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Feeling down? Feeling hurt?
We Matter is a place Indigenous youth can turn to for an uplift, for positive support, or for a reminder that you matter.
WE Schools @home offers free online tools and resources to complement and support at-home learning. Developed for Grades K through 12, this weekly lesson package includes interactive and experiential curriculum-based resources, materials and lesson plans with an emphasis on well-being, social and emotional learning, service-learning and fostering resiliency.
This is a great vocabulary building graphic organizer similar to the Frayer Model.
"Save, organize and share content from across the web.
Bookmark, organize and curate, collaborate and share.
You can add it as an extension to Google or download the app.
This could be used for formative or summative assessments with students to gather, organize and share ideas, pictures, videos, journals, resources...
Second PE lesson in school experience of Kindergartener. Students explore walking movement and pathways.
The following document from Sun West School Division provides a number of strategies and activities for teaching oral language development.
Effective Oral Language Instruction – Best Practices
Use knowledge of stages of language development to plan instruction and choose
materials (see Appendix C).
Model good language use:
o Use complete sentences
o Precise language
o Use native language strategically
o Use academic and testing language -integrate target vocabulary into your
daily oral language
Ensure in conversation and in instruction that students are instructed on what to do
rather than what not to do. Example: ―Your essay should have 5 paragraphs‖ vs
―Don‘t just write one paragraph. ―
Provide multiple opportunities for practice in oral language with group, with partner,
and individually
Maximize student engagement ie. If students are passive provide opportunities where
all students must answer (see suggestions in document)
Provide choices for reluctant students
Connect all language to meaning
Teach academic language in the context of content instruction
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What can we expect our kids to learn if they're hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former White House Chef and food policymaker Sam Kass discusses the role schools can play in nourishing students' bodies in addition to their minds.
This series is a charming and often humorous look at the contemporary life of a Cree community. Set in a fictitious community in northern Saskatchewan, the animation stories follow the exploits of young Raven, Talon and their cousin T-Bear as they face challenges and learn valuable life lessons.
Educators can use the series to teach children about Cree culture and about universal themes such as honouring tradition, cooperation, self-esteem and ethics. This series is also available in French and Cree versions.
This series is a charming and often humorous look at the contemporary life of a Cree community. Set in a fictitious community in northern Saskatchewan, the animation stories follow the exploits of young Raven, Talon and their cousin T-Bear as they face challenges and learn valuable life lessons.
Educators can use the series to teach children about Cree culture and about universal themes such as honouring tradition, cooperation, self-esteem and ethics. This series is also available in English and French versions.
NFB films encompass a wide variety of war topics studied in both elementary and high schools. War is an important theme in Canadian and World Studies, Science, English Language Arts, History, Geography, Citizenship and the Arts. The films on this playlist make up only a fragment of the NFB’s remarkable collection of films on war and history. Educators are also encouraged to view other NFB titles apart from the films seen here should they wish to pursue a specialist path.
Paste the url of the video you want to share with your students into this website and you will remove the ads and distracting suggested videos!
Objectives: Students will gain a better understanding of the following
What the different types of waves are
Interference of two waves
The reflection of waves on a spring
The concept of standing waves
Directions: Check out the links within each titled section, then answer the questions. More importantly, understand the answers to each question. (Let me know if there are any links that do not work.)
We all know that relationships are the key to success when teaching. Here are some great resources for you to start the year off right and focus on building those very important relationships with your students!
This document outlines 8 ways to help your students remember what they read.
This is a list to help students decide how they want to share their learning. This can help provide voice and choice in their learning.
Unit 3 – Light, Reflection & Mirrors
1. Rectilinear Propagation
2. Shadows and Eclipses
3. Pinhole Cameras
4. Pinhole Photography
5. Mirrors
Description: Student engagement can be a real struggle when there is physical distance. However, the real issue isn't simply a lack of engagement. It's often a lack of self-direction. In other words, students aren't taking the initiative with their own learning. In this webinar, we cover specific strategies for increasing self-direction and student ownership in distance learning classes. I'll walk you through some specific strategies you can use in distance learning courses at the K-12 level. I also cover this topic in-depth in the upcoming professional development course on empowering students in distance learning.
In this session, Dr. Debbie Pushor from the University of Saskatchewan will first share some of her thoughts about learning at home and remote teaching during Covid-19. She will then explore the implications of these understandings for a) parent engagement with their children during the summer months and b) parent engagement with us as educators as students return to school in September.