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*** updated with editable Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint slides *** #distancelearning #learnathome #epicbooks #novelstudy *In Google Slides, make a copy and remove answer keys/slides as desired This is a heart-warming story about a boy and his beloved pet skunk. Bat, the main character, is on the spectrum. There is no direct mention of this, however, as a teacher, you could use this to discuss INCLUSION. What does it look like, feel like, and sound like? I have created some questions

*** UPDATED WITH EDITABLE GOOGLE SLIDES, (AND POWERPOINT SLIDES download from there*** This unit was created to coexist alongside a read aloud. We read the book together while engaging discussions and reinforcing comprehension strategies. In this booklet, students will practice writing complete sentences with supporting details, connect to the story, visualize, write in the point of view of a character... and more. The beauty of this book is that it is great for many age groups. I just finished

*** updated with editable Google Slides with Microsoft PowerPoint slides download from Google Slides *** #distancelearning #learnathome #epicbooks #novelstudy *In Google Slides, make a copy and remove answer keys/slides as desired I have recently added a lesson that goes with the picture book, "When We Were Alone" that also takes on the same subject of residential schools. *** This is a unit to go along with your Social Studies or as a stand alone novel. It is a wonderful story to introduce the

I created this project to go with the Big Idea from BC's Renewed Curriculum: "People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of life." The Guiding Question for this Inquiry Project is: What is Culture? Students will look into their own heritage by finding some primary resources like interviewing their parents/grandparents. Students will be engaged in many Curricular Competencies like: "Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gath

I have created a visual that works for kids who are having a hard time creating legible, properly formed letters. This visual of "grass" letter, "reachers", and "diggers" helps kids see where their letters should be on their interlined paper. Print, laminate, and attach to students' desks or have as a laminated card for students when they need it. Suggestion on a fantastic printing program is attached as well. * Updated with KG Fonts: Teacher Created Thin Lined and Lined

Do you do Buddies with your class? Do you have Big Buddies for your Little Buddies? I've created some go-to activities that are engaging and a way to create that bond between Big and Little Buddy. Some of the activities are: Venn Diagram Buddies (compare and contrast)Buddies Acrostic Poem (using ideas that they talked about Sight Word HelpersLittle Buddy Interview and…Newspaper Article WritingMath Game Fun – race to the top!Practice your numbers with Number poemsZine Time! Make your own Zine abo

Are you looking to get your kids moving more? Have an alternate space to do some workouts besides the gym? Circuit Training is a fantastic option to boost your kids physical fitness! Use these cards in the classroom or the gym! This resource has been a life-saver for times when we couldn’t go into the gym, or when the weather didn’t allow for us to go outside to get some exercise, have a brain break, or do our daily physical activity. A set of individual cards/slides to print off (or project).

*UPDATED TO GOOGLE SLIDES AND POWERPOINT This is a great assessment tool to use as a Teacher and Student. As a teacher, it has helped me share criteria of what a good student does in terms of work habits and overall behaviour in class. It provides some language to share with a School Based Team, Parents, and the Students themselves. Teach students to Self-Assess themselves and then reflect in writing on what area they can improve on. If students are consistently in the Not Yet Meeting space, the

Sometimes we just need an easy to get to Number Words Chart for our students. I was always writing up a number chart on chart paper for students to refer to. Once they know these patterns, they can easily use this chart to write and spell out 2-digit number words like: thirty-seven, fifty-two... etc.. And... because place value is EVERYTHING, there's a place value chart on the bottom. There is a page of some small charts in case you want to copy one for each student and have in their math tool

Terry Fox is a HERO! He is someone all children need to learn about. This resource has it all. There are video links to YouTube videos at your hand with Journal Response pages linked to the Character Traits. Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara's book in her Little People, Big Dreams series is the perfect companion to learn about this great man. 1. Teacher Read Aloud—students listen and gain comprehension of the story with modelled, fluent and expressive reading. ● 2.We practiced our sentences by an

*** updated with Google Slides link! The comprehension work for this endearing picture book, was created so that I can begin to scaffold my students into doing some double-entry reflection journals. Eventually, students would summarize what happened in chapters, and then write a quotation from a particular chapter in the left-hand column, while explaining and connecting to the quotations on the right of the column. I have added a Readers' Theatre, a reading activity that teachers and students bo

Update your classroom with a new alphabet display that focuses on the "I Can Statements" from the Core Competencies! Your students will start to internalize what the Core Competencies "I Can Statements" are all about leading to a greater capacity to self-assess using the statements. (This was very useful for our year-end Core Competencies Self-Assessment.) These "I Can Statements" are from B.C.'s Renewed Curriculum's Core Competencies, but are a positive thing for all students to see up in thei

*** updated to Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint This rubric could be used with grades 2-5, but I used this simple, but effective assessment with my 2/3's while they did their speeches for Public Speaking. It was a great way to communicate student learning with my parents in what I'd be looking for and in what their child has done.

This project came to life after watching the documentary “My Octopus Teacher” that we saw on Netflix. It truly inspired all of us to learn MORE! *print on 11x17 paper****Updated: to have an option of creating an Octopus Report using Non-Fiction Text Features. Have students use the booklet (3 legal pages folded to create 12 pages), or cut out and create a poster to show what they know! *** Updated: I have recently added an editable PowerPoint for you to use with any animal research you'd like to

This is a ready-to-go Outdoor Education Unit that you can put up and have ready to go. You can make it a small bulletin board so that the planning is done and you can get up and go as you see fit. Do the kids need to go outside? Is the weather perfect? The wind is blowing! Let's go measure the wind! Have fun creating a culture for nature and curiosity. There is a number of response pages that you can print and have ready or use a notebook for your learning through time outside.

*updated to include 2 newspaper editable templates on power point. *With Distance Education, I have turned to this unit to bring 'together' our class by writing a weekly newspaper where each student has a section on a shared document. Our first edition... Some Good News! *My hope is that a new togetherness can emerge with a simple, but worthwhile task. Students could even document their feelings and what they do at home during our social distancing. Weekly newspapers? Everyone would love to rea

I have bundled up my most popular units in helping children to grasp the seriousness of our history that Aboriginals endured with Residential Schools. Fatty Legs and When We Were Alone (already bundled together) gets bundled with "Life in an Inuit Community". Through a 12-year-old Inuit Boy, students will get to learn what life is like living in the North. QR Codes bring his voice to life. You will get: -Fatty Legs Comprehension Unit -When We Were Alone Comprehension Unit -Life in an Inuit Com

I have been using this retelling strategy for a long time! I first read about it in The Power of Retelling: Developmental Steps for Building Comprehension by Vicki Benson and Carrice Cummins This one-pager and other printables included, will help strengthen comprehension for students by filling in as they read. They will begin to associate the symbols to the beginning, middle, and end, knowing that each of the sections has specific key elements--eventually just creating their own graphic o

(4 or 5 reading roles)I have always loved Readers’ Theatre as it is a powerful tool that helps students with fluency, phrasing, intonation, and more because they are doing multiple readings of text with a purpose. Reading and re-reading are so important for early readers, and in fact all readers. Readers’ Theatre brings fun into this important skill. This story brings in the added integrated component of bringing in an Indigenous character. This can be used to spark important, and difficult di

A getting to know you activity for Big Buddies and Little Buddies. Using a Venn Diagram, students will draw and colour themselves in the Venn Diagram and write in commonalities and similarities between the Buddies in the middle of the diagram. It's a simple, and fun activity that increases their understanding of a Venn Diagram to use in other more academic areas. It always creates an interesting bulletin board!