In this episode, Sabrina talks to us about matter and particles and that all matter is made up of particles. Also, she shows us how matter can change states from a solid to a liquid, a liquid to a gas, a gas to a solid, or a liquid to a solid.

Partnering with Newcomer Families
Strategies for working across language and cultural differences to make families feel at home in new schools

Passages Canada is a national storytelling initiative of Historica Canada that nurtures empathy and respect across difference. Our volunteer speakers share their personal stories of identity, culture and immigration at local schools and community groups and online in our Story Archive. The program is completely free, thanks to generous funding from Citizenship and Immigration Canada and TD Bank. Invite a free guest speaker for Black History Month, Asian Heritage Month, or any time throughout the year. To book or become a speaker, visit www.passagescanada.ca

Passport for Life supports the awareness, assessment, development and advancement of physical
literacy among students and teachers. The four components of physical literacy that are assessed in
Passport for Life are Active Participation, Living Skills, Fitness Skills and Movement Skills. Passport for Life combines student responses to online questionnaires with student data resulting from
their participation in fitness and movement skill tasks that teachers administer and observe.
Based on the results of the physical literacy assessments, the Passport for Life website generates a
Student Passport and a Class Passport. These passports highlight gaps in students’ physical literacy
levels and support teachers in adapting their programming and instruction to provide targeted lessons
that are relevant at both the class and student- levels. The passport results are user-friendly for
teachers, parents and students and offer these target groups a platform to engage in meaningful
conversation about student physical literacy assessment outcomes to support future improvements.

Teachers need to register for a free account.

These 5 essential chalk pastel techniques for beginners will set kids up for pastel success!

These chalk pastel art ideas are easy and fun for kids of all ages! Chalk pastel project links included: sunflowers, Kandinsky art, galaxy art, shooting stars, hearts, cherry blossoms, tulips, bunnies, shamrocks, sunset, jellyfish, Canada Day, fall leaf, pumpkin, bat, snow globe, fireworks, hot chocolate, and a Christmas tree.

This is a pastel project using a glue resist method. The end result is beautiful!

Oil pastels are awesome! How to blend with oil pastels is really easy, after understanding these two simple steps (from Art Hub for Kids). Written instructions with visuals are included, along with an instructional video.

In this simple lesson, students learn a new "blending" technique for oil pastels.

This week, Stan teaches you about patents. It turns out, they're patently complicated! So, patents have some similarity to copyright, in that they grant a limited monopoly to people who invent things. The key difference in patents and copyright is that patents are for THINGS. Copyright is for an idea. So, if you've come up with a great new invention, like for example, a condiment gun, you should get a patent. We'll also talk about some of the limitations and problems of patents, including patent trolls

This chart will help you get started with Personalized Learning (PL) - even if you're a bit unsure. It looks at ways you can just dip your toe into PL, put your leg into PL or jump all in!
You choose your path!

Patient Problem Solving is a method of solving problems that you don't
already know how to solve. You are required to ask questions in order to
even start solving the problem. Sometimes those questions are asked of the
teacher, sometimes other students, and sometimes Google. For example,
students are asked to use a ticker tape timer to calculate their speed. First of
all students (and maybe you as the teacher) need to figure out what a ticker
tape timer does. There are a variety of ways to solve these problems, and
creativity will help them get to an answer.

The following list details items for PeBL Mentors to consider discussing with staff especially new teachers. Some items are to discuss ASAP while others can be discussed throughout the year. 

This resource supports planning with the end in mind, unpacking outcomes, and resources available in Sun West.

The following document reviews the guidelines for the role of PeBL Mentor in 2022. 

This rubric is a tool for PeBL mentors to use as reflection of their role in their schools.

Possible scenarios you may encounter as a PeBL mentor, and brainstorming (most effectively as a group) as to how you could approach each situation.

This PPT presentation shares how our school is unpacking writing alignment at our K-12 school.