Read! Children need to read or be read to every day. This includes reading to learn as well as reading for enjoyment. Reading should be no less than 20 minutes a day. If you are home all day, a few 20 minute sessions would be great. The Resource Bank has plenty of audio books, story times and online reading available if you are short on books at home.
Write! Your child should do a bit of writing (this includes typing) every day. They can respond to what they read, write a journal or poem, work on a story or essay, or write a "how-to" manual. Kids could even watch one of our live animal cams and write an observation or story based on their expereince. The possibilities are endless.
If you find there are too many resources to sort through, you can filter the results using the “Filter Resources” area on the left side of the screen. Select “Education Level” to narrow your results to a specific education level. (Please note - for the purposes of this site these "Education Levels" are used when filtering - Lower Primary = K-2, Upper Primary=3-5, Middle Years=6-8, High School=9-12)
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!
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).
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This site offers games galore in math, science, ELA, geography, history, art, design, music, languages, health and more.
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Half-Pint Kids is a set of materials written by a teacher for teachers. Besides colorfully illustrated decodable stories, you will find links to Teaching Guides, Activity Pages and Literacy Centers.
Table of Contents:
- Level A: Sights & Sounds (Sets 1-6) introduces all the consonant sounds, short vowel sounds and 33 sight words
- Level B: Blends & Ends (Sets 7-12) introduces 16 blends and digraphs, 24 sight words and 4 word endings
- Level C: Moving-A-long (Sets 13-18) introduces the long vowel sounds, 9 blends, 46 sight words, 4 word endings and more.
Welcome to the new Harry Potter Reading Club!
Venture deeper into J.K. Rowling's amazing adventure by starting a reading club. The benefits include: discussion guides, downloadable monthly activities (e.g. crafts, creative writing activities, games anagrams), free welcome kit with nametags, stickers, bookmarks & more, videos, and a large variety of club resources.
Enjoy the fun and fantasy of Harry's world plus literary discussion.
For grades 3-7.
Enjoy Harry the Dirty Dog read by Betty White.
Use the icons across the top of the site to navigate to find ideas.
Be sure to look at "Drawing for Kids" and "Crafts & Activities"
The following is a list of creative writing ideas and prompts for high school students.
Start a family book club!
This graphic organizer outlines the difference between a summary and a paraphrase. It also outlines the steps in writing a summary. A short selection is included for practice. This is a good resource for any subject area.
The following are the outcomes each grade will work on in Saskatchewan. The outcomes are written in student and parent friendly language using "I Can" statements.
You will find all the outcomes organized by grade and subject for the full year.
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
To fully explore theme, students must understand what they read and then extract ideas from the text. Here are 11 tips to help your students understand theme as they read.
In honour of Truth and Reconciliation Week, the Canadian Olympic School Program is proud to feature the stories of two distinct Indigenous Team Canada athletes, Jesse Cockney and Jillian Weir. Through their personal growth and achievements, they have brought Indigenous voices to the forefront.
Students will explore the themes of gratitude and inclusion, making links between their world, curriculum and stories.
Athlete Stories are available in two different reading levels, Kindergarten – Grade 3 and Grade 4- 6. Each story is accompanied by discussion questions and learning activities that teachers can easily integrate into their curriculum.
Students will create an infographic to share knowledge and data about an issue or science topic they are studying.
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!