You're in a movie theater, watching the new horror flick. The audience knows something that the main character does not. The audience sees the character's actions are not in his best interest. What's that feeling -- the one that makes you want to shout at the screen? Christopher Warner identifies this storytelling device as dramatic irony.

We have been using more Inquiry and Project Based Learning in our Grade 4 Social Studies class at OES this year, with the students learning to think critically and work collaboratively as they investigated the “big questions” tied to the SS outcomes. They were encouraged to reach beyond the classroom and access resource people outside the school in their research. The Grade 4 Social Studies curriculum is based on Saskatchewan content and we were fortunate to connect with some excellent sources and learning partners from all around the province.

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!

The Ministry of Education’s Student Achievement and Supports branch has developed Instructional Supports for Diverse Writers to support the ESSP’s At Grade Level in Reading, Writing and Math priority. The document focuses on instructional considerations, practices and strategies for students to develop and improve their writing skills. The intended audience for the document is the middle level (grades 4-9) classroom teacher.

In this lesson, students examine and create holiday/event cards, analyze holiday elements, and create their own. The activities help students focus on the reasons for composing messages as they do.

L’élève sera initié au court récit. Elle ou il apprendra à reconnaître les éléments clés du récit en faisant ressortir les informations importantes. Elle ou il sera en mesure de trouver les personnages, le lieu, le dénouement et la conclusion des textes à l’étude. Afin de montrer sa compréhension, elle ou il pourra jouer avec le texte en trouvant de nouvelles conclusions, de nouveaux personnages, etc.

Résultat – L’enfant comprend bien la structure du récit, c’est-à-dire ce qui se passe au début, au milieu et à la fin de l’histoire.

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This site offers all kinds of printable worksheets (math, reading, writing), file folder games, coloring pages, mask making templates, and fun facts for kids (animals, geography and weather, bugs, plants, space and solar system, holidays).

Un travail de compréhension orale pour la 6e année.

Le XVIe siècle fut un siècle de grandes découvertes, et Jacques Cartier, l’un des grands explorateurs de son temps. C’est lui qui, en 1534, donna à notre pays le nom Canada. Tu écouteras un texte racontant les voyages d’exploration de Jacques Cartier. Quelles stratégies utiliseras-tu pour retenir les informations essentielles du message et pour le résumer?

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Note : Tu auras besoin de l’aide d’un ami ou d’une amie ou d’un parent. Cette personne devra lire un texte à voix haute afin que tu puisses mettre en application tes habiletés de compréhension orale.

Les élèves pourront:
Connaître la structure de la phrase.

Comprendre les mots descriptifs.

Connaître les éléments d’un texte simple : introduction, dénouement, conclusion.

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L’élève fera des activités éducatives en lecture et en écriture à l’aide d’histoires et d’activités diverses, selon son rythme.

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L’élève pourra pratiquer sa lecture et apprendre à rédiger une invitation.

Il aura l’occasion de communiquer en parlant des sujets suggérés.

Cette leçon cible la lecture, l'écriture et la communication orale. On y trouve aussi des documents à télécharger.

Ce site vous offre quelques jeux et exercices en français:

On y trouve:
-la conjugaison
-la grammaire
-l'orthographe
-la dictée
-la lecture
-le vocabulaire, etc.

Jeux et exercices en ligne, apprendre le français en s'amusant. La plupart sont gratuits.

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Students create a persuasive case calling for the adoption of a particular young adult literature title into their schools language arts curriculum by writing letters or speeches.

This realistic fictional story is about Steven and his Aunt Carolyn. The two have always shared a special bond; each time Aunt Carolyn takes a trip, she sends a special postcard to Steven. Now, Aunt Carolyn is coming for the family block party and Steven wants to find a special gift for her.

This Informational text focuses on the migration habits of the grasshopper/locust and the gray whale.

À chaque année, la journée internationale des droits des femmes est célébrée le 8 mars.

Voici 12 ressources à partager avec vos élèves de la 1re à la 6e année.

À chaque année, la journée internationale des droits des femmes est célébrée le 8 mars.

Voici 12 ressources au sujet de cette journée internationale.

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ŕJust Plain FancyĚŇ is the story of a young Amish girl, Naomi, who longs to have something fancy in her life. But when an she finds an unusual egg that hatches into a peacock, she ends up learning a valuable lesson about an acceptable and admired kind of fancy.