This resource gives a diversity of ideas for students to share their writing.
This website contains multiple games for kids, ranging from ELA to Math.
This is available in website and app versions. This is a very user friendly way to make podcasts. There are a variety of sound effects, clips etc to be used to make a polished more professional sounding podcast. Students - make sure you have your school's and parent's permission before using this!
"CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. Our resources are:
Flexible;
Research-Based;
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards;
Created by teachers, for teachers.
They believe in the transformative power of a great text, and a great question. That’s why we are committed to keeping CommonLit completely free, forever." (CommonLit site)
"CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. Our resources are:
Flexible;
Research-Based;
Created by teachers, for teachers.
They believe in the transformative power of a great text, and a great question. That’s why we are committed to keeping CommonLit completely free, forever." (CommonLit site)
Teachers can search for content by grade, theme, content type, genres, literary devices, and more. Alternative options are offered for students that may require adaptations for reading an easier level.
Parent guides are also provided.
Benchmark and ongoing assessments are available.
360 Curriculum provides full integrated units E.g., Unit 1 Characters Who Change and Grow which includes a baseline assessment, vocabulary activities, reading lessons, writing lessons, quiz, grammar activities, media exploration, discussion, and a culminating task.
If your student/child is not sure what they can write, use this handy chart from Scholastic to get them started. There are so many choices!
These 4 point rubric exemplars were developed to provide a consistent and common resource that aligns with the Saskatchewan curriculum and provide opportunities for transfer of responsibility between educator and student. These rubrics are designed to be edited by educator and student.
"Kids can use this as a resource for a variety of subjects. With biographies, an atlas, and other reference materials, Factmonster is an informative place for kids to find fun facts and play educational games." (Common Sense Media)
Resources are organized across the top toolbar by subject, homework, games and tools.
A lesson using Farm 360 Virtual Tour and linking it to Science and Careers. The students will move around a 360 video to experience life on a farm or orchard. It outlines production and importance of the industry. There is an ELA writing component at the end of the lesson to be handed in.
"This tool allows you to create presentations, infographics, video presentations, resumes, and more.
It includes many templates with access to photos, animations, and illustrations giving the user the ability to make any image or text interactive.
Content can be shared through a link or downloaded.
Teachers can make materials to share with students or other teachers, and students can use to build resumes or design a product for summative assessment." (AASL)
The gamification options look really good within this tool. You (or your students) can make a variety of different games to test content.
There are some great product choices in here to demonstrate learning.
Cross curricular unit plan.
This document outlines all Grade 8 ELA outcomes/indicators. The specific outcomes/indicators with Treaty Connections are highlighted and support materials/treaty content are outlined.
Exploring “renewal” and “regeneration” through a holistic perspective, this project presents these concepts through the lens of sustainability. Students make connections to these concepts in the classroom and on the land. Whether they are exploring the impact of fires and controlled burns on the ecosystem or considering ways to regenerate and heal from trauma, students will have the opportunity to consider the many ways that people and the environment can rejuvenate in the wake of real or perceived destruction.In this folder, you will find:1. Teacher Overview2. Science Unit Plan3. Art Extension Unit4. ELA Extention Unit5. Outdoor Education Extension Unit6. Health Extension Unit7. Indigenous Perspectives Extension Unit
This resource supports high quality instruction and assessment practices. It was created collaboratively by Horizon School Division grade 8 teachers.
Final projects can help students summarize and review content from the entire semester. Plus, they can create fantastic products with what they've learned!
Projects let students take what they’ve learned, put it all together and show off a little of their own creativity and personality.
Options include:
1. Create a website
2. Create a screencast video
3. Make a single multimedia webpage
4. Connect with a cause
5. Create an infographic
6. Create a series of podcasts
7. Do a genius hour-style project
8. Create an annotated collection
9. Tell it as a story
10. Make an explainer video
Pobble365 helps to keep students writing. Every day, Pobble365 provides a weird, wonderful, and/or thought provoking image to spark ideas for discussions and writing. It is free and along with a different idea-inspiring image every day, Pobble365 provides a story starter, discussion questions, as well as sentence challenges and “sick sentences” to build language skills. If students don’t have online access, images and writing supports can be printed and photocopied.
The activities include a prompt, sentences stems, vocabulary bank, questions, and challenges to help you scaffold your lesson.
You will need to sign up and make an account to access the resources, but it is free to do so and each day includes a free prompt. You can also create your own!
Get your students writing every single day!
Narrative Writing Lessons and Resources includes Sun West lesson plans, resources, and assessments for grades 1-12! Teachers in the 2019-2020 Writing Alignment PLC created these ready to use materials for educators. We hope you find them useful!
Newsela provides high-interest, printable news articles from a wide range of subject areas. Teachers can adjust the reading level of news articles to meet the needs of students. Within each article, power words are identified. Students can click on these and see the definition in student-friendly language. Newsela also provides writing prompts and questions about the articles. You can sign up for free access to the end of the 2019-20 school year. Although the site is American, there are lots of applicable news stories that align with Saskatchewan curricula and context.
This is a collection of book report ideas or activities to do at the end of the novel. This a collection of my students' favourite product choices in my classroom experience in grades 4 to 8.
The following resource contains the assets (or resources) to accompany the Sask DLC ELA 8 course. Please note that this is not the content of the course, but the assets used to support and deliver it. The files are organized in a zip folder and a collection.