Students learn components of think-alouds and type-of-text interactions through teacher modeling. In the process, students develop the ability to use think-alouds to aid in reading comprehension tasks.
Students research the effects of the Vietnam war on a specific group of people who were involved. They then create Internet scavenger hunts to share with the class.
Students choose unfamiliar words from their reading and create a multigenre, multimodal glossary of terms.
Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom.
In this author study, students listen to and discuss four books by Leo Lionni. They identify similarities and differences in the stories and then compare two stories of their choice.
This is a whole language lesson for Speech Language Pathologists that incorporates food vocabulary, basic concepts of matching, color, and number, as well as the pragmatic skill of turn taking for language-delayed kindergarten students.
This lesson is sure to sizzle, not fizzle, as students use comic strips to find onomatopoetic words, develop a vocabulary list from the words, and discuss why writers use onomatopoeia.
Novel study activity including instructions, template, and evaluation guidelines for ELA 21.
The CD/DVD Cover Creator allows users to type and illustrate CD and DVD covers and related booklets for liner notes and other information. Students can use the tool to create covers for books, music, and films that they explored as well as to create covers for media they compose individually or as a class.
Child-Led, Hands-On, Active Learning for Kids including:
Math
Reading
Writing
Sports and Recreation
Colors
Multilingual Teaching Tips (lots of Chinese resources)
Our approach to civic education is about providing opportunities for students to experience their democracy first-hand rather than by reading about it in a textbook. By reaching students throughout their school career, during and between election periods, we hope to prepare them to be responsible and informed citizens.
CIVIX programming focuses on the themes of elections, government budgets, elected representatives and digital media literacy. Programs available include:
(1) Student Vote - an election enables teachers to bring democracy alive in the classroom
(2) Student Budget Consultation - combines civic education and financial literacy
(3) Rep Day - connects students with their elected representatives for a virtual or in-person meeting
(4) CTRL-F - a module providing quick strategies students can use to investigate and evaluate information
(5) PoliTalks - supports educators in bringing political discussions to the classroom - Materials are free with
registration, and programming is designed for grades 5-12
(6) Democracy Bootcamp - professional development conference for teachers designed to improve their
democratic engagement and delivery of CIVIX programming
This is a collection of ideas for classroom discussion to get EVERYONE involved!
Strategies include:
Quiz, quiz, Trade
Opinion Poll
Stepladder
Gogomo
World Cafe
Brainwriting
Thinking Hats
Tug of War
"With its reliable news in 10-minute video segments, CNN 10 allows teachers to keep students abreast of current events without overwhelming them with extra information or commentary. CNN 10 can be used as a starting point for a variety of activities. For instance, post a discussion question of the day related to a news topic and ask students to talk in small groups about how the story affects them. Ask students to choose a story of interest and probe into it for more depth. Flip the classroom by having students watch selected videos at home, and facilitate related projects in class. Promote collaboration and creativity by having students create their own news broadcasts related to curricular goals. Finally, promote media literacy by having students compare CNN's coverage with other media coverage of the same stories.
CNN 10 offers limited supports for classroom use: broadcast transcripts and downloadable weekly quiz questions, all targeted to the topics. But students can go to the top of the screen to get to more adult articles and topics, so beware. Still, that shouldn't deter kids who want to use the site independently or parents who want to help their kids learn what's going on in the world; the materials are user-friendly enough for everyone." (Common Sense Media)
Students use washable paints, markers, and construction paper to illustrate a month from the traditional Cree Calendar
Students will be able to:
illustrate a month from the traditional Cree calendar;
demonstrate an understanding of the changes, cycles and patterns that occur in nature through words and images;
draw/paint geometric and organic shapes;
create the illusion of depth in space using size;
connect personal life experiences to their artworks.
A free computer science curriculum that makes coding easy to teach and fun to learn.
"Teach computer programming and coding to students with the free CS First curriculum. Instructional videos guide students through theme-based projects such as sports, art, fashion, digital storytelling, and more. Projects involve block-based coding using Scratch and no experience is needed for educators or students. Students will enjoy the fun, interactive projects and can earn badges along the way. Grades: 4-9." (AASL)
This Module outlines Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR), a strategy for helping students to improve their reading comprehension skills. In CSR, students work together in small groups to apply comprehension strategies as they read text from a content area, such as social studies or science (est. completion time: 1 hour).
English
Students face an overwhelming online information environment that is increasingly polluted with false and misleading information, spin, and dubious expertise.
CTRL-F: Find the Facts is a contemporary digital media literacy program from CIVIX that helps students learn to evaluate online sources and claims to determine what to trust, using evidence-based ‘lateral reading’ strategies.
Learning is anchored by short expert-led videos and interactive practice examples drawn from a range of platforms, supported by lesson plans, slide decks, and worksheets. The resources are free with registration, designed for grades 7 to 12, and available in English and French. For more information, visit ctrl-f.ca.
FRENCH
Les étudiants font face à un environnement d'information en ligne accablant, de plus en plus pollué par de fausses informations, des informations trompeuses, des manipulations et une expertise douteuse.
CTRL-F : Trouver les Faits est un programme contemporain de littératie des médias numériques proposé par CIVIX qui aide les étudiants à apprendre à évaluer les sources en ligne et les affirmations pour déterminer en quoi avoir confiance, en utilisant des stratégies de "lecture latérale" basées sur des preuves.
L'apprentissage est ancré par de courtes vidéos animées par des experts et des exemples interactifs tirés de diverses plateformes, soutenus par des plans de cours, des présentations et des fiches d'exercices. Les ressources sont gratuites sur inscription, conçues pour les élèves de la 7e à la 12e année, et disponibles en anglais et en français. Pour plus d'informations, visitez ctrl-f.ca.
Media literacy is so important in today's society. This is CANADIAN program from CIVIX.
It provides opportunities for:
*Resources (including full lessons and pre/post assessments)
*Example Bank
*Workshops
You will need to sign up for a free account to access this excellent program.
"False and misleading information is rampant online, and people lack the skills and motivation to determine what to trust. To build the next generation of informed citizens, we need to adopt new ways to teach digital media literacy and source evaluation."
« La littératie médiatique est cruciale dans la société contemporaine. CTRL-F s'agit d'un programme CANADIEN de CIVIX. Il fournit :
-Des ressources (y compris des leçons complètes et des évaluations)
-Une banque d'exemples
-Des ateliers
Vous devriez vous inscrire (compte gratuit) pour accéder à ce programme excellent.
«Les informations fausses et trompeuses se multiplient sur le Web et les internautes ne disposent pas forcément des connaissances et des aptitudes nécessaires pour savoir à quoi ils peuvent se fier. Pour former la prochaine génération de citoyens informés, nous devons adopter de nouvelles méthodes d’enseignement en matière de littératie des médias numériques et d’évaluation des sources.»»
This site has a list of Caldecott Medal winning books from 1938 until now.
This is a great place to start when filling a classroom or school library with quality books!