The purpose of this lesson is to explore word syllabication.
Included:
- YouTube video to support DLC ELA Grade 2: Unit 1 Lesson 7 - Syllables

The purpose of this lesson is to explore verbs.
Included:
- YouTube video to support DLC ELA Grade 2: Unit 1 Lesson 9 - Verbs
- Handouts:
HO-28 - Action Verbs
HO-20 - Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
HO-30 - Strong Verbs

This video lesson introduces the concept of alliteration. Letter recognition is reviewed in preparation for recognizing and writing alliterations. An accompanying handout provides practice with alliteration.

The purpose of this lesson is to work on students' reading speed and fluency, as well as their comprehension of the material read.
Included:
- Handouts:
HO-32 - Reading Passage (to check for speed and fluency)
HO-33 - Comprehension Questions (could be used for any narrative passage)

The purpose of this lesson is to explore doing a research project.
Included:

YouTube video to support DLC ELA Grade 2: Unit 3 Lesson 2 - Research
Handouts:
HO-3 KWL Chart on Beavers
HO-4 Research Sources
HO-5 Animal Research Graphic Organizer

The purpose of this lesson is to provide graphic organizers to support students in writing an adventure story.
Included:

- Handouts:
HO-19 Planning an Adventure Story Unit 4
HO-20 Adventure Story DRAFT Unit 4
HO-21 Adventure Story Final-Polished Copy Unit 4

This purpose of this lesson is to explore compound words and use them in sentences.

This resource provides a step-by-step overview of the writing process.

Included:

A YouTube video that outlines the writing process
Handout: HO-4 The Writing Process Unit 1 (overview sheet)

This resource provides students with an overview of how to write a postcard and the opportunity to create one of their own. Included:

YouTube video - How to Write a Postcard
Handout - HO-20 Write a Postcard

This resource provides students with an overview of how to write a friendly letter and the opportunity to create one of their own. Included:

YouTube video - How to Write a Friendly Letter
Handout - HO-9 - Friendly Letter Template

The purpose of this video lesson is to provide some guidance in writing your interview questions and how to conduct an interview. The accompanying handout provides guidance on how to write questions for and conduct an interview of an older person about their life as a child.

The purpose of this video lesson is to learn how to add and enhance conversation in writing. The accompanying handout offers practice with choosing strong verbs as an alternative to "said" to enable the speaker's "voice" to be heard.

The following resource contains the assets (or resources) to accompany the Sask DLC Financial Literacy 20 course - Unit 1. Please note that this is not the content of the course, but the assets used to support and deliver it.  

This resource includes 5 videos for each of 5 weeks to assist students in developing writing trait skills in the following areas:
-Ideas
-Organization
-Word Choice
-Sentence Fluency
-Voice
**Please note: Conventions is embedded throughout

The resource offers video lessons on the three of the writing traits at the grade 3 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 3, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks.
The traits covered include:
- organization
- word choice
- sentence fluency

The resource offers video lessons on the four of the writing traits at the grade 4 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 4, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks. The traits covered include: - ideas - organization - sentence fluency - word choice

The resource offers multiple video lessons for each of the writing traits at the grade 5 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 5, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks.
The traits include:
- ideas
- organization
- voice
- word choice
- sentence fluency
- conventions and presentation are embedded throughout the unit lessons

The resource offers multiple video lessons for each of the writing traits at the grade 6 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 6, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks.
The traits include:
- ideas
- organization
- word choice
- sentence fluency
- voice
- conventions and presentation are embedded throughout the unit lessons

This resource includes 5 videos for each of 5 weeks to assist students in developing writing trait skills in the following areas: -Ideas -Organization -Word Choice -Sentence Fluency -Voice **Please note: Conventions is embedded throughout.

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