Blogging about crypto as I learn
2 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I always thought that youngsters' failure to capitalize first letters and put full stops was a result of them not caring enough. Then, I came across this: On a quest to find out more, I posted the following question on the Orton Gillingham moodle si...
1 Feb 2023 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
It was the last two periods of school. However, I quickened my steps towards my classroom. I was excited to have my students make a request to their principal via Padlet. Using the PEEL approach, they had drafted their arguments on why NorthLight Sch...
31 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
I just had an epiphany the other day. I have always felt puzzled about why students don’t capitalise the first letter and put a full stop at the end of their sentences nowadays. I assume that they are negatively influenced by the prevalence of social...
30 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
I don’t usually enjoy reading Haruki Murakami’s stuff. Obscure imagery and cryptic storylines do not a satisfied reader make. But ‘Birthday Girl’, a short story released in celebration of his 70th birthday, was engaging and easy to read. All the more...
29 Jan 2023 2 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei
I teach a class of dyslexic students, and one thing I need to do for/with them is to check that they know how to read all the sight words on the Dolch list. Getting their peers to read these words can be done as a speed task during spare moments in b...
23 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
Thank you for your patience and support. This is the last opinion matching exercise I have to churn out for my students this long weekend. Can’t wait to write crypto-related articles. Speaker 1 I think it’s so awesome that my school organised an outd...
21 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
I have no idea why my previous article on opinion matching netted 30 cents. I mean, this is more than what some of my crypto-themed articles earned! But I guess I shouldn’t guess why Lady Luck decided to cast her light on me - not when I needed to ch...
20 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
In this fast-paced world, it’s important to evaluate information fast and differentiate fact from opinion so that we don’t get swayed by other people’s biases. Perhaps this is why Workplace Literacy and Numeracy, the examination my graduating student...
19 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei
The Pygmalion effect is widely known among teachers. It exhorts us to set high expectations for our students because we are cognizant of the impact we have for them. If we set the bar high, our charges will rise to the occasion to meet the elevated s...
18 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments cryotosensei
Wrote the following notes for my graduating students! Job-hunting. It is a scary prospect, isn’t it? The entire process of finding a job that you think you will like is full of challenges. Therefore, your English teachers have put together this workb...
