North Vancouver Curriculum

Join the @NVSD44 Teacher Leaders on Tuesday, April 12 and Tuesday, April 26th for a virtual workshop series on Intermediate Literacy. We'll share ideas for achieving a balanced literacy program and practical lessons and strategies. Register on Booking Central.

I asked my students to come up with their own visuals & descriptions for the proficiency scale. Here’s what they came up with. I learned so much about how my students interpret assessment language & now we go forward to build a shared understanding. @RidgewayElem @curric44

My favourite math lessons are always the ones where kids ask if we can do it again! Building dinosaurs as an introduction to ‘Operations with Decimals’ was a big hit! @RidgewayElem @curric44

Join the @NVSD44 FOS Teacher Leaders for a virtual session on Combined Grades - today at 3:30pm. Join the Elementary Teacher Network Team for the event!

Finished teaching my first class at @UBC this term - @UBCEduc 440 Indigenous Peoples of Canada!! Great group of Elementary Focus Teacher Candidates!! Looking forward to the next 13 weeks with this class of 36. #IndigenousEducation #goforwardwithcourage

This was a great ‘low floor high ceiling’ Math task! Every team was communicating, experimenting, and having fun with numbers. #bced @curric44 @NVSD44

Tried out the Making Meaning Thinking Routine for the 1st time with my Gr. 3s today & everyone loved it! Looking forward to trying it again for our next U of I! #makingthinkingvisible @ProjectZeroHGSE @NVSD44

@MsVanderham @johal_sanj @HeightsSeymour What a neat way to see a visual “matrix” of questioning!

Sutherland FOS teachers using Padlet with the Making Meaning routine as part of our @ProjectZeroHGSE micro-practicum. Incredible collaboration with passionate colleagues from @RidgewayElem and @EastviewElemen1. What is Deep Learning? @curric44

Have you had a chance to watch the first video in our "Extraordinary Learning in Extraordinary Times" video series? The first video features @QueenMaryCE. Check it out and let us know what you think! vimeo.com/510554728

Division 2 did some unbelievable critical thinking using the “Peel the Fruit” strategy. We dug deeper into some Covid posters and unpacked our observations, questions, puzzles, elaborations, explanations, and connections. @RidgewayElem @curric44 #visiblethinking

Amazing use of student self-assessment and proficiency scale language. @curric44 check this out!

@NVSD44 teachers rocking it with continuing their professional learning in the virtual realm. @curric44

Great images of backward design in action

Today we explored 6 different ways to compare fractions. We created expert groups & the kids taught each other. Not only did students take ownership over teaching their peers, they owned the strategies that made sense to them & pushed their thinking to understand new ones.

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What a great idea!

The North Vancouver School District honours Orange Shirt Day. This event helps us honestly reflect on the tragic legacy of residential schools and build a new future in which every child matters. #OrangeShirtDay2020 #GoForwardWithCourage

Great discussion about the complexity of identity and how different facets of identity influence one another. It’s amazing what a conversation can bring to life - some things you just can’t replicate. Grateful to be back in the classroom 🙏🏼 @RidgewayElem @curric44

Great to see visible thinking happening in online learning.