Why My First Year of Teaching Was My Favorite
May 16, 2016
I remember getting offered a permanent contract to teach the Friday before the school year started. The offer was for a 6/7 split grade in
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Teaching with the Door Open
May 6, 2016
This could also be titled, “My Failures as a Teacher” because, for the life of me, I have not been able to do this next
Using Videos in the Classroom
March 17, 2016
I’ve always been hesitant about using videos in the classroom. It is probably due to the fact that when I was a student, I correlated teaching
Competition in the Classroom
March 2, 2016
The 8th grade basketball team just came home with a banner from a basketball tournament that reads, “Consolation Champions”. They played three games: lost two
I Hate My Students
January 20, 2016
In teachers’ college, I read an article about the idea of hate in the classroom and teachers hating their students. When I read it back
Re-Starting After Winter Break
January 5, 2016
3 Ways to Re-Start after the Break The winter break is perfectly timed to provide some much needed rest all teachers need after that long,
Homework
October 17, 2015
To frame this discussion, I want to point out that I am speaking about elementary school, from first to eighth grade (even though this discussion
Timetabling and Planning
October 14, 2015
The first month of school is already over! It becomes very easy to lose track of paperwork and the intangible things that must be accomplished when
K-8 vs Middle School
October 4, 2015
I spent all of my career teaching in a K-8 school (kindergarten to eighth grade). Although I have never been on the “other side of
Classrooms of the Future
July 23, 2015
Yesterday I went to visit a friend from college who works at a “social media” office here in Toronto (I am using the term social media
Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris is a writer, speaker, and elementary educator in Toronto. He has an M.A. in Social Justice Education from OISE at the University of Toronto and is the author of the forthcoming book, Black Boys Like Me.
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