Just a little bit of etymology for a Tuesday evening. Always important to be able to find the library (or bookshop) whatever the language!
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Bookvent 2024 is off to a flying start. I could not be happier that The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey was the first selected at random. I love them all, but some just are in a different league.
Final lecture with PME1 students today. A big thank you to @treasabowe.bsky.social for sharing her Poetry Cafe resources. A lovely, relaxed session was had by all.
What is the distinction between performance and learning? Blog from Kate Jones 👉
The distinction between performance and learning
We explore the the distinction between performance and learning; its implications in the classroom and for lesson observation.
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The word bug has truly hit us. An A to Z retrieval activity generated a question about the etymology of X-ray. One quick google later and we had our answer.
Exploring confection in morphology led to children wondering about the etymology of confetti and if the two were related. They felt it was Italian because of the illegal i at the end. Right on both accounts! Confetti was originally small sweets thrown during Italian carnivals.
