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Post-Norway Reflections

    The pitfalls and challenges that are faced in Ontario, and in our schools, are not that different from the similar difficulties faced by Norwegian schools.  How do we engage disengaged students?  How do we foster a growth mindset in our students?

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Yes, I meant "Timbits"!

Thanks to Chris Masterson from Team Pereyma, who kindly pointed out my autocorrect spelling error!  Timbits are donut "hole" treats that many Canadians (and certainly our students!) enjoy.  Timbits...not tidbits... are indeed the subject of our first

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Timbits Anyone? Pereyma asks for help...

Hello Norcan friends.

The Pereyma Team has created a task that we hope will promote mathematical inquiry and an interest in Norway at the same time!  We would like to invite you to review this task and consider if you could incorporate it into your

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This week in Grade 7&8 @ TVA

HgTQKYXgGMUO5CUIcxvzCUWUIYggMPO0eHrYjuZQXPHYctAjESg37fRFzp1fuuK9ojtT4crfqSdLi-QbWy1HPfLP4-4AMMQ9ZV7ywRDzon0VBkjfSg1PnZEi0gt0xXL5y1tvA31w?width=72     A lot has happened this past week at Tecumseh Vista (TVA).  Craig and Kyle made a presentation to the staff and talked about what the NORCAN project is, how we got involved and how we plan to get the whole staff involved.  Teachers had many ques

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Avatars Make Reflection Fun!

This week in Math class, students used technology to record and reflect upon their thinking.  In addition to using the Adobe Slate app (that Jim is so fond of!), students used Explain Everything, Adobe Voice and Tellagami along with Book Creator to c

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What's Happening at Pereyma: Week of November 16

Hello NORCAN friends!

I thought I would share what's happening here at Pereyma!  We are continuing to build community with our extended Pereyma Math learning team.  This team includes the four staff members that travelled to Norway in October along w

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