In this lesson, students consider the ways in which our own biases can prevent us from being objective. They then learn ways to recognize and account for our biases and practice these by playing an interactive online game. Finally, students learn about how public service campaigns can change social norms and create their own PSA to promote ethical sharing of online information.
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In this lesson, students consider the meanings of the term “fake news” and learn facts about the news industry that will help them recognize legitimate sources of news. They use an educational computer game to learn how to track a news story to its original source before evaluating its reliability, then practice the same skills “in the wild” with actual news stories.
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Phonological awareness skills are important in order to develop good reading and spelling skills. Having good phonological awareness skills means that a child is able to manipulate sounds and words, or “play” with sounds and words. For example, you might ask your child to break the word “cat” into individual sounds: “c-a-t.” Important: These skills deal with SOUNDS not letters. For example, /t/ represents the sound and not the letter name “tee.” You will not use any written or visual letters when working with phonological activities. These activities are done with listening and speaking only. Learning the letter names and their corresponding sounds is also very important but should be taught and practiced at a different time of the day. This resource will have a weekly activity for your to work on with your child/student(s). It will include a handout with information and guidance, as well as a video to help support you and the learner. CLICK THE WORDS "INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS" TO GET STARTED (do not click on view description).
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A summary of age-appropriate skills found in the curriculum guide.
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A grammar scope and sequence for Kindergarten.
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• Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. • Designed in collaboration with leading academics. • Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools. • Computer version is 100% free. Be sure to check out the free math game as well!
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Vocabulary.com teaches you words by systematically exposing you to a wide array of question types and activities that will help you understand all the meanings and nuances of every word you're learning. As you play Vocabulary.com, we figure out which words you know and which ones you need a little help with. We keep practicing with you until you master the tough ones. You can even add your own list of the words you need to learn!
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Build your vocabulary! This fun and quick quiz will enlighten students to words they need to learn more about! (Maybe head over to vocabulary.com to learn these words once you realize you don't know them!)
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Visuwords is an awesome visual tool to find new words and improve your vocabulary. When you look up a word in this tool, it shows a neat graph which connects that word to various other words based on different relationships between them. You can hover over each word to get its definition and also zoom-in and zoom-out using your mouse wheel. It’s certainly an excellent dictionary plus thesaurus.
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Students can practice matching words to the correct definition, and donate rice at the same time. For each correct answer, the United Nations World Food Programme donates 10 grains of rice to a country in need. How’s that for combining word learning with social goodness? When a student plays, there is a visual display of rice (see image) which is added to a bowl each time the student makes a correct response. Free Rice includes subject area lists in Geography, Science, Math, and others. It is leveled so students can play at just the right level of challenge for them. If you have an error message just copy and paste this url into your browser: https://freerice.com/categories
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HippoCampus has free resources for learning English and composition with instructional videos, it’s good for independent learners. Free help with your algebra, biology, environmental science, American government, US history, physics and religion homework. Playlists are available for English reading, grammar, writing. Learn everything from fact vs opinion, interpreting bias to writing and reading effectively at higher levels.
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Multisensory Tools for Reading and Writing Color-Coded Word Building Tiles (View / Download) Read It, Build It, Write It Mat (View / Download) Story Stick Questions (View / Download) Multisensory instruction can help kids with reading and writing issues gain basic skills. It works by engaging more than one sense at a time. Multisensory teaching doesn’t have to be limited to school. You can use some techniques at home.
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A collection of printables for all subject areas for preschool to Grade 5!
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A collection of hands on activities for ELA for preschool to grade 5.
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These 4 point rubrics were developed to provide a consistent and common resource that aligns with the Saskatchewan curriculum and provide opportunities for transfer of responsibility between educator and student. These rubrics are designed to be edited by educator and student. ELA 9 A & B Rubric Exemplars can be used as is or adjusted to the classroom or individual student.
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A tracking checklist for grammar scope and sequence for ELA 10/20/30.
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The following presentation can be used to explain literacy at home and the PeBL connection.
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Quill.org is an online interactive writing and grammar website which offers personalized grammar lessons for 1-12 students, as well as EAL students. Quill.org is a free resource with a premium option. The benefits of this website are that you can offer your students personalized lessons based on their diagnostic results and it scores the assignments for you so you can use that as formative feedback to assign new activity packs. Teachers are able to see their entire class at a glance for each assignment and adding and removing students is very easy. It offers co teaching options and Quill.org also has fully prepared lesson plans which you can use for a whole class grammar lesson. *Teachers can download explicit lesson plans to teach their entire class or small groups as well. Quill now has a proofreader that teaches editing skills by having them proofread passages! Categories include: Connect (learn to write well structured sentences); Lessons; Diagnostic; Proofreader; Grammar; Reading for Evidence (teach comprehension skills)
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These 4 point rubric exemplars were developed to provide a consistent and common resource that aligns with the Saskatchewan curriculum and provide opportunities for transfer of responsibility between educator and student. These rubrics are designed to be edited by educator and student.
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This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with as they support students through their ELA courses. It provides links to the course Curriculum at a Glance, Grammar Scope and Sequence, Outcome Based Rubrics, and 21CC Guidebooks.
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