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Hey @BlueJays you have some special guests in the building today cheering you on! Have fun Clyde River, NU students! Give them a shout out if you can

I post this grade 5 handout every so often. It seems a lot of people missed this class.

@rebeccamakkai The Whiz Mob and the Genedine Kid by Miles Ellis, Inkling by Kenneth Oppel, Pony by RJ Palacio. I could go on…

Been thinking about things that we should normalize saying. Such as: “I don’t know enough about that to have an opinion.” “My thoughts on that have changed based on new information I’ve learned.” “I’m sorry…” (followed by an acknowledgment of specific harm caused)

@Joseph_Fasano_ @TarcherPerigee @penguinrandom @MrsLPRutledge

GIVEAWAY! In celebration of the upcoming release of The Magic Words, I'm giving away 2 signed copies! To enter the drawing, just ❤️ and share this post. Your name will be entered 2x if you @ someone who might enjoy these poetry prompts & creativity tools. I hope this book helps!

@Jarrett_Lerner @MrsLPRutledge ❤️

EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS! These picture books need a new home. Want them? To enter to win them: follow me and like/retweet this tweet. Bonus entry: tag a pal who you think might want these books, too!

@Jarrett_Lerner @MrsLPRutledge 😍

EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS! These Middle Grade and Young Adult novels and graphic novels need a new home. Want them? To enter to win them: follow me and like/retweet this tweet. Bonus entry: tag a pal who you think might want these books, too!

Canada's Natural Wonders as Superheroes 1. Lake Superior The largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area & third largest by volume. It holds 10% of world's surface freshwater.

Red flags in math: If you hear these claims, perhaps you're being sold a (math) story. -algebra is obsolete (reckless, uninformed claim) -if kids construct/invent/design, skills will just follow -avoid worksheets; practice is "drill & kill" -avoid timed tests -don't need to memorize times tables -mistakes make your brain grow -students don't learn by mimicking -if you're not active, you're not thinking -open-ended problems allow kids w/o skills to be successful -standard algorithms are harmful -procedures work against understanding -conceptual understanding must precede procedures -explicit instruction kills creativity -engagement implies learning -tyranny of the textbook (i.e. don't use textbooks) -low floor, high ceiling (translates to no math)

@MrsLPRutledge Amazing!

@MrsLPRutledge 🦇❤️

@mjtlbarrie That is really beautiful

@CraigBaird My gr6 students created this version for #RemembranceDay youtu.be/PwRS9j801b0?fe…

In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. - John McCrae, May 3, 1915.

Attention #teachers, we're giving away 5 copies of our new graphic novel! Suitable for Grade 6-12 students, it tells the story of inspiring WWI figure #JohnMcCrae. 📕Like, follow & RT by Nov 30 for a chance to win 📗More info: bit.ly/46U4WNh #Giveaway #KidLit

Look at these @GuthriePublic Ss amazing graphic representations of A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga for #GRA @HarperCollinsCh

‘27 RHP Callum Dickie One of the more impressive arms here is Dickie working with a clean arm action. Still young with tons of time to develop. FB 75-76 CB 64 CH 65-69 @barriebaseball || #BarrieScoutDay🇨🇦

Safe spaces give kids hope in a time where hope for a better and brighter future seems to be an idea that is very difficult to hold on to.

In response to 1 Million March 4 Children protests that are scheduled to take place across Canada, ETFO strongly condemns anti-2SLGBTQ+ protests. Any actions or events that seek to undermine the rights and dignity of the 2SLGBTQ+ community must be denounced. #onpoli #onted

It is the International Day For The Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition. While many enslaved people fled to Canada from the United States in the 1800s, there was a time when enslaved people escaped from Canada, to find freedom in the United States. Let's learn more. Slavery existed in North America prior to the arrival of Europeans, but it differed from the later African slave trade. When New France was established, both Black and Indigenous people were enslaved. Enslaved Indigenous People outnumbered Black slaves two-to-one. The first recorded Black enslaved person was in 1628 when a boy named Olivier was taken from Madagascar and brought to New France. In 1685, the Black Code or Code Noir was implemented. It consisted of 60 articles that gave some protection to the enslaved. This included an enslaver being responsible for damages if an enslaved person was harmed. The code also allowed an enslaver to whip or chain an enslaved person. Under the code, the enslaved were seen as property like furniture. Between 1600 and 1750, about 1,400 enslaved people were taken from West Africa and brought to New France. Indigenous Peoples were still enslaved at this time as well. By 1759, there were 4,000 enslaved people in New France, with two-thirds being Indigenous Peoples. Violence against the enslaved was not unusual. In Halifax in 1779, two Black women were accused of theft and publicly whipped in front of a crowd. In 1791, a Cape Breton enslaved person was killed by a white man for walking into an all-white public hall. The murderer was, according to the newspaper "honourably acquitted". The only punishment was he was banned from the Masonic Lodge. After the British took over New France, slavery continued. Thomas Mallard, who owned the building where the first New Brunswick Parliament was held, was an enslaver. Peter Russell, the first receiver and auditor general of Upper Canada was an enslaver. James McGill, who founded McGill University, was an enslaver. A total of 14 of 17 members of the second Parliament of Upper Canada from 1797 to 1800 were enslavers. In 1793, after hearing the story of Chloe Cooley who was violently removed from Canada for sale in the United States by her enslaver, Upper Canada Lt. Governor John Simcoe set about to end slavery. His Act Against Slavery was supposed to abolition slavery in Upper Canada but it met resistance in the Legislative Assembly. Many in the Assembly were enslavers. As a result, the Act became watered down. Instead of banning slavery, the importation of the enslaved was stopped and anyone born into slavery was freed when they were 25. However, all enslaved people at the time of the Act remained enslaved. When Vermont banned slavery in 1777, and New York in 1799, the enslaved in Canada sometimes fled into those states to find freedom. It was not until 1833 when Britain abolished slavery that Canada followed suit as its colony and the story of the Underground Railroad began. To learn more about Canada's slavery history, visit my episode about it: canadaehx.com/2020/06/16/can… If you enjoy my Canadian history content, please consider a donation to Canadian History Ehx at buymeacoffee.com/craigU