Terry fox art

Sept. 19, 2010, marks the 30th Terry Fox Run. The annual event has raised more than $550 million for cancer research.

Fourth graders began this art project by learning about the brain. We discussed how the left side of our brain is really good at things like...

I made this project for my grade 2/3 class so that they can explore who Terry Fox is, some of the smaller, and the bigger challenges he faced in life; and, how he transformed these challenges from problems to solutions. I want my students to explore how his positive mindset is something even they being so young can achieve during their everyday life. The activities were also made with the intention of scaffolding my young students' ability to write complete sentences on their own.

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Here are some random ideas from the past few weeks.... So, I have a REALLY challenging bunch of firsties. Lots of behaviour issues, so we spend a lot of time practicing behaviours and expectations. One thing we did this week is talk about being a good listener. I read this book: Then I showed the students this picture of a student. I got the clipart from here, put the image on my projector, and traced/coloured it. I asked the students what they noticed about this boy and how was he being a…