Test Anxiety
(View Complete Item Description)Test Anxiety PDF resource. Compiled from several resources. A 'how to deal' guide for students, teachers, and parents.
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Exam Preparation & Study Skills Crash Course
(View Complete Item Description)Do you have students who struggle to prepare for exams? suffer from test anxiety? need some new tips? This resource has everything you need to run an exam preparation and study skill "crash course". Included in this resource are a teacher powerpoint, student study guide booklet (that pairs with the powerpoint), a parent newsletter (supporting your child during exam time), and additional information on overcoming test anxiety.
Material Type: Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Parent Engagement Information and Tools Moving Beyond Parent Involvement to Parent Engagement
(View Complete Item Description)Top Five Reasons to Engage Parents 1. Decades of research show when parents are involved students have: - Higher grades, test scores, and graduation rates - Better school attendance - Increased motivation, better self-esteem - Lower rates of suspension - Decreased use of drugs and alcohol - Fewer instances of violent behavior National Parent Teacher Association 2. Family participation in education is twice as predictive of students’ academic success as family socioeconomic status. Some of the more intensive programs had effects that were 10 times greater than other factors. Walberg (1984) in his review of 29 studies of school–parent programs. 3. School Benefits: - Improves teacher morale - Higher ratings of teachers by parents - More support from families - Higher student achievement - Better reputations in the community A New Generation of Evidence: The Family is Critical to Student Achievement, edited by Anne T. Henderson and Nancy Berla, Center for Law and Education, Washington, D.C., 1994 (third printing, 1996) 4. Parent involvement leads to feelings of ownership, resulting in increased support of schools. Davies, Don. (1988). Low Income Parents and the Schools: A Research Report and a Plan for Action. Equity and Choice 4,3 (Spring): 51-57. EJ 374 512. 5. Parents express a genuine and deep-seated desire to help their children succeed academically, regardless of differences in socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and cultural background. Mapp (1999)
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Parent Friendly Schools— Starting the Conversation - 5 Tools for Schools
(View Complete Item Description)Who should use this document? Schools interested in improving student achievement. What is the purpose of this document? To help you understand if you are moving toward best practice in parent engagement. Specifically this tool is designed to help your school begin a conversation about environment and how welcome people feel in your building. This initial conversation will start you on your way to continued conversations about honoring and connecting with parents in ways which support student achievement.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Primary Source, Assessment
Activities to Promote Parent Involvement
(View Complete Item Description)Research shows that children are more likely to succeed academically and are less likely to engage in violent behavior if their families are involved in their education. Many parents say, however, that they feel unwelcome or uncomfortable in their children's schools. Teachers often feel under attack by parents who are highly involved. Learn how to bridge the gap. Included: A dozen activities to promote parental involvement and ten tips for involved parents.
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Growing and Sustaining Parent Engagement A Toolkit for Parents and Community Partners
(View Complete Item Description)Table of Contents I. Toolkit Overview Pg. 2 • Purpose of the Toolkit • How to Use the Toolkit II. Background Pg. 3 • What is Parent Engagement? • Why is it important? • What do we mean by sustainability? • What will success look like? III. Sustaining and Improving Parent Engagement Pg. 4-6 • How did this effort come about? • What does experience tell us about the importance of each strategy? IV. Achieving Success: Guide for Creating Your Own Strategies Pg. 7-17 • Creating a Parent Engagement Roadmap • Developing a Parent Engagement Checklist/Self Assessment • Establishing a Parent Engagement Support Network V. Source Material & Additional Resources Pg. 18
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Parent & Community Engagement
(View Complete Item Description)Parents matter in education. They matter as vital partners who contribute much to the work of our educators, schools, and communities. They matter as parent leaders, parent mentors, and models of commitment to excellent in education, and they matter everyday as they influence and support their children’s academic achievement. (From the included document)
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The Parent Inclusion Manual
(View Complete Item Description)Including hot tips, cool ideas and practical suggestions for supporting all parents to be effectively involved in their children’s education.
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Familycentric Schools Creating a place for all parents
(View Complete Item Description)Creating a place for all parents. This article by Debbie Pushor looks at parent engagement, school community and well-being.
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Parent, Teacher and Student Conferencing
(View Complete Item Description)There are many partners who play significant roles in educating children. Parents are the first teacher of their child, and theirs is a crucial role in the education of their children. Conferences are the formal framework that parents and teachers can use to learn together how to provide the best possible support system for the child’s learning. While many schools still use the standard fifteen minute conference format in which a teacher will see parents individually over the course of an afternoon or evening, in recent years, the traditional meeting has been challenged by two alternative conference formats: the three way conference and the student led conference.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy, Assessment
Getting your school ready for Parent Engagement
(View Complete Item Description)Next Steps What is Parent Engagement Why is Parent Engagement Important Parent engagement activities Planning Parent Engagement Toolkit (external link) “Hospitality and invitation remain empty gestures until they are made with the genuine intention to open up the school space and agenda, to co-create it with parents and other caregivers as well as with students” - from Parent Engagement: Creating a Shared World (external PDF) by Debbie Pushor, PhD Parent engagement increases student achievement and fosters positive learning outcomes. To increase parent engagement in your school, follow these simple steps to get started: Assess: Parent engagement checklist Getting started: How to make parent engagement “come alive” Increasing involvement: Barriers and strategies for success
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Remembrance Contests
(View Complete Item Description)Fostering Remembrance is a part of everything The Legion does. Through The Royal Canadian Legion's longstanding Annual Poster and Literary Contests, Canadian school children honour Canada’s Veterans through creative art and writing, and help perpetuate Remembrance. Contests are available for students 5 to 18 for posters (colour & black and white), essays and and now a video entry category as well. You can find links to the entry forms (one must be attached and signed by a parent to each entry), contest guide and entry forms on the site as well.
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Canada’s FWW Battles – Vimy Foundation
(View Complete Item Description)CANADA’S FWW BATTLES Published by the Vimy Foundation, this link provides an overview and information on battles of the First World War involving Canadians. Contains information on the following battles: May 1915 – Festubert and Givenchy June 1916 – Battle of Mount Sorrel 1 July 1916 – Beaumont Hamel 15-22 September 1916 – Courcelette 26 September 1916 – Thiepval Ridge 1 October – 11 November 1916 – Regina Trench 9-12 April 1917 – Battle of Vimy Ridge 14 April 1917 – Monchy-Le-Preux 28-29 April 1917 – Arleux-en-Gohelle 3-8 May 1917 – Battle of Fresnoy 15-18 August 1917 – Battle of Hill 70 16-18 August 1917 – Battle of Langemarck 21-25 August 1917 – Attack on Lens 9 October 1917 – Battle of Poelcappelle 26 October – 10 November 1917 – Battle of Passchendaele 20 November – 6 December 1917 – Battle of Cambrai 6 December 1917 – The Halifax Explosion – A Centennial Event 21 March – 5 April 1918 – Operation Michael 22 March – 5 April 1918 – Villers-Bretonneux 28 March – 1 April 1918 – The Quebec City Conscription Riots – A Centennial Event 30 March – 1 April 1918 – Battle of Moreuil Wood & Rifle Wood 8 – 12 August 1918 – Battle of Amiens 26-30 August 1918 – Second Battle of Arras 27-28 August 1918 – The Battle for the village of Chérisy 2 September 1918 – Battle for the Drocourt-Quéant Line 27 September – 11 October 1918 – Battle of Canal du Nord 9 October 1918 – Capture of Cambrai 1-2 November 1918 – Battle of Valenciennes 11 November 1918 – Capture of Mons and the Armistice
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The Great War Video Series
(View Complete Item Description)The Great War Video Series Key Canadian battles during the First World War led to the march to victory in 1918. Created by Canada’s History — October 1, 2018 When the First World War began in 1914, Canada had no choice — as part of the British Empire, the country was automatically at war. More than 650,000 Canadians served over the course of the four-year conflict, an impressive number for a population of around eight million. And, through its successes on the battlefield, Canada proved itself many times. But the fighting took its toll; by the end of the war, more than 66,000 Canadians had been killed, and another 172,000 had been wounded. November 11, 2018, marks the hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War. Here are just a few key Canadian battles along the road to armistice in 1918.
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