In today's world, 21st century skills are crucial for our learners as they provide the foundation for success in a rapidly evolving society. These skills, such as critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and digital literacy, equip children with the abilities to navigate complex challenges, adapt to change, and thrive in a globalized world. By nurturing these skills, we empower our learners to become agile, innovative, and socially responsible individuals who can actively contribute to the progress and well-being of our society.This resource has a 21st Century Skills poster, a big view 21st Century Skills Scope and Sequence document for grades 1-12, and a more focused view 21st Century Skills Scope and Sequence document for each of the following grade groupings 1-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12. This resource also has  Digital Literacy Scope and Sequence documents for each of the following grade groupings 1-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12 (linked in each of the previous documents).

Active Kids + Minds is a free physical activity program for kids of all ages and abilities. The BOKS program includes lesson plans, training, and support needed to get kids moving for up to 45 minutes a day. It also includes shorter movement breaks, games, and activities tailored to your needs as an educator or parent. Resources include full unit plans for Phys. Ed. Another great feature of this website are the monthly calendars with daily movement breaks. The calendar links to videos showing how to complete each activity.

ANCIENT ECHOES INTERPRETIVE CENTRE is nestled at the junction of the Coalmine Ravine and the Eagle Creek and offers both indoor and outdoor tours of our Palaeontology sites (dinosaur and fossil displays and dig), Prairie Grasslands Ecology (virgin prairie medicine and food plants, animals in the wild and taxidermy displays), and First Nations History (petroglyphs, rock formations, effigies, archaeological dig, teepee rings, buffalo jump, food processing site, tool artifacts and pottery making displays). A permanent art exhibition by Metis artist, Jo Cooper, expresses a visual and oral story with “The Disappearance and Resurgence of the Buffalo”. Additionally, sculptures outside the centre stimulate the imagination as well as humour.
Ancient Echoes is currently operating under their summer hours, which run from May 7th to August 31st. This means we are open Tuesdays-Sundays from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (closed Mondays). Bookings can be made by calling the Centre at 1-306-377-2045 or emailing anciente@sasktel.net. Our Valley View Tea Room is open every Friday from 2:30-4:30 PM in May-August.

Ancient Echoes is a popular site for School Tours throughout the year offering custom-designed programs for students of all ages in the areas of Aboriginal History, Paleontology, Ecology, and Archaeology.

Ancient Echoes also offers regular summer programs including traditional pottery making, drum making, ecology and palaeontology hikes, full moon walks, educational and craft days for children, as well as numerous other “ project” days. A video of the ravine walk is available indoors for “rainy days”, or for those who do not wish to hike.

Ancient Echoes has just recently added a beautiful art gallery space to their walls. Our new Prairie Echoes Gallery offers numerous exhibits throughout the year of new and established artists and photographers.

For each question you get right, beans are donated to help fight hunger!

Categories include: What is This?, Times Tables, English Vocabulary, Spanish Vocabulary, World Capitals, ASL Alphabet, Periodic Table.

Sign up for a free account, allowing you access to all of Canada's National ballet School's courses and dance programs for kids.

Once you have signed up for an account, you can access the many cross-curricular dance units created by the National Ballet School. Note: If you are looking to access these units in French, please navigate to the "All course offerings" on the home page and you will find the French version of this course listed.

Great options to consider:
Grade 4: Rocks
Grade 5: Christine Friday Artist Study (Indigenous world-view)
Grade 6: Angela Gladue Artist Study (pow-wow and hip hop) (available in Cree as well)

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Welcome to Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), where we believe that all Canadians should experience the physical, emotional and social benefits of dance. Access our free resources—designed for educators and community leaders who work with children and youth, as well as specific resources to engage seniors in dance programs—and experience the joy of dance! No previous dance experience required!

You need to create a free account to access the courses and dances.

Once you are enrolled, find for the Dance on Demand Course on the home page. Enroll in this and you will have access to dances, observation checklists, rubrics, etc. for Grades 1-6.

Next, look for Inclusive Dance Practices in the Classroom and Community and enroll in this teacher course. This course will provide you with lots of information about how to make dance accessible for multiple different needs that may be present in your classroom!

A third course to look into enrolling for is the Activity Library: "All young people should have access to the physical, emotional and social benefits of dance and this library will provide you the tools and support to make it happen. The activities are divided into four categories: welcome, warm-up, dance and reflect. Browse through the titles or use the search tools to select activities based on group size, element of dance or age of participants. All activities are supported by video demonstration and detailed, printable activity plans - and some have downloadable music tracks!"

There are many other course offerings on the home page to explore as well.

Jeux pour les élèves, organisés par âge: des jeux d'observation et d'attention, d'écoute et de mémoire, de réflexion, d'expression, de connaissances générales, de créativité, d'argumentation, et d'expression musicale.

*These games could also be used for Core French students, with adaptations - all instructions are in French.*

Le Guide alimentaire canadien: ressources pour appuyer l'alimentation saine chez les jeunes et les adultes!

The choices students learn to make when they’re young can have a lasting impact on their lifetime well-being, happiness, and academic success. But 96% of elementary schools are unable to provide daily physical education.

EVERFI’s Healthier Me is an innovative, games-based elementary school health curriculum that educates elementary school students about the importance of well-balanced meals and physical activity. These elementary health lesson plans prepare students to make healthy, informed decisions when it comes to nutrition and fitness, securing a healthier and happier future for the next generation.

This course could easily be extended to having students create an action plan (Health Education DM and AP outcomes) based on what they have learned in this course.

Sun West School Division: log into this EVERFI course through your clever account.

The health-related choices students learn to make when they’re young can have a lasting impact on their lifetime well-being, happiness, and academic success. EVERFI’s Healthier Me is an innovative, games-based middle school health curriculum that gives students the tools to make healthy, informed decisions when it comes to health and nutrition.

Throughout the course, students embark on fun wellness adventures through interactive games—from completing grocery shopping to creating a well-balanced cafeteria lunch—working through true-to-life scenarios to help them achieve positive wellness outcomes.

This could easily be extended to include an action plan (Health Education outcomes in the DM and AP strands) the students build based on their learning from this course.

Sun West School Division: Log into this EVERFI course through your clever account.

This resource was created by Sun West School Division teachers to support integrating allareas of wellness in the daily lives of our students to enhance their well-being.This resource includes activities for each domain of wellness: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Social. The activities are arranged by month, but feel free to adapt the order to your classroom's needs. Students can work on these projects independently, with their families, or as a class.The resource includes connections to learning outcomes for the Grade K-2 curriculum including the Treaty Education Outcomes.We have included a focus on goal setting and reflection in order to meet ELA Assess & Reflect outcomes, as well as the Health Decision-Making and Action Planning outcomes. 

«Kids Boost Immunity correspond aux compétences essentielles du programme d'études de la Saskatchewan énumérées ci-dessous. Vous pouvez également y trouver une description des leçons de base disponibles pour les étudiants de la Saskatchewan . Chaque niveau contient une sélection de leçons qui correspondent aux attentes du curriculum. Veuillez noter qu'il ne s'agit pas d'une liste exhaustive du programme. Les enseignants ont trouvé chez KBI beaucoup plus de liens pédagogiques avec le programme que ce qui est décrit ici!

La pensée critique et l’évaluation des informations:

Les leçons sur la pensée critique et l'évaluation des informations sur KBI sont alignées avec plusieurs matières du programme d'études de la Saskatchewan. Ces leçons fournissent des exemples sur la façon dont une mésinformation peut influencer l'opinion, souvent en créant un sentiment de peur. Une méthode d'évaluation de style liste de contrôle permet aux étudiants d'évaluer la fiabilité des sources d'information. D'autres stratégies d'évaluation incluent apprendre à reconnaître les préjugés personnels et l'utilisation d'une approche scientifique pour tester les idées. Pour les élèves au niveau intermédiaire-supérieur il y a des leçons sur la conception d'expériences de travail, la création d'hypothèses de travail, l'exploration des biais et la compréhension de la corrélation par rapport à la causalité. »

«Des ressources, des cours et des webinaires éphémères axés sur le mouvement créatif, offerts gratuitement en ligne et élaborés par des spécialistes de la danse et des professeurs de danse de renommée mondiale vous aident à partager la danse avec vos élèves.

Intégrez la danse dans vos salles de classe et répondez aux exigences de votre programme! Nos ressources comprennent des vidéos à la demande, des guides d’enseignement avec outils d’évaluation et de contrôle intégrés, de la documentation permettant l’intégration de la danse d’une matière à l’autre et plus encore! Aucune expérience de danse n’est requise et s’inscrire est gratuit.»

« Une alimentation saine confère au corps et à l’esprit l’énergie et les nutriments dont ils ont besoin pour le bon fonctionnement. Les activités pédagogiques axées sur la saine alimentation encouragent les élèves à développer les connaissances, la compréhension et les capacités à identifier, préparer et choisir les aliments sains et les options saines en alimentation.
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Les activités ont été réparties en deux catégories : activités à la maison, qui exigent la préparation d’aliments ou la disponibilité de certains équipements ou matériels, et les activités qui peuvent se faire, avec ou sans adaptations, dans l’un ou l’autre des deux contextes d’apprentissage.»

Activités organisées par niveau scolaire. Parfois il y manque des exemplaires, mais les activités sont utiles dans le cadre du bien-être et de la santé, et il y a au moins deux jeux intéractifs pour les petits!

Sarah Shuttleworth has been Métis-style jigging since the age of four and loves to share her love for the dance whenever given the opportunity. The Red River Jig originates from the Red River Settlement, now commonly known as Winnipeg, and is the dance of the Métis people.

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.

Le site Naître et grandir propose des ressources pour les parents et tuteurs d'enfants depuis la grossesse jusqu'à l'âge de huit ans: actualités, chroniques, dossiers, vidéos, balados, outils et tests, une infolettre personalisée, et un magazine gratuit, disponibles également en forme d'application mobile. Les contenus sont organisés par stade de développement de l'enfant et par thème, ainsi que par type de ressource.

« Source d’information fiable et validée scientifiquement, Naître et grandir a pour mission de soutenir quotidiennement les parents au Québec dans leur rôle afin de favoriser le développement de leur enfant, dès la conception jusqu’à 8 ans. Naître et grandir est financé et publié par la Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon, une société philanthropique québécoise ... Naître et grandir n’a aucun objectif lucratif ni attache commerciale et ne diffuse aucune publicité.

... Notre rôle consiste à fournir aux parents l’information leur permettant de prendre leurs décisions, sur une base quotidienne, dans leur rôle d’éducateurs... Nous collaborons avec les meilleurs experts au Canada et nous appliquons une procédure de contrôle de la qualité rigoureuse qui nous permet d’offrir un contenu digne de confiance.

...Naître et grandir s’adresse aux mères, aux pères, aux grands-parents et à toutes les personnes qui ont pour responsabilité de prendre soin d’un enfant. Notre objectif est de sensibiliser les parents et l’ensemble de la société ... à l’importance de favoriser le développement des enfants, dès leur plus jeune âge, afin de créer des conditions et des environnements propices à leur réussite éducative. »