One Teacher's Adventures

Hello everyone!  I've been a little M.I.A. this past week - my apologies!  I've been trying to catch up on end-of-the-year marking.  My students have 3 weeks to go until summer vacation, but a few of them seem to be in summer mode already... I think I need a drink!

Hi, everyone! I've just finished up a few new products for my TpT store!  The first is a package of resources to teach the verb avoir .   Conjugation Notes Conjugation Activities Avoir au negatif Change the sentences The second resource includes the avoir package!  It is a French unit called " Ma Famille ." Family Tree Printable Family tree questions Vocab list Vocab Crossword Fill in the Blank Vocab Activity   Pop on over to my store to buy these resources and see what else I have! The adorable clipart is from Ink n Little Things !

Part of the Grade 9 Social Studies curriculum in BC is teaching the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions.  While we were studying the Industrial Revolution, my students asked me "Did they know they were in the middle of a revolution?" I posed the question to my students: "Do you know that we are in the middle of a revolution right now?"  They were a little confused, so I asked them what kind of revolution they thought we might be in.  I set them into pairs to discuss and I started seeing some students pull out their phones.  Some were off topic and texting or snapchatting each other, but some started Googling "What revolution are we a part of in 2014?" As they came back together, I asked again "What 'Revolution' will students in a hundred years look back and study about our time period?" There was a general consensus that we are in the middle of a Technological Revolution.  I pointed out that when I was in school (which wasn'