Prairie Cache

I am recently retired after teaching most grades from elementary to junior high in both BC and Alberta for thirty years. I am fortunate enough to have taught in both mainstream and Outreach settings. I also have much experience differentiating instruction and working with students who need academic and social supports. It is this experience that motivated me to write readers theatres that are suitable to all levels of learners, cross-curricular and hopefully, fun!

I believe in keeping things as simple as possible! I also believe kids are most engaged when they are having fun. Most of my readers' theatres are cross-curricular, combining Language Arts with math and science outcomes. My own 'go to' resources are Bennett and Rolheiser's Beyond Monet, Kagan's Cooperative Learning, Wheatley's Coming To Know Number and Jeanne Gibbs Tribes learning processes. These books are dog-eared and worn on my shelf!

Xerox Legacy Award (for distinguished service) 2003 Northern Lights School Division Excellence in Teaching Award 2014 Medicine Hat School District

I graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Education and am currently pursuing a certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto.

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