Ms Nolan
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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I have been teaching since 2001, and spent 9 years as a lead classroom teacher in grades 1, 2, and 3. I've been a Resource Teacher/Learning Specialist since 2011, working with students with learning disabilities, and supporting K-8 classroom teachers.
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Sorting Quadrilaterals by Attribute
This is a lesson I do with students to help them understand how we can sort quadrilaterals by their attributes/features/characteristics.
Learning the reasoning behind the sorting rules helps them to grapple with statements such as "All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares".
Then, as you advance through the slides, the quadrilaterals are progressively defined by more and more attributes. The colour-coding of the characteristics helps students to fill in information that
3rd - 8th
Geometry
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Experience
I have been teaching since 2001, and spent 9 years as a lead classroom teacher in grades 1, 2, and 3. I've been a Resource Teacher/Learning Specialist since 2011, working with students with learning disabilities, and supporting K-8 classroom teachers.
Teaching style
My teaching style is variable and changes with students' needs, the types of materials I'm presenting, and whether I'm guiding a whole-class lesson, teaching in small groups, or working one-on-one with students. To that end, I use explicit, direct instruction when needed, and inquiry-based, constructivist approaches when our studies are more open-ended in nature, though typically any given lesson of mine will reflect a blend of these traditional and progressive education models. I work hard to create a learning environment that is developmentally appropriate for all of my students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Howard Gardner, the most humble, kind and intelligent person you could ever wish to have championing the idea of all kinds of intelligences, observed me teach--twice! I will always treasure that.
My own education history
B.A., History, M.S.Ed., Elementary Education
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