This is a collection of resources that can be used throughout the month of February and beyond.
Inclusive Education, Indigenous Storytelling and Black History Month are observed during the month of February. Please explore the Indigenous Stories Collection to find resources including books, videos and lesson ideas and supports. The theme for Black History Month is Black Excellence: A Heritage to Celebrate; a Future to Build. Please visit our African-Canadian Black History Collection to find resources and ideas for your classroom.
French-Second-Language Education Week happens from February 5th to 9th with the theme: A Perfect Time to Celebrate the FSL Community. This is the perfect time to introduce the new Core French and French Immersion Hubs. These are currently under development, but many resources are already available. If you are interested in contributing to the French hubs please contact melissa.lander@saskdlc.ca.
Pink Shirt Day happens on February 28th this year. These Pink Shirt Day Resources include video lessons and learning modules from our partners at the NFB & Everfi, as well as other supports. A reminder that Curio also has playlists on the topic of bullying and these can be accessed using the Provincially Licensed Resources below.
If you have a resource others could benefit from (created by you or free online) please consider adding it by clicking "Add Resource" in the top right of the home screen.
Use YouTube-Like videos to inspire and engage your students! There are some amazing ideas in here.
A Repository of AI tools for teachers from Dan Fitzpatrick - The AI Educator
This list is continuously updated to reflect new AI tools for educators. The list describes the tool and indicates if the resources is free, and highlights what it can be best used to do.
Remember, nothing can replace your professionalism or knowledge of your students, so use these tools with that in mind. What is created will not be "plug and go" but will need you to refine it to make it better suited to your students and their needs.
Live and on demand webinars about accounting careers and skills.
Explore online courses, webinars, podcasts and virtual classrooms on a wide range of business and accounting topics. Apply filters to narrow your results by date or topics like leadership, strategy, taxation, finance or sustainability.
"This document, The Adaptive Dimension for K-12 Students (2023) is a renewal of the foundational document The Adaptive Dimension for K-12 Students (2017) and its predecessor The Adaptive Dimension in Core Curriculum (1992). The Adaptive Dimension for K-12 Students (2023) is designed to assist educators in making decisions to support the achievement of all students within the context of Saskatchewan’s curricula."These documents are from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education.
"The Move to Learn Team is EXCITED to debut a redesigned website and a new collection of FREE classroom videos to help teenage students shake out the energy and regain focus! "
This site is great because there are videos targeted toward teenagers and most break breaks are for younger kids.
There are also collections for Prek-K, K-3 and 4-6.
This playlist has brain breaks for prek-grade 12!
"Brothers Mike and Matt use a combination of live action and animation to take viewers on a journey of learning and self-discovery. Join Cajun Koi Academy to supercharge study sessions, level up on self-improvement, and embrace a positive mindset." (Common Sense Media)
Study Guides - for almost anything you can study at school!
Literature Notes - for over 300 novels / books including Shakespeare, Catching Fire and many more! Includes summaries, character info, symbols, questions, quizzes (some), and analysis.
Test Prep - from high school to grad school (USA-based)
This YouTube channel is full of many supports for teaching Cree. It allows the learner to hear the language in context. The channel provides pronunciations and structures to help you move forward and learn on your own!
This resource provides a scope and sequence and matching decodable texts for the skill you are teaching!
Included:
Short vowels
Double consonant endings
Suffixes
Digraphs
Trigraphs
Review passages
Blends
Consonant patterns (various)
Multisyllable words
Three-syllable words
R-controlled vowels
Magic e
Vowel teams
Dipthongs
Silent consonants
Math Game Time offers a variety of games, videos, and printable worksheets tailored for K-6 and middle schoolers to enhance their math skills. With focused videos on specific topics and kid-appropriate games, it's an ideal resource for practicing math skills.
Free Intuit software for educators and students. Whether you want to teach or become an accountant, bookkeeper, or entrepreneur, you’ll be prepared with Intuit products.
*flexible teaching
*free software
*access to resources
AppGameKit's Education Pack includes everything a teacher or lecturer needs to teach coding skills and is an easy to use tool that can be deployed quickly and easily in the classroom.
AppGameKit works across a range of abilities so is suitable for primary and secondary schools, sixth form colleges, universities and summer camps.
Teachers will need to register to get a free kit and get started.
These lessons are now open to help collision repair students learn from home.
Safety, history, dent repair, body filler, welding, plastic repair, paint prep, gun adjust, paint clears, detailing, paint defects
& many how to videos, Q & A, other specific content like how to write estimates, etc.
"This page is for educators and students. The Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan is a strong advocate of nature education.
Find: Games, simulations, interactive prairie websites, posters, booklets, curriculum, lesson plans, coloring pages for local species.
In addition to the resources found here, we also support schools by:
providing free printed materials
leading field tours
delivering outdoor and classroom presentations
hosting opportunities to "ask an expert", where students can interact with a professional biologist or related occupation though in person events or Skype. In some cases, we can arrange for French-speaking experts.
We also support the establishment of native plant learning gardens on school grounds by offering free native seeds, printed resources, personal visits, presentations and expert advice to help with all stages of the process. The gardens can be as small as a square meter."
"Anywhere, anytime, online resources are great for students, teachers and school division personnel. Access more than 15,000 full-text unique journals, magazines, newspapers, online directories, encyclopedias, and eBooks as well as other online reference materials and video streaming services. These resources are accessible from within your school or over the internet with your EDonline or school login. To learn how to use these online resources, visit your school library or your local public library."
Sask DLC teachers & students: to access these resources: 1. Select and click on the resource you’d like to access. E.g., CBC Curio 2. You will then be prompted to select your school, division or education authority. 3. Scroll down and select “Sask. Distance Learning Centre”. 4. Log in with your Sask DLC credentials and all of these resources will be at your fingertips!
Aboriginal Education Research Centre
Academic OneFile Select
ArcGIS
Auto Repair Source
BBC
Business Source Elite
CBC Curio
CBCA
Canadian Encyclopedia
Canadian Major Daiies
Canadian Points of View
Canadian Reference Centre
Canadian Research Index
Canadiana Online
EXPLORA
Early Canadiana Online
Encyclopedia Britannica
Explore History
Gale in Context
Gale Literature
General OneFile
Health and Wellness
History Reference Centre
IDELLO
LIVE
LegalTrac
National Film Board of Canada
National Geographic Channel
News in Review
NovelList Plus
Our Legacy
PressReader
Rover
Safety Care
Science One
SK History Online
Statistics Canada
The Heritage Project (French)
Universalias Junior & Senior
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture
ReadWorks assists teachers in differentiating reading instruction with high-quality texts and lessons K-12.
*decodable passages, article of the day, differentiated passages & much more!
Sign up for free and use ReadWorks in 3 Ways:
- Digital Classes - Students can highlight, annotate, and complete assignments online. Teachers can access progress reports & automatic grading.
- Print - Easily print any of our content and curriculum to share with your students.
- Projector - Project or use your smartboard for classroom instruction or online learning.
Find passages for the topics you’re teaching (STEM, Poetry, Social Studies, Literary Fiction, Arts, Holidays & Events)
Select "Resources" and then "Webinars" or "Teacher Guide" to help you get started. Many live and recorded webinars are available.
Mathplanet is a FREE internet-based website dedicated to mathematics education, offering instructional videos, written materials, and practice exercises. Full courses to learn at your own pace.
*math playground (The Space Code: cross-curricular physics, tech, math)
*programming (basic programming in Python)
*pre-algebra
*algebra 1 & 2
*geometry
This resource provides digital activities, videos, printable resources, games, or hands-on cooking experiences and cross-curricular nutrition resources!
You will need to sign up for a free account to access the resources.
"Say goodbye to the time crunch! This video provides practical time management tips and strategies to help teens bring better balance to their lives. It is possible to achieve academic and extracurricular goals while staying well rounded—let this video guide the way." (Common Sense Media)
"The Virtual Teaching Resource Hub was developed to assist teachers as they explore new ways to teach foundational reading skills using technology. This site has tools for reading instruction and intervention with children in the elementary grade levels.
The materials here are designed to be used with video conferencing platforms for distance education and with interactive whiteboards in the classroom. The activities can also be used if you are creating video lessons for asynchronous lessons."
Resources include:
*Lesson templates, sample lessons
*Instructional activities
*Tips for managing behaviour
*Tech tools and tips
*PD - for Teaching Reading Online - 6 part web series
*Tutorials
*FAQs