This is a collection of high quality resources that can be used throughout the month of December and beyond.
Over 40 free online escape rooms to use with your class. They are already made and free!
Explore eight different SEL strategies for use in the classroom or small group settings (including instructions for implementation!).
"‘Tis the season of gratitude and reflection, of homecomings and joyous tidings... At least, that’s what the end-of-year holiday time usually brings. While we acknowledge that this year has been anything but usual, simply saying “2020 is different” feels like too obvious an understatement.
Many of us simply aren’t ready or even willing to reflect on a year of thwarted plans, grave safety concerns, and extraordinary challenges to our core values and identities. Even so, we realize that some kind of closure, however small or personal, is essential to moving forward with courage and wholeheartedness.
With this toolkit, we share our favorite practices for heart-centered breathwork, movement and mindful presence. The journey of returning to joy can carry us through sorrow, anger or exhaustion, and we provide tools here to support you with release, relief and rest.
In this toolkit, you’ll find practices for:
Hope
Rest
Reflection
Joy
Connection
Processing Grief
Letting Go
Sitting with Stress
Enter your email to download the toolkit today."
Help students fight information pollution.
You will have to sign up to access the site.
*Modules
*Videos
*Activities
*Case Studies
The seminal Canada at War documentary film series was first broadcast on the CBC on April 3, 1962. Its 13 half-hour episodes were culled from more than 14,000,000 feet of film, mostly shot by Canadian Army cameramen during the Second World War but also including footage shot by German and British film crews. It took a team of editors three years to put the series together under the supervision of documentary filmmaker extraordinaire Donald Britain (who also wrote the commentary). It remains, to this day, one of the most important works on the Second World War.
At this site coding is broken out into grade level activities. Lots of examples to explore.
Everything you need to participate in the Hour of Code in December can be found here!
"The Compassion Project is a web-based learning platform focusing on social and emotional learning (SEL) strengths like compassion and empathy. It begins with a tutorial, which students can always access by clicking the help button in the upper left corner. Each lesson starts with a pre-quiz to assess what students already know. After that, a bright and colorful two-minute video with cartoon characters describes the topic for the lesson. Four characters (Tye, Brandon, Alex, and David) narrate the videos in story format. After the video plays, there are reflection questions in the format of a text messenger app that students can click to answer. Characters introduce the SEL skills by describing what the skill (e.g., compassion) looks, sounds, and feels like.
Each skill has three activity lessons. For compassion, students identify when someone needs help and learn how to act with kindness. For empathy, students "see" life through the perspective of different characters. For mindfulness, students practice a breathing technique. Teachers can then provide debriefing and offline extension activities.
The teacher dashboard allows instructors to manage students, add classes, and re-teach when needed. Quiz grades are automatically uploaded and students can access their score by hovering over each lesson." (Common Sense Media)
"This month, we're encouraging you to carry out small acts of kindness. This has been another difficult year of uncertainty and ups and downs for many of us. Kindness is contagious, and helping others has been proven to make us feel better too! Let's try to focus on being generous with our time and attention rather than money - it's free and better for everyone, as well as our planet!"
Classroom Resources for Teachers
Resources created for teachers by our Sask Parks’ team, designed to inspire learning by bringing the joy of nature exploration to their classroom, showing students the outdoor experience our parks have to offer!
(content for older students coming soon!)
These fun workout videos include dances to Disney tunes and all other sorts of fun music.
Move. Get Fit. Have fun!
Help families promote positivity with holiday activities students can do from home (or school!).
Find everything you need here to participate in the our of code this December - or any day of the year!
The coding activities here teach problem solving and computational thinking.
No previous experience required for teachers or students!
This wheel uses the SAMR model and a wide variety of criteria to help you find the perfect app to use with your students!
It takes awhile to load, but it's worth it!
These are the apps your students (and you!) need!
Find apps to:
*Remember
*Understand
*Apply
*Analyze
*Evaluate
*Create
ROVER (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) is a video streaming service for Saskatchewan teachers and students in the PreK-12 education system. It is managed and maintained by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education. ROVER is a video-on-demand service that provides teachers and students with the convenience of immediate access to streamed, educational videos that support curricula. ROVER videos are housed on a server located in a school or school division network so there are no bandwidth issues, resulting in better picture quality and continuous play of videos without pauses. The videos are intended for viewing on the streaming site and not for copying or downloading.
There are approximately 1,500 videos in ROVER’s combined English and French collections that can be accessed by teachers and students to enhance learning in the classroom.
If you are unable to access the site, it may be because a Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Blackboard login is required. All students have an Edonline account, so contact your child's school or the Ministry of Education’s Support Desk at 1-866-933-8333 or email at networkservices@gov.sk.ca for login information. Your child's student number will be required.
Great ideas to take care of yourself!
"A library full of free tips, videos, and more to help you get through the school year. Check it out!"
"The BEST Self-Direction Toolkit is a collection of resources for teachers to use in the classroom for instruction and assessment that focuses on self-direction. The toolkit includes the self-direction rubric, self-direction activities and targeted resources for teachers. All tools are designed by teachers and tested in the classroom."
The kit includes activities, self reflections/assessments, rubrics and more!
FULL COURSES are available here for students.
Learn to make your own game, app, or computer drawing. (K-5)
Build real working apps, games and websites using blocks, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and more. (6-9)
Go beyond Code.org and take university courses online or learn a new programming language. (10-12)
Plus access to all the Hour of Code games/coding activities!
Sometimes life can be overwhelming and it can be hard to work through difficult times. This Virtual Calming Room was designed to assist in identifying different strategies for managing emotions.
Resource Links:
-Sounds and Music
-Visual Relaxation
-Guided Practice
-Colouring & Create
-Live Cameras
-Smart Phone Apps
First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum - Alberta Education
The digital resource Walking Together: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum was designed to help teachers understand the holistic nature of First Nations, Métis and Inuit ways of knowing; to provide opportunity for Inuit, First Nations and Métis peoples to share their perspectives on topics important to them; and to demonstrate First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives in teaching and learning experiences.