Ashley Kroes

Grade 8 neon art received glowing💡 reviews at our very first Curriculum night! @EdithMonture24

Movement, open dialogue and brainstorming is helping 8K find alternative approaches to problem solving and solidifying our understanding of fractions! Not to mention, I don’t think they’re afraid of fractions anymore! @GEDSB #GEMAAP

8K is playing around with numbers and learning new strategies to add and subtract fractions. @GEDSB #GEMAAP

You’re never too old to spread love and kindness ✨ My Grade 8’s taking a minute to consider how a few good words can change someone’s day/month/year. @GEDSB

Lots of movement, sharing, thinking and proving while we reviewed statistics and problem solving in our Math centres today 📈📊✅ @GEDSB #GEMAAP

8K extended their knowledge about cells by participating in their first organelle speed dating session. 2 minutes to share your organelle’s job and function within the cell. Complete with organelle dating profile! Cheers! (Inspired by @MrsCorriganGE)

Spreading some light with our student-led rangoli this afternoon. Happy Diwali 🪔✨ #lifelonglearner @GEDSB

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one” Our Grade 8’s did a beautiful job signing Imagine in ASL for our Remembrance Day assembly. So proud of their unwavering dedication and integrity. @GEDSB

Students solidifying their understanding on various Number Sense concepts including estimating square roots, exponential notation, number lines and problem solving in our Grade 8 Math centres today. #GEMAAP @GEDSB

Our Grade 8’s created beautiful vision boards to help them visualize what they want and hope to achieve in their lifetime. #goalsetting #getmotivated @GEDSB

Perfect squares on our new math rings to help us work with square roots? Yes please. My Grade 8’s are loving creating their rings to help support their understanding in Math. Thanks for the idea @MsPenrice 💡@GEDSB

Our Grade 8’s taking a step forward with reconciliACTION by painting rocks to leave at the entrance of our school for Truth and Reconciliation Day. @GEDSB #everychildmatters #TruthAndReconciliation #DoSomething

Always grateful to have Christine General and Emily in our Grade 8 rooms to share their stories as we work together through reconciliACTION. @GEDSB @IndigenousEdGE 🧡

Inspiring and fun presentation from Canadian author, Paul Moncrieffe! Our students were laughing and left feeling motivated to start their own stories! We can’t wait to read the Toot and Jimmy series! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! @GEDSB @tootbooksinc

Thank you Organized Kaos for the invaluable learning opportunity today! My Grade 8’s were so engaged and SO excited to build their own toolboxes! #OYAP #handsonlearning #skilledtrades @terrybudgell @GEDSB

Dream team! 🧡🙌🏼