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The Jones Family Express
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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.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Unit of Study
Provider:
Basal Alignment Project
Provider Set:
Atlanta District
Author:
Javaka Steptoe
Date Added:
09/01/2013
Just Plain Fancy
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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.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Unit of Study
Provider:
Basal Alignment Project
Provider Set:
Long Beach District
Author:
Patricia Polacco
Date Added:
09/01/2013
K-8 Writing Continuum
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This writing continuum was created by Kenaston School (Nicole Duley and Cindy Menzies). It has taken the writing outcomes for Grades K-8 and organized them in a scope and sequence. This can be used to track individual student progress through the outcomes and follow the student through the grades to support in the implementation of the PeBL philosophy and the creation of personalized goals.

Subject:
Elementary Education
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Sandra Lutz
Date Added:
09/21/2021
KCS Research Continuum
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CC BY-NC-ND
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This document suggests what research and essay writing skills students should be able to perform at each grade level. These should be taught and practiced in ELA, but become more meaningful when other teachers expect the same standard of information and skill.

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Date Added:
01/30/2019
Keep Spreading the News
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In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the critical role communication plays in an engineer's life. Students create products to communicate their learning about the engineering role in the environment.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Amy Kolenbrander
Janet Yowell
Jessica Todd
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date Added:
09/18/2014
The Keeping Quilt
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Patricias Great-Grandmother comes to America as a child from Russia. She creates a quilt that is passed on from generation to generation. The quilt becomes an important symbol and is used in many of the familys traditional Jewish celebrations.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Unit of Study
Provider:
Basal Alignment Project
Provider Set:
Fresno District
Author:
Patricia Polacco
Date Added:
09/01/2013
Kick Me: Making Vocabulary Interactive
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In this 5-minute video a junior high school teacher discusses “Kick Me” a vocabulary lesson where students locate missing words to complete their analogies taped on their classmates’ backs. Students are given 10 to 15 minutes to find the answers so they move efficiently to complete the project.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Teaching Channel
Provider Set:
Teaching Channel
Date Added:
05/24/2018
LIVE Arts: Métis Art and Stories in the Classroom with Leah Marie Dorion. Grades 3 & 4
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Why were bison essential to people living on the plains, prior to the time of Treaty negotiations (1870s)? What does the bison represent today? This LIVE Arts broadcast features contemporary artwork and storytelling by Métis artist Leah Marie Dorion, based on her children's book, "Métis Camp Circle: A Bison Culture Way of Life." Leah reads from the book, discusses the importance of bison (past and present), explains the use of Métis symbolism and discuss the composition and design of the illustrations. Leah guides students through a live drawing activity where they learn to draw and paint a bison as inspired by Leah's particular style of creating and imagery.

Subject:
Arts Education
Creative Writing
English Language Arts
Indigenous Perspectives
Science
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Material Type:
GAP 4
Author:
ROVER
LIVE Arts
Date Added:
05/02/2023
La Saint-Valentin (Grades 3-4 Core French Unit) (Immersion m-3)
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'Students have an opportunity to learn about Saint Valentine’s day in French. During the learning activities, students will become familiar with Valentine’s Day vocabulary, discuss the meaning of Valentine’s Day, share their likes and dislikes with their friends, and play numerous games to reinforce the vocabulary.

'...students will design a Valentine card and verse and present the card to a friend in front of the class. The teacher’s guide includes learning objectives, a list of resources and step-by-step suggestions on how to teach the unit. In addition, the guide includes answer sheets, suggested vocabulary and motivational games, supplementary activities flashcards, model letter to parents, evaluation grids and activities.

'The student workbook includes the necessary student activity sheets, vocabulary lists, and teacher, peer and self-evaluation grids.'

*Instructions are in English.*

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Game
Lesson
Unit of Study
Author:
Ministère de l'Éducation de la Saskatchewan
Roxanne Arams
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Stewart Resources Centre
Date Added:
01/16/2024
La nourriture / Food (Unité / Unit)
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Overview: Courtesy of Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C., an archived site with a series of excellent kits for middle-grade Core French units that carefully structure and encourage oral communication. Some elements would be adaptable for younger or older grades, and/or useful in immersion!

THIS KIT'S THEME: La nourriture (Food)

« After asking and answering questions together as a class, students can then move
between stations. These stations are not sequential, but rather provide practice
communicating about each theme in different ways. The station titles ... are:

a. Bingo
b. Cartes -Memoire/memory game
c. L’intervue -The interview
d. Dictionnaire visual / Visual dictionary
e. Les jeux de vocabulaire / Vocabulary games
f. Sac magique / Magic bag »

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Game
Reading
Simulation
Unit of Study
Author:
Comox Valley Schools
Joan Pearce
Noah Burdett
Terri Ingram
Cheryl Adebar
Date Added:
03/05/2024
La pizza (Grade 4 Core French Unit)
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'Students have an opportunity to learn about pizza, one of their favourite foods. During the learning activities, students discuss favourite pizzas, become familiar with different kinds of pizza, family preferences, pizza menus, pizza toppings, pizza recipes and design an invitation ... students plan and prepare for a pizza party.'

*Instructions are in English.*

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Game
Lesson
Unit of Study
Author:
Ministère de l'Éducation de la Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Valerie Choo-Foo
Stewart Resources Centre
Date Added:
01/16/2024
La planification d'un voyage (High School Core French Unit)
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' Students explore the necessary steps to follow in planning a trip. The learning experiences include: obtaining a passport, reserving a flight, becoming familiar with tourist sites, choosing and making a hotel reservation, deciding what to take, and reading maps. The experiential goal requires students to plan a trip to a French-speaking country or city and present the itinerary to the class. The teacher’s guide includes learning objectives, a list of resources and step-by-step suggestions on how to teach the unit. In addition, the guide includes answer sheets, suggested vocabulary and motivational questions, supplementary activities, tapescripts, evaluation grids and activities.'

*All instructions are in French.*

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Game
Lesson
Unit of Study
Author:
Cléphas d'Éon
Céline Buissières
Everett MacPherson
Ministère de l'Éducation de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Ministère de l'Éducation de la Saskatchewan
Roy Grant
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Stephanie Rincker
Stewart Resources Centre
Date Added:
01/16/2024
La salle de classe (Grades 1-4 Core French Unit) (Immersion m-3e)
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'Students have an opportunity to learn about the second language classroom in French. During the learning activities, students will become familiar with greetings, classroom objects, colours, and classroom expressions. There are numerous activities to practice classroom routines in French ... students will create a booklet of classroom expressions to be used throughout the year.

'The teacher’s guide includes learning objectives, a list of resources and step-by-step suggestions on how to teach the unit. In addition, the guide includes answer sheets, suggested vocabulary and motivational games, supplementary activities, written text of the listening activity, flashcards, model letter to parents, evaluation grids and activities.

'The student workbook includes the necessary student activity sheets, vocabulary lists, and teacher, peer and self-evaluation grids.'

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Game
Lesson
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Unit of Study
Author:
Lisa Avram-McLean
Ministère de l'Éducation de la Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Stewart Resources Centre
Date Added:
01/15/2024
The Last Dragon
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This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions and Common Core literacy strategies to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary using the text, "The Last Dragon." A young boy, Peter, is hesitant to spend the summer with his great aunt in Chinatown. Peter finds an aging parade dragon in a store and, in restoring it, learns to connect with the dragon and the Chinese community.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Unit of Study
Provider:
Basal Alignment Project
Provider Set:
Anchorage District
Author:
Susan Miho Nunes
Date Added:
10/01/2013
Le Permis de conduire (Core French)
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This unit models communicative/experiential second language teaching in a multidimensional curriculum. Students prepare themselves for a written exam to obtain a driver’s license. Learning activities include doing a vehicle inspection, studying road signs and their meanings, studying the driving rules of the road, role playing a traffic violation situation, and making the decision to have a designated driver. The experiential goal requires students to create, in small groups, a written exam to obtain a driver’s license, and to pass this exam demonstrating that they are aware and responsible drivers.

For grades 9-12

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Reading
Author:
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Date Added:
04/01/2024
Learn French Vocabulary / Entraîneur de vocabulaire français (lingua.com)
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'Our vocabulary builder tool will teach language learners new vocabulary while reviewing previously instructed words to encourage mastery.'

The 'trainer' has two modes:

'PASSIVE VOCABULARY' - translate vocabulary terms from French to English by selecting from a multiple-choice set of options

'ACTIVE VOCABULARY' - type in and verify your answer to translate terms from English to French

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« Notre outil de constitution de vocabulaire vous permet, outre l'assimilation de nouveaux mots, de mettre en situation ceux déjà connus et de les utiliser avec spontanéité. »

« L'entraîneur » a deux modes:

« LE VOCABULAIRE PASSIF » - traduisez des termes de vocabulaire du français vers l'anglais en choisissant parmi une liste à choix multiple

« LE VOCABULAIRE ACTIF » - tapez et vérifiez vos réponses pour traduire des termes de l'anglais vers le français

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Author:
lingua.com
Tim Seeger
Date Added:
03/18/2024
Learning Modules & Lessons– Callysto Canada K-12
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"Callysto is a free, multimodal learning program for grades 5-12 students in Canada. The program is part of a two-year pilot project by Cybera and the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), who received funding from the federal government’s CanCode program to build and employ new technologies that promote digital literacy and help Canada’s youth develop the foundational skills required to become the future drivers of innovation."

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Subject:
Biology
Chemistry
Computer & Digital Technologies
English Language Arts
Environmental Science
Health & Fitness
Health Education
Indigenous Perspectives
Math
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Module
Author:
Callysto
Date Added:
02/07/2020
Learning and Teaching French
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Teachers and students can use these comprehensive French language guides to improve reading, writing, and comprehension skills for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Pronunciation & Conversation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Resources For Teachers

Subject:
French
Language Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson
Reading
Author:
Dotdash Meredith
ThoughtCo.
Date Added:
04/16/2024