Newsela provides high-interest, printable news articles from a wide range of subject …
Newsela provides high-interest, printable news articles from a wide range of subject areas. Teachers can adjust the reading level of news articles to meet the needs of students. Within each article, power words are identified. Students can click on these and see the definition in student-friendly language. Newsela also provides writing prompts and questions about the articles. You can sign up for free access to the end of the 2019-20 school year. Although the site is American, there are lots of applicable news stories that align with Saskatchewan curricula and context.
This downloadable resources offers 10 weeks of daily plans you can assign …
This downloadable resources offers 10 weeks of daily plans you can assign with a click! Each day of mix-and-match activities includes skills practice, informal writing, and essay writing.
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In this packet, you’ll find unit plans that remotely guide students to …
In this packet, you’ll find unit plans that remotely guide students to craft a formal essay over the course of two weeks. Plans include two weeks of pre-made assignments, with a mix of pre-writing, targeted skill development, and scaffolded essay drafting. Choose from the following genres: ● Persuasive ● Argumentative ● Literary Analysis ● Expository/Informational ● Narrative ● Rhetorical Analysis
This video was created by Cindy Lee from noredink, specifically for Sun …
This video was created by Cindy Lee from noredink, specifically for Sun West teachers. It walks teachers through how to use and leverage noredink to help teaching writing and literacy using the free version. If you have any difficulty playing the video within the resource, it is also attached as a file that you can download to view. Click the two arrows in the bottom right corner of the screen to enlarge the video for a better viewing experience.
No Red Ink is an online site that helps students specifically with …
No Red Ink is an online site that helps students specifically with grammar. It gives quizzes and exercises tailored to that students’ interests (sports, celebrities, etc) and offers a number of different differentiated platforms and games.
You have to sign up to use this for your students. Some features are locked for paid accounts, but that being said, there are a number of excellent activities for free as well!
Students complete a diagnostic test, do the practice and then write an assessment.
Students will develop their summarizing skills while learning about local history. They …
Students will develop their summarizing skills while learning about local history. They will learn to consider audience while selecting topics, conducting research and interviews, and writing historical markers for their town.
Students will either, in their school, outside, or in their home, find nouns that …
Students will either, in their school, outside, or in their home, find nouns that start with the letter in the appropraite boxes.Students will write down 3 verbs they could act out and write two sentences using a noun and verb together below. Students will draw an object based on the clues/descriptions that are read to them.
Find reading recommendations appropriate for children, teens and adults in NoveList Plus. …
Find reading recommendations appropriate for children, teens and adults in NoveList Plus. This readers’ advisory tool assists readers in finding fiction and non-fiction print and audiobooks based on their interests. Students can find read-alike and listen-alike recommendations based on their favourite titles and authors.
Find reading recommendations appropriate for children and teens in NoveList Plus K-8. …
Find reading recommendations appropriate for children and teens in NoveList Plus K-8. This readers’ advisory tool assists readers in finding fiction and non-fiction print based on their interests. Students can find read-alike and listen-alike recommendations based on their favourite titles and authors.
Find reading recommendations appropriate for children and teens in NoveList Plus K-8. …
Find reading recommendations appropriate for children and teens in NoveList Plus K-8. This readers’ advisory tool assists readers in finding fiction and non-fiction print based on their interests. Students can find read-alike and listen-alike recommendations based on their favourite titles and authors.
Using an online Menu to produce an Independent Novel Study: Main Course …
Using an online Menu to produce an Independent Novel Study:
Main Course - the essential question of novel using quotes and explanations Side Dishes - three detail and explanation questions about novel Dessert - project on symbolic representation of a character in the novel
Novel Effect makes storytime a little more fun for kids (and grown-ups …
Novel Effect makes storytime a little more fun for kids (and grown-ups too!) As you read out loud from print books (or ebooks!) music, sound effects, and character voices play at just the right moment, adjusting and responding to your voice.
This twist on readers theater has students prepare original news programs based …
This twist on readers theater has students prepare original news programs based on incidents in a recent reading, as they explore standard literary elements of character, conflict, resolution, and setting.
The students will read the novel, Al Capone Does My Shirts, as …
The students will read the novel, Al Capone Does My Shirts, as well as complete the many kinds of activities in the student workbook. The workbook can be found on the Teachers Pay Teachers website for a small cost. In addition to the workbook, the students were able to engage in a variety of projects that involved creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. This Lesson Plan will include an individual assignment, and group assignments. The kids were required to share in a Literature Circle, create a Mug Shot, and also create a Game inspired by the Novel.
This is a collection of book report ideas or activities to do …
This is a collection of book report ideas or activities to do at the end of the novel. This a collection of my students' favourite product choices in my classroom experience in grades 4 to 8.
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