This document identifies the steps for creating a learning contract, with an example contract as a guideline.
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Contains a list of suggested videos to help learn more about truth and reconciliation as well as the legacy of residential schools. Many of the videos are intended for adult learning while others are appropriate for classroom use.
Also contains resources that teachers and other professionals may find useful when learning about truth and reconciliation as well as the legacy of residential schools.
This document will provide students with their strengths and suggest ways to learn and consolidate their learning based on their multiple intelligences.
These game-like experiences are a fun way to help you see why learning and attention issues can be so frustrating. Want to hear kids talk about what it feels like to have learning and attention issues? Start by clicking on an age group. Then choose a video from that age group.
Create stories, games, and animations & share with others around the world!
Learn the basics of coding.
Be sure to visit the "Tips" section to learn how to get started learning to code. There is a free online tutorial and a downloadable .pdf.
We currently offer 3 school programs:
1. Little Legislators Scavenger Hunt: 40-60 minutes, Pre-K to Grade 3 - Students will participate in a scavenger hunt for Saskatchewan symbols, and important people and objects in the Legislative Building. They learn about what government does in the building, monarchy connections, treaty maps and Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan, and more.
2. Let's Get Legislative: 2 hours, Grades 4 to 12 - Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the function of the Legislative Building and of the elected members of the Assembly, and have the opportunity to ask their school’s MLA questions about what they see and learn in the Chamber. The Let's Get Legislative tour is only available when the Assembly is in session. For this program, please refer to the parliamentary calendar to select a date when the Assembly will be sitting.
3. Standard School Tour: 30 minutes, all grades - Our 30-minute tour, tailored to your students’ grade level. Learn the history of the building, government, the Westminster parliamentary tradition, and more.
Ce guide vise à soutenir les efforts continus du personnel enseignant à développer les compétences en lecture des élèves des écoles de langue française de l’Ontario. Il fournit au personnel enseignant de l’information sur l’enseignement efficace des connaissances et des habiletés fondamentales en lecture du français, un aperçu de la façon dont ces compétences se développent chez les jeunes enfants, et des exemples de stratégies d’enseignement explicite et systématique, fondé sur des résultats probants, afin de permettre aux élèves de devenir des lectrices et des lecteurs habiles.
« Cette vidéo présente une activité sur les régularités répétitives. Renée Michaud explore avec les enseignants les régularités répétitives à l'aide d'objets et d'actions. »
«VISION
Les voix de la poésie sont un organisme de bienfaisance dont l’objectif est de faire vivre le monde au rythme de la poésie. Pour y arriver, nous travaillons au sein du milieu de l’éducation, pour lequel nous souhaitons être la ressource essentielle pour l'enseignement et l'apprentissage de la poésie au Canada et dans le monde.
MISSION
Nous offrons aux enseignant·e·s des ressources pédagogiques attrayantes et leur proposons des expériences poétiques variées, en français et en anglais, afin d’inspirer leurs élèves à lire, à réciter et à écrire de la poésie :
-des anthologies en ligne de poèmes contemporains et classiques en langues française et anglaise;
-des concours de récitation où plus de 75 000 $ en prix et en voyages sont à gagner chaque année. Les concours pancanadiens se divisent en trois sections : française, bilingue et anglaise;
-le journal étudiant de poésie VOICES/VOIX;
-le programme Vers l'Avenir
-le programme Poètes à l'école/Poet In Class.
-du matériel pédagogique en français et en anglais.
Toutes nos ressources sont gratuites.
Des poètes canadien·ne·s de renom rédigent et présentent nos programmes et projets, offrant ainsi de la poésie contemporaine directement aux jeunes.»
This article is by Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey. It looks at the Jigsaw strategy for teaching and discusses how to use it properly. It includes videos of the strategy in action as well!
This article could help tighten up your Jigsaw strategy or approach it in a new and innovative way!
This is one of the best K-12 Science resources available!
Resources are available for Grades Pre-school-12 including multiple articles and videos available for students to explore the many science concepts being learned in the classroom.
You can:
*Book an outreach visit from a scientist to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) to your class
*Enter your Grade 6-8 students in team-based competitive enrichment events
*Use CurioCity with Grade 8-12 students to learn about STEM careers, Space and countless other topics with videos. You can also register and get amazing resources for STEM (in English or French) for FREE! (These are even aligned to SK curriculum!)
*Visit Ideapark for Pre-school to Grade 3 to register and receive access to a wealth of FREE STEM resources.
*Register for Tomatosphere to investigate the effects of outer space on seed germination with your class. Tomatosphere™ is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.
Art tutorials for drawing, painting, printing and more! These are great for kids of all ages. Here are some other great videos for Pop Art! Check them out!
This unit plan overview provides links to all lessons along with links to accompanying teacher support materials that include: Student worksheets and answer guides for individual lessons; Inquiry activities with support materials. This unit includes 5 lessons that includes: Understanding Indigenous Symbols, Vocabulary and Literacy Builder activities, Medicine from the Land, "The Story of Sky Woman" and worksheets and activities to accompany the story.
Since 2013, the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation has managed a contract from the Ministry of Education to evaluate learning resources. The Stewart Resources Centre houses most of the resources under review. These resources can be borrowed by patrons once they have been through the evaluation process. Look for the “Borrow from the STF Library” link in the resource records on the Ministry’s curriculum site. The resources below are samplings of the resources from the SRC currently at various stages of the evaluation process related to First Nation and Métis content.
This is a fantastic resource that will allow students to investigate ideas they may wish to pursue for a science fair project. There are over a thousand project ideas there with links to them and everything!
If you follow the tabs across the top of the page you can go to an excellent project guide to guide your students along the way to a great project.
The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that have been curated from YouTube, Vimeo and other sites to meet curricular outcomes in ELA.
The resources can be used in stand alone literacy lessons, can form the basis for a whole Literacy unit or can support literacy units that you already have in place. With the many book based activities using the book alongside the digital resource is recommended.
This resource attached below as a PDF provides progressions from the lowest to the most complex skill for the skills of:phonological awarenessphonicsvocabularyfluencyreading comprenshion
Practical advice and high impact teaching practices that improve outcomes in reading, writing and speaking and listening.
Guides are available for elementary schools and early education (birth to 5 years) as well.
Sections are included for Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, Interacting with Others, Emergent Literacy and within those areas you will find teaching practices, videos, sample phonics lessons, in practice examples and more.
A teaching tooklit map is provided to grade 6 with links to many of the items on the map! https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/professionals/learning/literacy/lttusermap-ec.pdf (birth to 5)
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/lttusermap.pdf (Gr. 1 to 6)
A map with live links on how to prepare young students for literacy and interacting with others!