This site has an introductory video to Family Literacy Week, events, resources and even a contest!

Financial literacy is an important aspect of everyday life. EVERFI’s Financial Literacy online resource engages users through video, animations and interactive activities to bring complex financial concepts to life, empowering students to better manage their personal finances. The program includes 9 modules on a variety of topics, including Savings, Banking, Credit Cards & Interest Rates, Credit Scores, Financing Higher Education, Renting vs. Owning, Taxes & Insurance, Consumer Protection, and Investing, giving students the tools they’ll need to successfully manage their financial future.

This Course Covers
EVERFI Financial Literacy
Savings
Credit Scores & Reports
Funding Higher Education
Renting vs Owning
Insurance & Taxes
Consumer Protection
Investing
Banking Basics

Looking for public speaking tips? Learn five ways to help ensure your next speech is a success.

The five tips are:
1. Know your subject and your speech;
2. Know your audience and your space;
3. Never apologize;
4. Imagine yourself giving a great speech; and
5. Focus on your message, not on yourself.

This site offers a free pack is suitable for all schools to support EAL pupils. It covers topics from Story Telling and Literacy to Geography, providing up to 4 weeks of work.
Project Pack 1 - Staying Healthy
Project Pack 2 - All About EAL (includes Pupil Podcast activity)
Project Pack 3 - Activate Your Imagination
Project Pack 4 - The World Around Us (includes 2 x extension tasks)

This portal is offered as a free resource to help facilitate online reading instruction and learning during this challenging time of school closures due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

These resources were available as of September 8th, 2020. If you try to access them later and they are not available, please let melissa.lander@sunwestsd.ca know.

There are two areas of the site, one for Students and one for Instructors. Materials are organized by our Phonics Scope and Sequence, and can be quickly navigated using the Menu at the top of the page.

This resource is for anyone who works with and cares for young children. The word “parent” is inclusive of all those who contribute to the development and lifelong learning of children.
Remember that no two children are alike. No two parents are alike. Your child will learn and grow at his own pace.
Parents are a child’s most important teachers. As your child’s first teacher, you can provide opportunities that will give your child a love of reading. Read to your child every day. Let your child see you reading.
This booklet gives a few suggestions on how to help your child discover the love of reading. It also lets you as a parent know why you are so important in the life of your child.

"Foundations Learning & Skills Saskatchewan (formerly READ Saskatoon) has a long history as a local literacy organization that offers free literacy services to adults and families.

Since 1979 we have provided adult tutoring services with the help of trained volunteers and community partners. Today we have expanded to offer adult, family, children’s, and financial literacy programs, as well as literacy facilitator trainings and resources."

The offer:
*family literacy
*financial literacy
*adult literacy
*children's literacy
*workshops
*training
*volunteer opportunities

This site's list of free movie guides can turn any movie or documentary into an opportunity for children to engage, learn and grow. For students of varying ages and abilities

ELA games for preschool to Grade 5.
There are games for everything from grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and phonics!

• Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences.
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics.
• Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.
• Computer version is 100% free.

Be sure to check out the free math game as well!

Choose a grade level to access weekly student practice packets for both the Reading Horizons Discovery® and Reading Horizons Elevate® reading programs. These student packets provide more than enough activities for a week of at-home skill practice and application.

Each grade has links to student materials, answer keys, and the accompanying video lessons.

Free School is a safe and friendly place to expose children to famous art, classical music, children's literature and natural science. Check out the great videos on a wide range of topics.

Ditch That Textbook has tons of great ideas to support teachers in their busy classrooms. One of the many resources offered are FREE templates that will save time and engage students in their learning.To access these free templates (Google Slides and PowerPoint) head on over to  https://ditchthattextbook.com/resources/templates or check out the individual sections included in this lesson. 

This site offers games for students in math, science, the elements, reading comprehension and some just for fun!

This comprehensive website has 5000+ books in 70+ languages. Search for leveled books to read/download as well as for books to read and games to play in curated collections. Also enjoy many read alouds.

For elementary students.

This is a great site to help you find a book you'll love. If you sign up you can enter books you've enjoyed and it will make suggestions for you! Remember to check out Sora to see if you can find a copy of the book there if you are a Sun West student or teacher!

There are plenty of recommended reading lists available here!

Scroll to the very bottom of the page to find the "Best of" lists for readers of all ages!

A list of finalist and award winners from 1999 until now.

This is a great place to start when looking to buy quality literature to fill classrooms and libraries.

Phonological awareness skills are important in order to develop good reading and spelling skills. Having good phonological awareness skills means that a child is able to manipulate sounds and words, or “play” with sounds and words. For example, you might ask your child to break the word “cat” into individual sounds: “c-a-t.” Important: These skills deal with SOUNDS not letters. For example, /t/ represents the sound and not the letter name “tee.” You will not use any written or visual letters when working with phonological activities. These activities are done with listening and speaking only. Learning the letter names and their corresponding sounds is also very important but should be taught and practiced at a different time of the day. This resource will have a weekly activity for your to work on with your child/student(s). It will include a handout with information and guidance, as well as a video to help support you and the learner. CLICK THE WORDS "INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS" TO GET STARTED (do not click on view description).