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Eleni Mack: The Origins of Edgar the Elephant
For me, it all started in a challenging grade 6 class, also in Edmonton. It was my first year as a certificated teacher with my own classroom. The class was friendly, lively, and disorganised. As I was establishing routines at the beginning of the year, I searched for a motivating force to encourage my students to put their…
Read MoreRob Mack: How an Itinerant Mouse Family Began Something Special
It all started in a grade 4 class in Edmonton. A student teacher on a first round assignment (me) was assigned the task of motivating students to write their best story ever. How do you motivate a class of lively, easily distracted learners to do their best story creation? That was the problem, one that needed something extra.…
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