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We're three Ontario teachers with different experiences, insights and ideas that we want to share with other teachers! From lesson plans to activities, resources, informational sites and books, personal experiences--we have it all! Visit us at <a href="http://www.teachingrocks.ca">www.teachingrocks.ca</a>, follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/TRConnect">Twitter</a>, browse through <a href="http://pinterest.com/trconnect/">Pinterest</a> or see our page on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/teachingrocks.ca">FaceBook! </a>Teachers learning together and growing together...working hand in hand to build a solid foundation! That's what brought us here!

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Teaching Healthy Living Habits: A Case Study Approach

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TeachingRocks

The following activity is a great culminating task once you have taught your students about healthy meal options, physical activity components, and why it is important to make healthy lifestyle choices. Instead of simply asking students to explain the previous concepts, students take on the role of a nutritionist and personal trainer who has to provide recommendations to one of two fictional teenagers. Students are to analyze their subject's lifestyle choices and provide rationale for healthy

6th - 9th

Health, Physical Education

Addition Math Strategies ~ When and how to teach basic facts

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TeachingRocks

When teaching basic mathematics addition strategies, certain skills need to be taught and acquired before moving on to more difficult ones. Download this free PDF which gives you a detailed and ordered list of the skills and one teaching strategy for each.

PreK - 8th

Basic Operations, Math

Customizable Parent Communication Letter!

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TeachingRocks

How many times have you sent a graded test or assignment home in order to communicate with parents regarding the achievement of their son or daughter? More often than not, that vital piece of information was never shown, and more than likely lost forever! I find this very frustrating. I haven't been able to communicate with parents and at the same time have lost essential documentation for my student files and portfolios. Instead, I use my notification form (attached below) to communicate wi

Teacher Professional Development Log

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TeachingRocks

Another school year is quickly drawing to a close! Once curriculum expectations have all been covered and report cards have been written, it would be a great time to reflect back on the 2011-2012 academic year and record the various professional development activities in which you participated. Each year, I say that I am going to keep better track of my participation in PD activities, but I never do! So, I decided to create a simple, one page Professional Development Log to organize past PD ac

Don't Forget About Me - A Fun Activity for the End of the Year!

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TeachingRocks

Here's a fun activity for your students as your year comes to an end - a simple keepsake for you and your students to remember each other by! The BEST part? You only need a couple of things: T-Shirts and markers...and you and your students of course! That's it! Check it out!

1st - 8th

Checking Our Pulse - A Grade 5 Phys.ed Lesson

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Teaching students to understand the importance of checking our pulse regularly, begins with knowing how to locate our pulse and how to check/record our pulse both before and after completing exercises. An Overview of the Lesson: Warm-up exercise: Group warm-up activity that includes various exercises to get heart rate going. Lesson: 'Checking our Pulse'- A short lesson about locating pulse and checking/recording pulse both before and after completing exercises.(http://www.wikihow.com/Chec

5th

Physical Education