This resource from Ontario provides parents with information on how they can support Math learning and development at home.
"This guide is intended to support teachers’ ongoing efforts in building students’ knowledge and skills in mathematics. It focuses attention on the content of expectations in The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Mathematics, 2005 that deal with fundamental mathematics concepts and skills (specifically, expectations in the Number Sense and Numeration strand and expectations that relate to number properties in the Patterning and Algebra strand). The guide outlines steps to achieving the knowledge and skills described in these expectations and suggests how to make more timely connections that will better support student learning. A strong foundation in the concepts and skills emphasized here will prepare students for success in high school, and ensure that they have a set of essential skills for employment and responsible citizenship in the future."
There are excellent charts included that organize foundational skills by grade grouping. These charts start on page 5.
Includes the scope and sequence for grades 4 to 8 for financial literacy.
Parents matter in education. They matter as vital partners who contribute much to the work of our educators, schools, and communities. They matter as parent leaders, parent mentors, and models of commitment to excellent in education, and they matter everyday as they influence and support their children’s academic
achievement. (From the included document)
This amazing 144 page document covers the following topics:
Reading Strategies
Writing Strategies
Oral Communication
There are tons of ideas and practical lessons for teaching in this resource.
Generating Ideas:
Rapid Writing
Setting the Context (What Do My Readers Want to Know?)
Adding Content (Pass It On!)
Developing and Organizing Ideas:
Webbing, Mapping and More
Supporting the Main Idea
Adding Details
Revising and Editing:
Reorganizing Ideas
Asking Questions to Revise Writing
Peer Editing
Proofreading Without Partners
Writing for a Purpose:
Using Templates:
Writing a Procedure
Writing an Information Report
Writing a Business Report
Writing an Explanation
Posters for Instruction: Writing
Generate Ideas
Organize Writing
Revise and Edit
Writing prompts and exemplars for Grades 1 to 8 from Ontario.
Student Writing Tasks and Samples
*Grade 1:A Short Piece of Descriptive Writing (“My Favourite Toy”) page 11
*Grade 2:A Short Narrative (“My Adventure”) page 25
*Grade 3:A Letter (to a Favourite Author) page 39
*Grade 4:A Humorous Fictional Story (“The Day Gravity Failed”) page 55
*Grade 5:A Non-fiction Report (“A Person I Admire”) page 73
*Grade 6:A Summary Report (“Canada’s Newest Territory”) page 91
*Grade 7:An Advertisement (for a New Food Product) page 111
*Grade 8:An Opinion Piece (a Letter to the Editor page 131