Meghan Brubaker

Meghan Brubaker lives in Southern Ontario, where she has been teaching for the past ten years (minus the two years she spent at Faith Builders). She spent most of those years teaching Grade 6, but has now pulled back to a part-time position. She is a wife to Travis, a delighter in beauty, a lover of yellow, and a strong believer in the power of the written word.

13 Contributions

Do the Write Thing, Part 3: How to Structure a Writing Lesson
Publication Date: 2023-04-06 | File type: Blog Post

Creativity flourishes best within boundaries—or at least, that’s what they say. As counterintuitive as this may seem, it is absolutely Read More...

Three Writing Games
Publication Date: 2023-02-16 | File type: Blog Post

Looking for a fun activity to stretch your students’ imaginations? In search of an easy substitute for your regular lesson Read More...

Creating Confident Writers
Publication Date: 2023-01-13 | File type: Teaching Material

This handout on teaching writing includes brainstorming activities and revision guides. Download the document now or read it below. Pass Read More...

Do the Write Thing, Part 2: Integrating Writing into All Subjects
Publication Date: 2023-01-05 | File type: Blog Post

How much time do your students spend writing in an average week? And I don’t mean writing math equations or Read More...

Do the Write Thing, Part I: Why Writing Matters
Publication Date: 2022-11-18 | File type: Blog Post

The adage says, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” As conservative Anabaptists, we have traditionally avoided using the sword. Read More...

Tipping the Scales to Teach Basic Algebra
Publication Date: 2022-10-06 | File type: Blog Post

This is the story of how two plastic cups, a coat hanger, and some string revolutionized the way I teach Read More...

Prayers for Teachers: A Prayer for the First Day of School
Publication Date: 2022-08-24 | File type: Blog Post

Written prayers are a way to come to God when our own hearts feel reflective, silent, confused, overwhelmed, or exhausted. Read More...

Three Summer Reads for Teachers
Publication Date: 2022-07-28 | File type: Blog Post

  The new school year is approaching. For some teachers, its arrival feels sloth-like as their anticipation grows for the Read More...

Dyslexia: An Explanation for Kids
Publication Date: 2021-08-26 | File type: Video

Dyslexia is a complex learning disorder that can be difficult for children suffering from it to understand. This video from Read More...

Our God Makes Things Grow Skit
Publication Date: 2019-06-27 | File type: Teaching Material

A skit for 6-10 actors. In the skit, plants talk about the difficulties of growing. As they do, we see Read More...

The Miracle of Christmas Skit
Publication Date: 2019-06-27 | File type: Teaching Material

A Christmas skit for 7-13 actors. In the first part of the skit, several rebellous letters of the alphabet talk Read More...

The Talking Animals Skit
Publication Date: 2019-06-27 | File type: Teaching Material

A Christmas skit for 12-15 actors. In this skit, we hear the thoughts of the animals in the stable on Read More...

The Two Sons Skit
Publication Date: 2019-06-27 | File type: Teaching Material

A skit for five actors. A modern re-telling of Jesus’ parable of the two sons, where one obeys and one Read More...

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