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Image Credit: http://www.classroomconnection.ca/mymoney.html Financial literacy is a "buzz" term that educators are hearing more and more. That's because knowing about debt, credit, and managing one's own money are skills that students are not receiving instruction on. If students are not learning these concepts at home or school, where are they supposed to learn them? Teachers need to find new and meaningful ways to integrate these concepts into their lessons.
Lucky for us, the Toronto Star has created activity books focused on financial literacy for both elementary and secondary students! You can find these downloadable, and printable documents at the link below: http://www.classroomconnection.ca/mymoney.html Also, follow "classroom connection" from the Toronto Star on Twitter for more resources! @starclassroom Image Credit: my own, from an Ottawa Catholic School Board classroom In my three years as an occasional teacher, in three different boards, I have experienced many different types of day plans. The good, the bad, the ugly...and the AMAZING! I have chosen to focus on these exceptional day plans for this post. If you are a permanent teacher, or are in an LTO, hopefully this post will give you some ideas of what makes a great day plan! Below I talk about some of the items that teachers choose to include in their day plans that I find to be helpful: An Attendance List
Emergency Plans
Bell Times
Weekly Supervision Schedule
Your Email
Class "Attention - Getters"
Detailed End of Day Instructions
Basic Classroom Routine
Health Issues
Special Needs/ Behavioural Issues
Reliable Students
While it is our job as occasional teachers to be flexible and work with what we are given, it is so nice when a teacher takes the time to make the transition into a new classroom easier. This is a shout-out to all of the teachers who take this time - we occasional teachers thank you! BELOW: The back of a day plan from an Ottawa Catholic school -- a form for the occasional teacher to fill out at the end of the day. A nice change from the traditional note we leave for the classroom teacher. It was neat to see some prompts that I had not considered commenting on before!
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