"Boost your wellbeing during the crisis.

The Covid-19 pandemic brings big challenges for our mental health, whether you're isolating at home or trying to live with the new restrictions. This program can help you cope and find a little more happiness in these crazy times.

Learn how to be happier.
10 Days of Happiness is a free online coaching program which guides you through daily actions for happier living."

These 16 everyday learning activities we do with our children at home during school closures certainly count as learning. Thank you to We Are Teachers for this excellent graphic.

Try out one of these FREE Digital Escape Rooms to bring some well-deserved amusement to your home or classroom!

Escape Rooms are traditionally a physical “locked” room in which there are clues on how to escape. You need to solve each clue or problem that is presented in order to move onto the next clue, which, when you’ve solved enough, will eventually allow you to leave the room. Now, imagine this scenario, but in a virtual setting.

A digital escape room, like the ones described below, will give you a short story in reference to the theme. As you click through the prompts they give you, there will come a time where you need to solve a problem or a clue in order to click to the next prompt. Just as in real life, you won’t be able to “escape” until all the clues have been solved.

May 2020: Daily actions to respond to this crisis with a sense of purpose and meaning.

"Free home workouts to everyone, no matter what their fitness levels. It's taken me a long time to grow it but it now has over 250+ free workouts and reaches millions of people all over the world."

"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.

This interactive notebook can walk teachers and students through the process of doing a Genius Hour project.

Students should download a copy and complete it with their own ideas.

The Grade 1-3 PLC team has created a choice boards for students learning from home in response to COVID-19.
The areas addressed include Reading, Writing, Math, Get Moving, Get Active, and a subject area project.

The Grade 1-3 PLC team has created a choice boards for students learning from home in response to COVID-19.
The areas addressed include Reading, Writing, Math, Get Moving, Get Active, and a subject area project.

The following is are examples of a choice boards that could be used with grades 4-6 for distance learning. Keep checking. More will be added.

Developed by the Middle Years PLC group, these resources are intended to support teachers in providing at-home learning experiences for their students. They may also be helpful for in-class planning. This set of resources will be updated and expanded as further development occurs. Areas of learning covered include reading, writing, movement, creativity, mathematics, and social studies/science.

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"

Instructables is a website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-it-yourself projects, currently owned by Autodesk. It was created by Eric Wilhelm and Saul Griffith and launched in August 2005.

Instructables is dedicated to step-by-step collaboration among members to build a variety of projects.

Kindergarten PLC Home Learning Packages.

This resource is a great activity for kids to do while they are at home with the COVID-19. The downloadable template helps them document their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic for a time capsule.

Smiling Mind can be used with kids, teachers or parents - at school and at home!

"Smiling Mind is a non-for-profit web and app-based meditation program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring mindfulness into your life."

To use these mediation, you can use the website, or download the free app from the App Store or Google Play.

There are full programs for classrooms, specifically for teachers, kids as well as adults.

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Borrow eBooks and audiobooks from your school's library with Sora. Setup is simple - just find your school and sign in. Then download or stream your assignments and favorite books to your device.

Sask DLC families:
1. click "find your school"
2. select "No, I will search for my school"
3. start typing "sask..." and Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre will appear below.
4. select "Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre"
***If you are signed in with your Microsoft credentials (student#@saskdlc.ca) this will open the library up directly.

Sun West families can obtain their user and password information from their classroom teacher.

Books are available in English and French.

Connectez-vous avec votre compte Microsoft.

Empruntez des livres électroniques et des livres audio de la bibliothèque de votre école avec Sora. La configuration est simple - il vous suffit de trouver votre école et de vous connecter. Ensuite, téléchargez ou diffusez vos devoirs et livres préférés sur votre appareil.

Familles de la DLC de la Saskatchewan :

Cliquez sur "Trouver votre école".
Sélectionnez "Non, je vais chercher mon école".
Commencez à taper "sask..." et le Centre d'apprentissage à distance de la Saskatchewan apparaîtra ci-dessous.
Sélectionnez "Centre d'apprentissage à distance de la Saskatchewan".
***Si vous êtes connecté avec vos identifiants Microsoft (élève#@saskdlc.ca), cela ouvrira directement la bibliothèque.
Les familles de Sun West peuvent obtenir leurs informations d'utilisateur et de mot de passe auprès de leur enseignant de classe.

Les livres sont disponibles en anglais et en français.

An amazing collection of video writing prompts!

Prompts for:
Creative thinking
Informational Text
Narrative/Story
Persuasion
& more!