the ideas, tips and tricks that I recommend using for assessing inquiry in your classroom, and I think you are going to get a lot of value out of them.

If you are ready to release the overwhelm and start assessing inquiry more effectively, tune in!

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Show notes available at www.madlylearning.com/177

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Are your inquiry-based lessons effective and engaging?

In this episode, I am walking you through the exact process that my team and I use to plan out our inquiry units for grades 3-6. 

I have spent the last 8 years developing this systematic process so that you don’t have to, and I even include a downloadable to make it easier for you to get started.

I am covering why including a variety of activities is important for students, where and how to define your focus, how to decide when you will add these lessons into the curriculum and more.

After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of how to effectively and creatively combine curriculum expectations and inquiry units for your students!

If this is something you want to try, this episode is an awesome place to get started, so tune in!

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Show notes available at www.madlylearning.com/176

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Do you feel unprepared to teach your students coding?

You’re not alone!

When coding was added to our curriculum, I knew that I needed Dena from Miss Tech Queen to help me and all of you understand how to teach coding.

Dena has such amazing and practical ideas about how to use coding, computers and all things stem in her classroom, so she is sharing that with us today in this episode.

We cover where to start if you’re totally new to coding, how to explain coding in basic vocabulary, why you don’t need to be an expert in coding to teach it and more.

After listening to this episode, you will have a whole new level of confidence because you will be more prepared to take complicated coding language and make a practical lesson for your students.

Tune in for helpful advice and tips from Dena!

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Are you having fun in your science classroom yet?  You should be!

Science is supposed to be full of problem-solving, exploration and discovery. Yet too often we simply skip all that in favour of trying to get it all done quickly using dull worksheets lesson after lesson.  

Science class shouldn’t be about worksheets

So It’s time we level up our science lessons.

Creating a science unit that is chock-full of a variety of lessons rooted inquiry-based learning, doesn’t have to take more time. 

Stop wasting time waiting at the photocopier, managing bored kids or marking pages and pages of worksheets.  In the same amount of time, you can create an easy STEM unit that has you excited about teaching science, without additional prep, planning and marking time. 

Let me walk you through some simple ideas you can use for low prep science experiments in your classroom.

If you are ready to say YES to transforming how you teach science then join me for my free workshop 

Ditch Those Boring Worksheets For Good and Level Up Your Science Lessons 

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Sometimes when teachers think of using inquiry in their classroom they think of the most impossible situation.  Something that most teachers would struggle to accomplish.  

But Inquiry can be simple.  

In this episode, let's look at breaking down what we think inquiry should look like and challenge our thinking to see that inquiry can be simple.  

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Hello, hello!

I wanted to share with you a little about my time teaching split grades (which has been the majority of my teaching career!). Unlike probably the majority of teachers I actually do enjoy teaching split grades and over the years I’ve picked up a few tips & tricks along the way to make it more enjoyable and easier!

So here are my strategies that make teaching split grades more manageable

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Hello, hello!

Today I wanted to share some ideas about leveling up your science and social studies lessons using four different methods!

Let’s get to it.

These subjects can be two of the most difficult for teachers to wrap their heads around because there's SO much content to cover. So, sometimes we think, let’s just grab a workbook so students can work through that and hit all the expectations.

Sure, you can do that and hit all the expectations. But you’ll also probably end up creating a rather boring, uninspired science and social studies program.

Luckily I’ve got four ways for you to create a fun and engaging curriculum...

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Hello, hello!

Let’s talk today about differentiating. Specifically with ELL students. We’re gonna look at the planning, implementing, and assessing stages of your regular classroom and how you can modify and plan lessons that simply and easily integrate your ELL’s.

One of the things I do not support is a complete separate program for ELLs in the classroom. These students need to be integrated as much as possible.

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Hey, hey!

Today I wanted to talk a little about books.

Particularly picture books. Or really any material we are reading in our classroom.

My challenge for you is to think about fitting the literature in your room into 3 different categories:

Windows

Mirrors

Prisms

If you’re looking for more book examples go to: https://www.ml-go.com/ilbooklist

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