Lindsay Smithson

@is_reflecting Love this! Our school is offering this course for the first time. Would you be willing to share this activity? Thanks!

Students are not always sure how to give kind and specific feedback. They need explicit instruction and practice giving peer feedback if it is going to be valuable and constructive. Check out this peer feedback template, Copy and make it work for you. bit.ly/3pBGgsl

Book Bentos in grade 9 #ENG1D @WestNiagara2022

Writer's Craft students wrote children's books for children of @WestNiagara2022 staff. I had to share some of their pages...

Writer's Craft students wrote picture books for children of staff members. Loving these dedications..

Grade 9s did a silent discussion theme notebook thingy... I don't know... it's June.

Used PlayDoh to jumpstart conversations about conflict + character in their #BookLove books. @WestNiagara2022

@Thwaites_Tech Me too!!

My Comm Tech students are currently creating GIF animations and I’ve made it clear that I’m team hard “G” for “Graphics” 😁

Reading picture books to each other so we can think about how we can make OUR children's books sound interesting and engaging @WestNiagara2022

@jeni_bonaldo I actually used @RebekahODell1 's strategies!

@SmithsonLindsay @WestNiagara2022 Do you have a list of the strategies you had them use?

Distracted while reading? It happens! This week, my grade nines tried different strategies to refocus themselves while reading independently. @WestNiagara2022

Thinking about the impact of setting on the story +characters in ENG1D by grouping various locations in Dear Martin (+ naming their groupings). #ENG1D @WestNiagara2022

Thanks to a generous grant from TD Bank and First Book Canada, 50 grade nine students were able to choose books for their own personal libraries. #BookLove @FirstBookCanada @WestNiagara2022

@slmcglynn @EastdaleWelland Great activity! Can I ask where the planes were purchased?

Demonstrating our text and graphic reading skills in Workplace English class today! @EastdaleWelland

Taking a break from grading 4U literary crit essays to grade my grade 9s Wreck This Journal project for Dear Martin. I adapted it from an assignment @Mister_Duncan shared a few years back (+ the popular journal by Keri Smith) + my groups had a LOT of fun with it. @WestNiagara2022

"Read Write Wolfpack" is underway as @WestNiagara2022 gr 9 students look for ways to inspire a culture of reading or writing within their school community through creating bookmarks, making websites, hanging posters, assembling book displays, interviewing students and staff, etc

West Niagara students choosing books to add to their personal libraries at home #TDNiagaraPopup2022

@KMcCookEnglish docs.google.com/presentation/d…

@SmithsonLindsay These are gorgeous! Do you have a set of instructions you’d be willing to share?

Instead of comprehension questions, how about two page spreads?

Last minute mini-lesson on writing thank you notes in grade 9 English today - then students delivered them to our education workers here at the school. @WestNiagara2022 . #CUPE #onted