Strategies for parents and educators to encourage children to read — from infancy to high school

This continuum examines grades K-3 and breaks down:
*Book handling/tracking
*Engagement with text
*Comprehension
*Self-Monitoring

The following are the expected fluency rates for grades 1-8 at the beginning and end of year. This is based on the Saskatchewan curriculum. 

This extensive 204 page classroom guide will help teachers structure explicit and effective interventions for students in grades 4-9 (following the Science of Reading).

Recommendations include:
*build decoding skills
*purposeful fluency-building activities
*comprehension-building practices
*build world and word knowledge
*question opportunities
*teach "gist" summary skills
*teach to monitor
*practice practice

This professional development covers why reading is the cornerstone of all education and the PeBL philosophy.
Reading is demystified into the components that all students need to read. Then strategies and the transfer of responsibility are used supporting the Saskatchewan Reads framework.
The materials used through out the presentation are included in the folder for this presentation in the PeBL ELA Team group in the folder entitled "Reading PD (PeBL Mentor PD).
Contact any members of the team for further information.

The Reading League (TRL) is a national education nonprofit led by educators and reading experts dedicated to promoting knowledge to reimagine the future of literacy education and accelerate the global movement toward reading instruction rooted in science.

This chart compares reading levels for guided reading, DRA, reading recovery and lexile by grade.

"Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills." On this page, find a list of research-based reading strategies, including videos of how to use them, templates, and examples. Explore the rest of the website as well- it offers countless strategies and professional learning opportunities!

This 20 minute tutorial shows teachers how to use Microsoft Reading Progress.

*available in over 100 languages

This teaching activity is meant to take place at the end of the curriculum once students have already been taught about citizenship. All students participating in the reaffirmation ceremony should be Canadian citizens and should understand fully the meaning and implications related to reciting the Oath and taking part in the reaffirmation ceremony.

This is a paper on oral language in relation to Reading Recovery.
Information on the record of oral language is contained, as well as the paper to administer it to students to determine what they can control with regards to oral language.

Relevance is an annual magazine providing career and labour market information for Saskatchewan youth. Available in print and online. Discussion guide for class exploration or assessment available.

This free course from Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook examines the heart of what you need as an educator to move to remote learning.

"Remote Learning 101 is a FREE self-paced online course with lots of tips, ideas, resources and downloadable content to help YOU think through remote learning.

It includes:
• 14 modules on a variety of remote learning topics
• More than TWO HOURS of video instruction with me
• Downloadable planning guides to help you strategize
• A comment community with question prompts to engage in discussion
• Lifetime access"

This document contains the following:

Curriculum Renewal
Using this Curriculum Support Document
Broad Areas of Learning
Cross-curricular Competencies
Aims
Goals
Understanding the Conceptual Foundations
Identifying the Big Ideas
Outcomes
Assessment and Evaluation
Planning with a Focus on the Outcomes
Reflecting on the Conceptual Foundations
Next Steps
Appendix A: Broad Areas of Learning
Appendix B: Cross-curricular Competencies
Appendix C: Aims for Areas of Study
Appendix D: Goals for Areas of Study
Appendix E: Questions and Responses
Bibliography

There rubrics can help you assess where your school and/or class currently fit within the REORDER framework, and plan to further develop or improve and goal set.  

This site houses printables for teaching using Hattie's methods for Mathematics.

Templates, rubrics, prompts, checklists and more are provided!

The menu on the left side also links to several very valuable videos about teaching math using surface, deep and transfer strategies.

Residential schools were boarding schools for Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) children and youth, financed by the federal government but staffed and run by several Christian religious institutions.  Children were separated from their families and communities, sometimes by force, and lived in and attended classes at the schools for most of the year. Often, the residential schools were located far from the students’ home communities. The schools were in existence for well over 100 years, and successive generations of children and families from the same communities endured this experience.
Understandably, the impacts were severe. This history was hidden for many years, until Survivors of the system were able to find the strength and courage to tell their stories.  This lead to one of the largest class action lawsuits in Canada’s history. Though it will take time and commitment to heal the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada, the reconciliation process has begun.

This cheat sheet will help you get started using the Resource Bank quickly.