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Kimiko Shibata

@eslfairy.bsky.social

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hey new #OntEd #EduSky friends! Check out this list of Ontario Educators if you’re looking for your peeps!

go.bsky.app/75JmGgA

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 10h

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
- Shirley Chisholm

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 10h

Don’t forget to wear #RedForEd tomorrow to show solidarity with Alberta teachers!!

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 10h

Local school board trustees are paid only $16,160 per year.

That’s not a lot of money for the service they provide to our communities.

The people who do this are not in it “for the money”. They are in it because they want to make a difference in their community.

Thank you for your service. 🙏

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 10h

I highly recommend RARE conservation area for outdoor education field trips! Fabulous hands-on learning in nature. Pond study, birdwatching, insect observation, learning about life cycles and the needs of living things... learning how all species on planet Earth are interconnected. 🥰

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Hey educators: here’s a mindful moment to help bring you some calm before bed: youtu.be/cfX7er5lkaE?...

Mindful Moment for Educators

YouTube video by Kimiko Shibata

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

“Could I please have a volunteer to snuggle me? I miss my Mommy.” -6yo

#TodayInGrade1

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

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I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus

What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Me: oh, that looks like a cool 2-day workshop.

Also me: no workshop is worth $2,250.00

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

My kid’s math teacher punked the kids today.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

I just read a beautifully written endorsement of @avilewis.ca by Libby Davies in my email today. I almost deleted it, as I had many of the 188 emails I’d received since this morning. I’m glad I paused to read it.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Wear #RedForEd this Friday in solidarity with Alberta Teachers!!

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Toronto Friends: Education Town Hall on Oct 14. Find out more info and register here:
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TOWN HALL "The Future of Public Education: Why It Matters”

TOWN HALL "The Future of Public Education: Why It Matters” DATE: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 TIME: 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: Native Canadian Centre of Toronto 16 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON (near Spadina Statio...

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Wear #RedForEd this Friday in solidarity with Alberta Teachers!!

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

May all hostages be returned to their loved ones. May all hostilities cease. May all people be able to access the food, water, medicine, and care (including trauma-responsive mental health care) that they need to not only survive but thrive.

May peace prevail.

a poster that says there is no path to peace is peace is the path

Alt: a poster that says there is no path to peace is peace is the path

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

When anger and fear are your motivation, they will eventually fizzle out and you will burn out.

When love and hope are your motivation, you will find that you can keep going.

Anger feels powerful. But that power is fleeting.

Find what you want to fight FOR, not against.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve long loved the game “Guess Who” for encouraging hesitant newcomers to engage in oral language activities in a small group setting. The cards provide visuals to support vocabulary development (clothing, facial features, colours, etc) that can be supported with oral and written sentence frames.

Chart with colour words and two Guess who cards with student descriptive writing sample.

Simple sentences describing a guess who character

Horrribly drawn visuals with labels and sentences frame “he has—- “ “she has—“

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Using highly visual resources can really help newcomers in Grades 5 and 6 to learn new academic vocabulary and write about energy and electricity in Science class. The good news is that visuals can help everyone else to learn as well! Literally no downside! #UniversalDesign #YesMLLsCan

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Grade 1 students love to do research using highly visual resources. Teaching children how to take notes (instead of copying verbatim from a text) by creating a simple web that they can reproduce themselves at any time (without a photocopier) will serve them for the rest of their school careers.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

OPSEU support staff (and ALL workers in Ontario) deserve fair wages, good working conditions, and job security.

Conestoga College with picket signs and union flag

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Be the person who waves at the kids on the school bus driving in front of you.

the back of a yellow bus with a rabbit looking out the window and the words `` have fun '' .

Alt: the back of a yellow bus with a rabbit looking out the window and the words `` have fun '' .

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Language is part of all subject areas. Grade 4 students are exploring different plant and animal habitats in Science class. Newcomers on STEP 1 ESL programs can use vocabulary charts and sentence stems, translation, and visuals to support content and language learning goals. #OntEd #YesMLLsCan

Animal picture cards with labels and habitat background cards

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

What we do with this information will determine whose messaging and which information will ultimately prevail.

Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

Human brains are being re-wired.

Social media and texting have trained human brains to expect information in short chunks.

Long-form prose is becoming increasingly difficult to manage for many, with complaints of information overload, overwhelm, and cognitive fatigue.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

The Skills Ontario program is a wonderful idea and much-needed program. But the Ontario government has poisoned it with a roll-out that breaks public trust. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

‘Something doesn’t smell right’: $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants traced to lobbyists with ties to Ontario premier

Clients of lobbyists with ties to Ontario's premier and his office snagged at least $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants, according to an analysis of the data by CTV News.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 3d

Current mood:

In the time it took you to email back and forth with questions you could have just read the first email in its entirety and had all of the answers.

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed

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