Kate Beckenham

@LDatSchool Good teaching practice allows to varying types of assessment and instruction that reach a variety of learners…..then standardized testing comes along and those great practices are gone and students struggle!

Why an IEP? The ministry says that "many students... have educational needs that cannot be met through regular instruction and assessment practices at school" Is this a statement that we are ok with? Is this equitable? Are there ways we can meet need better? #LDwebinar

@BlueJays @NewEraCap @NewEraCanada Second from the left! It’s a beaut! 🇨🇦

Happy #59FIFTYDay! What’s your fave Blue Jays hat?👇 (We may have a surprise for you 👀)

@MrsBurnsSPS So happy to see the Turkish delight made it!

It’s international week! We have been learning all about different countries of the world in our social studies classes. Yesterday, we learned about and enjoyed food from Mexico 🇲🇽, The Netherlands 🇳🇱, The Bahamas 🇧🇸, and Turkey 🇹🇷. More to come this week!

Inspired by my friend @MrsParsons_Gr2 we finished Friday off with structure building challenges.

On #BellLetsTalk day we talked about making mistakes and how to manage them. #proudtobeHPE

Annual sock snowman class photo

Reason number 263 why living in a small town is great….we can walk to the arena!

What am amazing day with a visit from Queens university to help us become engineers!

Today we tackled calculating mean. Students commented that they liked using the blocks and doing fair share.

We discovered the excitement that comes with a digital escape room!

Pumpkin day…a mix of numeracy, literacy and science fun!

Monday fact fluency #Proud2BeHPE

Tackled our first vertical question today in math and it was a huge success……not a bad view either 😀#Proud2BeHPE

Putting paragraph puzzles together….overheard “this must be the first sentence because it has a hook” #Proud2BeHPE

Pure joy and fun as we discovered how seeds travel using milkweed from our learning forest. #Proud2BeHPE

Exploring and creating with manipulatives led to a discussion of trading and borrowing 10s. Plus students made some cool designs! #Proud2BeHPE #3Blovesmath

Over 700 students and staff doesn’t look so big from up there! Way to go SPS

@teresa_hadley I appreciated my sweet message on my car windshield after school! Thank you kindness crew!

Students said things like, “I want to make more so I can make more people smile” and, “We need to make lots so no one gets left out. It doesn’t feel good to be left out.” We love the daily acts of kindness toward each other and can’t wait to plan our next class kindness mission.

Inspired by the work of others, KHT formed a KINDNESS Crew. We created a class kindness pledge thanks to @Thetututeacher’s book and then learned that making others smile is a superpower thanks to Aviaq Johnson. We left messages of appreciation on every car in the parking lot.

Inspired by Ashley Spires book “The Most Magnificent Thing” students used given materials to create something amazing. Next step: writing about what great things these can be used for. #Proud2beHPE

Our first day was full of teamwork and fun! It’s great to be in Grade 3. #Proud2beHPE