Mrs. Matte (formerly Ms.B) she/her || grade 7&8 language and visual arts teacher OCSB || 🌏🍎⚾️🏕📓✏️🗂🇨🇦 #BePassionate #LifeLongLearner
Ottawa, Ontario
Joined March 2019
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Madi Matte (Benckhuysen) retweeted
@StMatthewOCSB Science Fair is ready to go today!!! Students are so excited to share their findings! 🧪🥼🔬🧬⚗️@TDOttawa @seankellyottawa @DKatOttawa @ErinBerthelot1 @jkflynn @ocsbDL #ScienceRocks
Madi Matte (Benckhuysen) retweeted
❄️ Today is a #SnowDay. @OttSchoolBus has cancelled all buses & vans. All #ocsb schools remain open. Parents who send their children to school will be responsible for transportation to and from school.
See you in 2025 Tigers! 🐯💛 Enjoy the holidays!
Ended the week with Candy Cane Olympics in Pink Athletics, Elf Games in Language Class & Leadership Team decorating for the 7/8 dance!
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HS and 7/8 Winter Arts Night at @StMatthewOCSB 🎶🎨🎭
From 7/8 students: band performance, art gallery and bake sale for the play!
From HS: band performances, art gallery and craft sale!
Shoutout to all the teachers involved! ✨
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It’s the end of Arts Rotation 1 at @StMatthewOCSB & the grade 8’s last project was to create a “Middle School Scrapbook”.
The results were beautiful!
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@DKatOttawa @ErinBerthelot1 @OttCatholicSB #ocsbArts
Madi Matte (Benckhuysen) retweeted
Show students that high expectations are achievable with effort and persistence.
Explore the full breakout and 8 strategies for communicating high expectations to learners bit.ly/3OFoy08
ALT Scenario: a student submits an essay that is poorly organized. How a teacher with low vs. high expectations reacts
Happy moments from this week! 7/8 Tigers attended the 67’s game & were so excited to be in the 100 section. Then, an obstacle course for Pink Athletics.
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Halloween week at @StMatthewOCSB ! Grade 7 Art Classes worked on Tim Burton portraits, leadership team decorated for the Halloween dance & 8-07 decorated our door! 🎃👻
All feelings are okay, it’s what you do with them that matters ✨ new bulletin board is up in the 7/8 hallway thanks to our leadership team!
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Madi Matte (Benckhuysen) retweeted
✨ Today is #InternationalDayOfTheGirl, a day to celebrate the vision and resilience of girls in our school community and beyond. With the right support, every girl can lead, ensuring their voices are heard and futures bright. 🙏🌟 #ocsbBeCommunity
Tiger Prowl/The Amazing Race! Shoutout to 8-07 for bringing in over 500 cans!🥫🐯💜
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Madi Matte (Benckhuysen) retweeted
#PinkAthletics @StMatthewOCSB students are heading off to a day of hiking and team building activities today!!! @MadiMatte @CNyentap @DKatOttawa @ErinBerthelot1 @jkflynn
Pink Athletics @StMatthewOCSB annual field trip to Gatineau Park with 100 girls! The theme was “Wellness is a journey, not a destination” focusing on celebrating our progress to our goals & enjoying that journey🩷✨
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Madi Matte (Benckhuysen) retweeted
Happy #WorldTeachersDay to teachers across #OntEd & around the world! #CatholicTeachers
Let's celebrate YOU, the incredible educators nurturing students' minds & curiosities. Your passion, creativity, & resilience make a difference.
YOU are the heart of education!💓
Thank you to Leadership Team & @StMatthewOCSB 7/8 Social Studies classes for our Orange Shirt Day bulletin board. Ss completed their puzzle pieces for our letter to Survivors "We Are All One.” This initiative highlights our collective commitment to Reconciliation & unity🧡🐯
Grade 8 Visual Arts is in full swing for the 2024/2025 school year!
Unit 1: Pointillism
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Madi Matte (Benckhuysen) retweeted
According to a recent Gallup survey, the top 3 attributes of students’ “best teachers” are:
1. Caring about students as people
2. Making teaching easy to understand
3. Trust
npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-s1-509…
ALT Graphic title: Please think about the best middle school or high school teacher you ever had. In your opinion, what made them the best teacher? Asked of of Gen Z K-12 students ages 12-18. Respondents could select multiple answers. They cared about you as a person: 73% They made it easy to understand what they were teaching: 62% They were someone that you trusted: 58% They were energetic and excited about teaching: 57% They pushed you to be your best: 56% They went above and beyond to help you: 53% They taught you new ideas or helped you see a new perspective: 47% They helped you learn something difficult: 46% They helped you think about future jobs or education: 25%
2024 Science Fair 🧬🧪🐯 So proud of my grade 7 science classes!
Shoutout to @msmccullagh91 !
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& that’s a wrap on Pink Athletics for the 2023/2024 school year! We ended off with a scavenger hunt and a potluck.
We are so grateful for these girls! 🩷🌸
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Making s’mores in our solar ovens to end off our Heat Unit in Grade 7 Science Class! ☀️🔥💛 @StMatthewOCSB
