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Aleda Klassen

@aledaklassen.bsky.social

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Math and English teacher. Spreadsheet addict. Ultimate frisbee enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/aledaklassen

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here are 4 sketchnotes of the 4 toolkits from Peter Liljedahl's #thinkingclassroom.

I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students!

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Thinking Classroom Sketchnotes - Aleda Klassen - Google Drive

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks @rgrondin.bsky.social for spending time with my classes last week! Students enjoyed learning with Ms G!

I am grateful for your friendship, feedback, and collaboration!

#destreaming
#onted
#mth1w #eng2d
#thinkingclassroom

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Apr 29

Yesterday, we looked at this graph and were curious about voter turnout in Nunavut. #mth1w

This article provides some information. And context for questioning the conditions for elections in the North.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#onted
#slowrevealgraph
@jennalaib.bsky.social

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Apr 28

This was an encouraging email to receive this weekend!

#btcthinks
#onted
#ENG2D

Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Apr 20

Thank you @mrshackett305.bsky.social for inspiring this @btcthinks.bsky.social lesson for #ENG2D.

I think exploring others' essay openings for how they engage readers helped inspire Ss' creative & personal writing.

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#onted
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social

Taking a Sorting and Mentor Text Approach to Opening Essays

For our personal essay writing part of the Grade 10 English course, we introduced openings to different essays to help inspire different kinds of writing. In the fall of 2024, Casey Hackett shared …

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · Apr 19

Can you figure out the fewest number of marks needed on this ruler?

(I think this would be a great math task!)

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Apr 19

I've been taking a @btcthinks.bsky.social approach to teaching English this year.

Here's a task we did to uncover informal essay writing processes and thinking:

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#btcthinks
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social

#onted #ENG2D

Thinking about the Thinking behind Informal Essay Writing

I recently learned about the New York Times’ series, “Annotated by the Author,” from a colleague at another school. In the series, writers share the thinking and approaches they t…

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Apr 13

Is there a place for this in #mth1w?

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And... Is this true?! I don't drink coffee.

#onted

Starbucks scam

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Apr 6

Here's an activity we did to prep for the #OSSLT's series of opinion paragraphs. The same activity could be used for any writing task.

#ENG2D
#onted
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#assessmentandevaluation

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Prepping for the OSSLT: BTC Style

For some reason, this year, a year when I’m back in the classroom after a two year stint as a consultant with the WRDSB, I’ve elected to teach the two grades that also have EQAO testing…

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Mar 31

I've been trying to implement more of the #btcthinks framework this year. I think I've adopted & adapted a routine that helps students understand where they are, where the need to go, and how to get there.

It's not perfect.

#thinkingclassroom
#onted

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My Take on a BTC Navigation Tool

If you’re not familiar with “BTC,” it stands for Building Thinking Classrooms and is a set of practices researched and developed by Peter Liljedahl that foster thinking (not mimic…

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Mar 31

Routines make learning environments predictable for students and teachers.

Here are some of mine.

What are yours?

#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
#destreaming

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Setting Up Space and Routines to Stop Losing Playing Cards (among other reasons)

I’ve toyed with different ways to deal with seating plans and create randomized groups when students are collaborating together in a thinking classroom. My most recent practice involves these…

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Jan 29

You know you're a @btcthinks.bsky.social teacher when you have laundry to do.

#btcthinks
#buildingthinkingclassrooms

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Jan 24

Had a chance to share @btcthinks.bsky.social framework with @wlupress.bsky.social teacher candidates in @rhondahewer.bsky.social's class.

Lots of thinking happening here!

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Aleda Klassen @aledaklassen.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thinking Classroom Sketchnotes - Aleda Klassen - Google Drive

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