Aleda Klassen
@aledaklassen.bsky.social
Math and English teacher. Spreadsheet addict. Ultimate frisbee enthusiast.
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Thinking Classroom Sketchnotes - Aleda Klassen - Google Drive
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Here are 4 sketchnotes of the 4 toolkits from Peter Liljedahl's #thinkingclassroom.
I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Thanks @rgrondin.bsky.social for spending time with my classes last week! Students enjoyed learning with Ms G!
I am grateful for your friendship, feedback, and collaboration!
#destreaming
#onted
#mth1w #eng2d
#thinkingclassroom
I am grateful for your friendship, feedback, and collaboration!
#destreaming
#onted
#mth1w #eng2d
#thinkingclassroom
June 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Thanks @rgrondin.bsky.social for spending time with my classes last week! Students enjoyed learning with Ms G!
I am grateful for your friendship, feedback, and collaboration!
#destreaming
#onted
#mth1w #eng2d
#thinkingclassroom
I am grateful for your friendship, feedback, and collaboration!
#destreaming
#onted
#mth1w #eng2d
#thinkingclassroom
Yesterday, we looked at this graph and were curious about voter turnout in Nunavut. #mth1w
This article provides some information. And context for questioning the conditions for elections in the North.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#onted
#slowrevealgraph
@jennalaib.bsky.social
This article provides some information. And context for questioning the conditions for elections in the North.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#onted
#slowrevealgraph
@jennalaib.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Yesterday, we looked at this graph and were curious about voter turnout in Nunavut. #mth1w
This article provides some information. And context for questioning the conditions for elections in the North.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#onted
#slowrevealgraph
@jennalaib.bsky.social
This article provides some information. And context for questioning the conditions for elections in the North.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#onted
#slowrevealgraph
@jennalaib.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Thank you @mrshackett305.bsky.social for inspiring this @btcthinks.bsky.social lesson for #ENG2D.
I think exploring others' essay openings for how they engage readers helped inspire Ss' creative & personal writing.
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/t...
#onted
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
I think exploring others' essay openings for how they engage readers helped inspire Ss' creative & personal writing.
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/t...
#onted
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
Taking a Sorting and Mentor Text Approach to Opening Essays
For our personal essay writing part of the Grade 10 English course, we introduced openings to different essays to help inspire different kinds of writing. In the fall of 2024, Casey Hackett shared …
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April 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Thank you @mrshackett305.bsky.social for inspiring this @btcthinks.bsky.social lesson for #ENG2D.
I think exploring others' essay openings for how they engage readers helped inspire Ss' creative & personal writing.
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/t...
#onted
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
I think exploring others' essay openings for how they engage readers helped inspire Ss' creative & personal writing.
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/t...
#onted
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
Reposted by Aleda Klassen
Can you figure out the fewest number of marks needed on this ruler?
(I think this would be a great math task!)
(I think this would be a great math task!)
April 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Can you figure out the fewest number of marks needed on this ruler?
(I think this would be a great math task!)
(I think this would be a great math task!)
I've been taking a @btcthinks.bsky.social approach to teaching English this year.
Here's a task we did to uncover informal essay writing processes and thinking:
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/6...
#btcthinks
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
#onted #ENG2D
Here's a task we did to uncover informal essay writing processes and thinking:
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/6...
#btcthinks
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
#onted #ENG2D
Thinking about the Thinking behind Informal Essay Writing
I recently learned about the New York Times’ series, “Annotated by the Author,” from a colleague at another school. In the series, writers share the thinking and approaches they t…
aledaklassened.wordpress.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I've been taking a @btcthinks.bsky.social approach to teaching English this year.
Here's a task we did to uncover informal essay writing processes and thinking:
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/6...
#btcthinks
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
#onted #ENG2D
Here's a task we did to uncover informal essay writing processes and thinking:
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/6...
#btcthinks
@pgliljedahl.bsky.social
#onted #ENG2D
Is there a place for this in #mth1w?
drive.google.com/file/d/1K3BQ...
And... Is this true?! I don't drink coffee.
#onted
drive.google.com/file/d/1K3BQ...
And... Is this true?! I don't drink coffee.
#onted
Starbucks scam
drive.google.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Is there a place for this in #mth1w?
drive.google.com/file/d/1K3BQ...
And... Is this true?! I don't drink coffee.
#onted
drive.google.com/file/d/1K3BQ...
And... Is this true?! I don't drink coffee.
#onted
Here's an activity we did to prep for the #OSSLT's series of opinion paragraphs. The same activity could be used for any writing task.
#ENG2D
#onted
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#assessmentandevaluation
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/p...
#ENG2D
#onted
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#assessmentandevaluation
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/p...
Prepping for the OSSLT: BTC Style
For some reason, this year, a year when I’m back in the classroom after a two year stint as a consultant with the WRDSB, I’ve elected to teach the two grades that also have EQAO testing…
aledaklassened.wordpress.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here's an activity we did to prep for the #OSSLT's series of opinion paragraphs. The same activity could be used for any writing task.
#ENG2D
#onted
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#assessmentandevaluation
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/p...
#ENG2D
#onted
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#assessmentandevaluation
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/p...
I've been trying to implement more of the #btcthinks framework this year. I think I've adopted & adapted a routine that helps students understand where they are, where the need to go, and how to get there.
It's not perfect.
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/m...
It's not perfect.
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/m...
My Take on a BTC Navigation Tool
If you’re not familiar with “BTC,” it stands for Building Thinking Classrooms and is a set of practices researched and developed by Peter Liljedahl that foster thinking (not mimic…
aledaklassened.wordpress.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I've been trying to implement more of the #btcthinks framework this year. I think I've adopted & adapted a routine that helps students understand where they are, where the need to go, and how to get there.
It's not perfect.
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/m...
It's not perfect.
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/m...
Routines make learning environments predictable for students and teachers.
Here are some of mine.
What are yours?
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
#destreaming
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/s...
Here are some of mine.
What are yours?
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
#destreaming
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/s...
Setting Up Space and Routines to Stop Losing Playing Cards (among other reasons)
I’ve toyed with different ways to deal with seating plans and create randomized groups when students are collaborating together in a thinking classroom. My most recent practice involves these…
aledaklassened.wordpress.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Routines make learning environments predictable for students and teachers.
Here are some of mine.
What are yours?
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
#destreaming
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/s...
Here are some of mine.
What are yours?
#btcthinks
#thinkingclassroom
#onted
#destreaming
aledaklassened.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/s...
You know you're a @btcthinks.bsky.social teacher when you have laundry to do.
#btcthinks
#buildingthinkingclassrooms
#btcthinks
#buildingthinkingclassrooms
January 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
You know you're a @btcthinks.bsky.social teacher when you have laundry to do.
#btcthinks
#buildingthinkingclassrooms
#btcthinks
#buildingthinkingclassrooms
Had a chance to share @btcthinks.bsky.social framework with @wlupress.bsky.social teacher candidates in @rhondahewer.bsky.social's class.
Lots of thinking happening here!
Lots of thinking happening here!
January 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Had a chance to share @btcthinks.bsky.social framework with @wlupress.bsky.social teacher candidates in @rhondahewer.bsky.social's class.
Lots of thinking happening here!
Lots of thinking happening here!
Here are 4 sketchnotes of the 4 toolkits from Peter Liljedahl's #thinkingclassroom.
I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Thinking Classroom Sketchnotes - Aleda Klassen - Google Drive
drive.google.com
February 7, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Here are 4 sketchnotes of the 4 toolkits from Peter Liljedahl's #thinkingclassroom.
I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
I hope they inspire discussion about how to make learning more accessible to more students!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...