Category: Our Learning Story – Actions

An action that we have taken to support our school’s learning focus is: Teachers at Maple Lane had multiple collaboration and professional learning opportunities in the third term, with a focus on literacy. On April 7, teachers met with Briana Adams (Teacher Consultant for Literacy) in grade groupings to learn strategies to address student learning…

Maple Lane teachers have committed themselves to professional learning in literacy instruction and have taken several actions over the past few months. Through reading assessments and anecdotal reports from teachers, it has been determined that reading comprehension (especially connections to text and inferences) is a key area to focus on. On November 5, teachers met…

A key school focus at Maple Lane is to create a school environment where diversity is celebrated and students have a high sense of belonging. For our first week of school activity, students created self-portraits that are displayed in a rainbow pattern at the front of the school. Our goal was to have all students…