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This is a fun list of "Most Likely To" awards that I used at the end of the year to engage my students and have them reflect on the school year as well as their peers. We all had fun!

I wanted to build an authentic learning experience for the beginning of the year and ended up developing this unit which engages students in an inquiry where they explore the various aspects of their personal identity. Based on the depth of the inquiry, this unit would richly benefit student learning at any part of your school year. This is part 1 that includes the first 3 lessons in the unit. Students will be engage in learning covering expectations in Language, Drama, and Art. Over the course

This rubric was designed to evaluate Websites where the Learning Goal is to effectively communicate a critical message by using a variety of visual techniques. Created by R. Richards Copyright © 2020 R. Richards

I designed this paragraph group to beyond the basics of paragraph writing. The purpose is to guide students towards a more polished piece of writing. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This organizer is designed to guide students through an exploration of popular music over time to investigate connections between music genres and personal/social identities. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards

I designed this rubric to effectively and comprehensively evaluate student inferring of Point of View. Created by R. Richards Copyright © 2019 R. Richards

A rubric for Making Connections that pushes students towards proficiency. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This learning task is designed to provide students with an authentic writing opportunity that is combined with media design. Students are challenged to research and explore the lives of Social Justice Leaders. They are then provided the opportunity to design their own trading card for their chosen social justice leader using the online Trading Card Maker from Read Write Think. Space limitations on the trading card further challenge students to be precise and concise with their language. This i

This is a graphic organizer that I created to support the: How I See Me - Personal Identity Unit Part 1. The graphic organizer supports a Learning Carousel or Jigsaw style learning structure and concludes with some critical thinking questions to drive student learning. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2016 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to sing

This product is the Guiding Document for a student Learning Journal. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This is a graphic organizer that I designed as in introduction tool for analyzing critical social data. My students were exploring the 2015 Toronto Hate Crime and Bias data. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards

This rubric was designed to evaluate posters where the Learning Goal is to effectively communicate a critical message by using a variety of visual techniques. Created by R. Richards Copyright © 2019 R. Richards

This graphic organizer was designed for my students to create their critical media sharing their reflections on their own Personal Agency and Aspirations. This was developed as a part of the "Aspirations Now" Language Unit Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2018 Ryan Richards

My students use this tool as a guide to write a monthly reflection journal on their learning experiences as well as other personal experiences that they feel comfortable sharing. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards

Here is a graphic organizer that is designed to support Student Thinking during the Space Exploration unit of study. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards

This graphic organizer was designed to be used with the Nelson Social Studies text so that students could explore Push and Pull factors for Migration and the immigration experience in general. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2016 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

Have you begun to engage your students in a historical inquiry? Are you pushing your students do delve deeper into the bigger ideas behind the historical events and contexts that help to shape our country? This is a tool that you can use to facilitate a classroom inquiry via a variety of cooperative learning structures including a Jigsaw. In this graphic organizer, instructions are provided on how to use this space as an organizer to explore inquiries based on historical themes of Conflict, Coo

Here is a graphic organizer that I mocked up to guide students through their initial responses to critical media. Please feel free to share your feedback! Be Great! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2017 Ryan Richards

Have you begun to engage your students in a historical inquiry? Are you pushing your students do delve deeper into the bigger ideas behind the historical events and contexts that help to shape our country during Confederation? This is a tool that you can use to facilitate a classroom inquiry via a variety of cooperative learning structures including a Jigsaw. In this graphic organizer, instructions are provided on how to use this space as an organizer to explore Historical Significance, Perspe

Here is a rubric that I developed to evaluate critical questioning with my students. Created by R. Richards Copyright © 2019 R. Richards