Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Completed my vulnerable sector check today so I can be part of a sponsorship team for a family of new Canadians. #SaltingTheVibes #OneOfTheTwo 040
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Salting the vibes on Eurostar from London to Brussels. 051
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Braved the crowds in Edinburgh to rush over to the national gallery and sit for awhile with Robert Frost's The Hunt. A bucket list tick. Also, still salting the vibes. 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Today in the COC, students drew and labeled a picture of the water cycle. Then they explained the process to a partner in their L1. It was great to see the confidence students had speaking their home language. Now that they've solidified their understanding, they will practice explaining in English. 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Today in the COC, we published our first book of the semester. Students co-created the text and then took pictures to match the story. A Mouse in December may or may not have been inspired by true events. 😏🐁 #EduSky #SLIFE #OntEd 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This week in the COC, students made compound machines from a wheel & axle and an inclined plane. Today they will use new vocabulary to describe what their machine does. 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Today in the COC we started a combined math and science project. We are making a compound machine from a wheel & axle and an inclined plane. We'll be using our measuring skills and our geometry vocabulary. Students watched an instructional video and wrote down the steps. #EduSky #SLIFE 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Biking Season Day 1: The snow has finally left the bike path! What a beautiful commute through the Experimental Farm. #OttBike 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 11/04/2025This week in the COC, we used a prompt from the book Naming the World to create poems about How People See Us. Then students used Canva to make posters. #EduSky #SLIFE #OntEd 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Today in the COC, I found students moving forward through my Area Puzzles slideshow during their lunch! Am I upset that they've worked through all the puzzles for next week, or happy they love doing them? #OntEd #SLIFE 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Students in the COC are working feverishly to beat eachother as they practice reading instructions to create shapes. Currently pink team is in the lead. #VNPS #EduSky 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 18/02/2025That's an easy answer. I wear an N95 every day all day. Very breathable thanks to Canada Strong Masks. #bfc530 030
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Yesterday in the COC, I placed a glass under my dripping tap. This is how much water was collected overnight. This is a good lesson for our environment unit. Multiply this by the number of dripping taps in a school and that's a lot of money and water wasted. #EduSky 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Today in the COC, The Box of Life brought us our very own vermicomposter. We are studying recycling, so this fit in well with our unit. We are looking forward to finding out what foods our red wigglers prefer and how long it takes them to eat a banana peel. #EduSky #ELsky 100
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025First field trip of 2025! Ottawa Public Library Main Branch hosted the COC today. 30 newcomers now have their own library cards. #EduSky @mychal3ts.bsky.social 020
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Today in the COC, students are using NPVS to work through some fraction questions. Each student has a different role to force them to speak English with their classmates. #ITeachMath #EduSky #SLIFE 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The COC is studying endangered species this week, and I was searching for a video I had previously seen from David Attenborough. The third result from Google was this climate denier. THIRD! Next week's lesson: media awareness. #EduSky #SLIFE 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 13/12/2024In the COC, we will often sort objects by their properties or traits. I used Jamboard for this task and missed it until I realized that I could close the side bar and lengthen the screen in Google slides. This allows me to scroll through student work without presenting. #SLIFE #EduSky 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Today in the COC, I dug out Building Academic Vocabulary (Marzano/Pickering) for my student teacher. I like how being a practicum teacher forces me to revisit language acquisition theories. #EduSky #SLIFE 050
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024In the COC, we are building up our family vocabulary, so when my daughter thrifted this game for me, I was thrilled. It's played like battleships. Students practice Yes/No question formation. #EduSky #SLIFE 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Last Friday in the COC, we completed our poetry/art project. Using @josephfasano.bsky.social 'Self' template, students were able to use their new vocabulary to express their sense of self. #EduSky We placed the poems in silhouettes of our heads. 200
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 04/12/2024There is nothing more exciting than your first snowman, even if you're a young adult. This one is tiny, but the joy was large. #SLIFE #EduSky. 180
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 01/12/2024I made this advent calendar 25 years ago. I love taking it out of the box every year and reminiscing about past places we've lived. This calendar has traveled with us on all our postings. 020
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Learning about outdoor shelters at the OCDSB outdoor education center. Great PD! #EduSky #SaltingTheVibes 150
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Today in the COC we used some ESL Library interview tasks to practice the description words we have been studying. This is subscription based, but I love it. You can print poster sized images to help with vocabulary acquisition. #EduSky #SLIFE 020
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Today in the COC, we used a Venn diagram to compare Mammals and Birds. Our scientific thinking block is my favourite for adding vocabulary. Many students have background knowledge that they can access, so they can just focus on the language learning. #EduSky #SLIFE 030
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Today I received my Bears & Chairs kit from Communakit. Can't wait to let my volunteers use this 1-1 with some of my newest English speakers. It's preposition, size, and colour practice all in one. #EduSky 120
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Freezing rain and snow in the forecast. It was good while it lasted, but I guess it's time to put away the bike. 😞 #ottbike 110
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024It's halfway through the semester and our word walls continue to expand in the COC. Word walls should be co-created, so we start the year with a blank slate. #EduSky #SLIFE 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Today in the COC was our last day of our plant experiment. After 18 days, we noticed that the plant with no light grew tall, but with little colour. We wrote comparative sentences after our observations. #SLIFE #ELD #EduSky 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Today the COC class wore the poppies we made to our school's Remembrance Day ceremony. They also took time to reflect on the ongoing conflicts in the world, many of which have forced their own migration from Afghanistan, Sudan, Eritrea, Palestine and Somalia. #SLIFE #EduSky #ESL 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Today in the COC, we turned pulp into poppies. Thanks to the Fanshawe college poppy project and the Legion. 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 30/10/2024My students carved their first ever jack-o'-lanterns this week. Thank you to farmworkers in Canada and across the border. #SLIFE #EduSky 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 25/10/2024Today in the COC we began our plant experiment. We predicted what might happen to a plant that gets no light, or no water, or no soil. #SLIFE #ELD #EduSky 101
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 25/10/2024"Why do we have some many pumpkins", my husband asked. Well, Monday in the COC the students will experience pumpkin carving for the first time. Then we will take our experience and write about it. #SLIFE #ELD #EduSky 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 23/10/2024Today in the COC we used the language experience approach to add new words to our vocabulary, learn about paragraph writing, and practice using time markers. #SLIFE #ELD #EduSky 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 26/09/2024Today in the COC YOSICO came to visit and tell us about all their programs. 000
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 13/09/2024Today is Friday in the COC which means we'll be watching a "movie" (animated short film) with limited/no dialogue and then using our newly acquired vocabulary to write sentences. Today's film is Snack Attack. #ELD #SLIFE #EduSky 010
Kristin🇨🇦💉😷 @te4ch.bsky.social · 04/09/2024#SaltingTheVibes at registration for Adult High School. 030