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"Teachers use Diffit to get “just right” instructional materials, saving tons of time and helping all students to access grade level content"
*change reading levels
*write video transcripts
*generate learning materials for any grade or topic - the more specific you can be, the better. Include the SK outcomes you are working on! (images, summaries, vocabulary lists, multiple choice, short answer, prompts, student activities)
*translate it all to other languages (many!)
*do this for a video or article
*cut and paste in any text
Maintaining and communicating predictable routines is very important. Doing so helps students to maintain a sense of psychological safety—a sense that they can manage stress or connect with someone who can help them manage stress.
Teen Mental Health.org has created "animations, face-to-face training programs, web-based training programs, mobile applications, eBooks, easy to understand guides and books designed specifically for youth, parents, educators and health providers" to translate mental health knowledge in order to improve the mental health of youth.
In this video created by Mayo Clinic, teens describe common signs that a teen is considering suicide and provide encouragement for communicating directly and immediately for support and safety. It also Includes suggestions for what to say to a teen who may be at risk for suicide and ways to keep them safe. Things can get better.
This Coronavirus Sanity Guide supports parents navigate children's anxiety about the coronavirus through practical, actionable ways of coping with stress, fear, and anxiety. The meditations, podcasts, blog posts, and talks on this website will help build resilience and find some calm amidst the chaos.
Terry Fox is a Canadian hero. One of Terry’s main goals was to create awareness around how cancer affects everyone, so that they become inspired to help find a cure for cancer. He gathered support around this cause by applying his strong spirit of determination and his story has inspired so many people around the world. In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to share their personal stories through the medium of art. Computer art is amazing because anyone can create something cool regardless of ability.
An overview of 1st and 3rd defense.
Here are three Ancient Greek recipes that use ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen.
Constable Al Arsenault, along with six other policemen, document the people on their beat to create a powerful film about drug abuse. This group of officers developed a unique relationship with addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. In this documentary, drug addicts talk openly about how they got to the streets and send a powerful message of caution to others about the dangers of drug abuse.
This PowerPoint is intended to be used in a Middle Years classroom. The concepts discussed in this PowerPoint are taken from the book, "Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn" by Richard M. Cash. Each PeBL Mentor received a copy of this book so each school in the division has access to this text. This PowerPoint is intended to be modified based on the needs of the teacher and classroom
This PowerPoint is intended to be used in a Middle Years classroom. The concepts discussed in this PowerPoint are taken from the book, "Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn" by Richard M. Cash. Each PeBL Mentor received a copy of this book so each school in the division has access to this text. This PowerPoint is intended to be modified based on the needs of the teacher and classroom
Tinkergarten offers play-based outdoor activities that suit a wide range of ages. These activities are purposefully designed to bring 3, 4, and 5 year olds together with their families to bond while developing problem solving and emotional skills, as well as learning how teamwork can be integral to group activities. Activities can be sorted by age, grade level, or by learning domain/content. Many of these activities align with the philosophy and beliefs in the Play and Exploration document, as well as the Essential Experiences documents from the Ministry. The activities themselves are not technology based, so instructions could be printed off and sent home for families with limited technology resources at home, while still allowing them to participate in supplemental learning with their child
Stay hydrated with these tips!
"Download our Toolkit for Promoting Empathy in Schools. You can download the toolkit in Spanish, French, and Korean, too.
The Start Empathy Toolkit is the product of interviews with more than 60 educators and leading social entrepreneurs. We asked quite simply, “What works?” We wanted to know what it would take to create a classroom where kids’ social and emotional needs are met and how to cultivate the kinds of skills that are critical for success in today’s (and tomorrow’s) world. The result is not a prescription or a formula, or a silver-bullet fix. Consider this a living set of tools: tools that will grow and evolve over time, as each of us adds our own. We encourage you to think beyond your classroom walls to what it takes to mobilize your entire school community. Together, let’s creatively reimagine what changemaking education can look like.
The toolkit contains the combined wisdom of dozens of teachers, organizations, and people who live this everyday: tips and tools, lesson plans and examples, and, most importantly, insights that can help inform everything from how you design your classroom to your daily interactions with students and colleagues. Some exercises can be done in as little as two minutes, while others can take the form of months-long class projects, applied to a range of subjects. Others simply offer a strategy you can adapt to your existing lesson plans, and tips that are proven to improve teacher and student performance alike. Some you may be familiar with, and others may be new. We invite you to test these in your classroom, and use them to generate ideas of your own."
Project-based learning, or PBL, challenges students to design and engage in more authentic, extended, and complex learning. But while PBL is a trusted strategy for increasing student engagement and learning, it's not easy to orchestrate. There are tons of moving pieces, and if you're doing it right, students will be engaging in a variety of interest-driven projects all with various needs and on different schedules. So how do you manage it all? Tech can be a huge help. This list gathers some useful productivity and organization tools that can help both teachers and students keep track of, finish, and assess projects. There are also a few tools designed specifically for PBL, as well as plug-and-play PBL experiences.
This resource describes several traditional games British children play.
This link includes descriptions for four different games played by children in Australia.
Some grade six students at Aqsarniit School in Iqaluit, Nunavut did a project on some of their favorite Traditional Inuit Games (phys. ed. type activities). They hope other students will learn how to play some of them where they live. The games are:
The Kneel Jump
The Back Push
The Airplane
The Sitting Knuckle Pull
The Legwrestle
The Knucklehop
The Mouth Pull
The Musk Ox Push
Click this link for an extensive list of traditional Japanese games.