This is an interview with First Nations lawyer and poet Francine Merasty. …
This is an interview with First Nations lawyer and poet Francine Merasty. The interview is in three parts with each part focusing one one of her poems. Part 1 Homebound-Residential Schools Part 2 Fiery Woman-60's Scoop Part 3 Reconciliation- TRC Calls To Action
Homebound-A Reading and Conversation with Cree poet Francine Merasty on the healing …
Homebound-A Reading and Conversation with Cree poet Francine Merasty on the healing power of poetry. With grace and wit, Francine discusses how has helped her deal with the trauma of residential schools and celebrate the strength of her family.
Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and …
Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Try the online interactive activities, or click to find out how to get our engaging 15-minute video programs.
"Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and …
"Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing."
In this lesson, students examine and create holiday/event cards, analyze holiday elements, …
In this lesson, students examine and create holiday/event cards, analyze holiday elements, and create their own. The activities help students focus on the reasons for composing messages as they do.
Students use their communication and writing skills as they interview a partner, …
Students use their communication and writing skills as they interview a partner, write an article about them, and create a multimodal presentation to introduce their partner to the class.
Students are introduced to Old English and the poetic devices of alliteration, …
Students are introduced to Old English and the poetic devices of alliteration, kenning, and compounding in preparation for reading the epic poem "Beowulf".
This video provides a brief introduction to CommonLit's Pre-Assessment, which is available …
This video provides a brief introduction to CommonLit's Pre-Assessment, which is available to teachers and students in grades 3-12.
Includes: multiple choice & Reading passages. Available until November, so be sure to assign it prior to that. help@commonlit.org if you have questions.
This course provides language development opportunities in the four skill areas (listening, …
This course provides language development opportunities in the four skill areas (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), in representing, and in viewing. Initial emphasis will be on developing oral language skills but all literacy readiness skills are incorporated.
Furthermore, since basic numeracy skills are needed for everyday communication and academic life, these students will gain awareness of the relationship between language and numbers. Students will have the chance to explore a range of practical and academic math applications. Students will have opportunities to develop basic English language skills for communicating about self, family, school and community as well as the literacy, language and skills needed for .eventual participation in ELA and other content areas. Finally, this course helps students develop confidence to learn in a formal setting and reduce the gap between the students’ age and the target academic skills for their age group.
This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, …
This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intellectual property, and why are we teaching it? Well, intellectual property is about ideas and their ownership, and it's basically about the rights of creators to make money from their work. Intellectual property is so pervasive in today's world, we thought you ought to know a little bit about it. We're going to discuss the three major elements of IP: Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks.
This resource is an introduction to William ShakespeareŐs tragic play, "The Tragedy …
This resource is an introduction to William ShakespeareŐs tragic play, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", through the study of universal themes using multiple-perspective investigations of betrayal scenarios.
A Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is the delivery system for evidence-based instruction. …
A Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is the delivery system for evidence-based instruction. Use these pre-created slides (with speaker notes) to support professional learning in your board or school. The presentation outlines key elements of MTSS.
Note that this resource is a Google Drive folder set to “view only.” To adapt the slides to meet your own students’ needs, please make a copy to your own Google Drive so you can modify (File > Make a copy > Entire presentation).
This multi-disciplinary resource features ten engaging lessons that focus on biodiversity and …
This multi-disciplinary resource features ten engaging lessons that focus on biodiversity and invasive species. An ecosystem approach provides an authentic context to help students understand what invasive species are and how these plants and animals can significantly impact the vital interdependence of organisms within habitats. Although developed to support the Grade 6 Life Sciences curriculum (Ontario), the strong English Language Arts, Math and Social Studies links make this resource applicable across a broad range of subject areas and grade levels.
In a combination of in-class and outdoor activities students will:
- Define and explore types of invasive species. - Identify how organisms interact within ecosystems. - Respond to media information about invasive species. - Explore a local habitat to find and catalogue native and non-native species. - Initiate action to inform the community about the prevention of the spread of invasive species.
Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an …
Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.
Students explore a variety of resources as they learn about the Holocaust. …
Students explore a variety of resources as they learn about the Holocaust. Working collaboratively, they investigate the materials, prepare oral responses, and produce a topic-based newspaper to complete their research.
This site offers instructional activities for irregular and high frequency words. Not …
This site offers instructional activities for irregular and high frequency words. Not all words use the most common phoneme-grapheme correspondences, but most words are at least partially decodable. Many words appear so frequently in text that children need to learn them before they have been taught the necessary phoneme-grapheme correspondences. The resources on this site provide a range of options for you to teach such words.
What makes a superhero super? By comparing popular culture superheroes with heroic …
What makes a superhero super? By comparing popular culture superheroes with heroic characters in childrenŐs literature, students learn to think critically about character traits, and consider how cultural perspectives influence the kinds of heroes we choose.
The goal of this activity is to understand how techniques of persuasion …
The goal of this activity is to understand how techniques of persuasion (including background, supporting evidence, storytelling and the call to action) are used to develop an argument for or against a topic. Students develop an environmental case study for presentation and understand how a case study is used as an analysis tool.
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