The Primary Patch

FREE Every Child Matters no prep activities for Orange Shirt Day. September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and these 14 different printable options and bulletin board set will help K-3 students remember, reflect and honour the survivors of Canada's residential school system. Orange Shirt Day, also known as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is based on Phyllis Webstad’s story of entering an Indian Residential School in 1973 as a six-year old girl and having her shin

These quick and easy Remembrance Day Crafts help students commemorate November 11th in a meaningful way. Remembrance Day and war are difficult subjects to explain to younger learners as they are complicated and involve such serious subject matter. Gently introducing a few themes around Canada's heritage through suggested picture books and art activities puts both teachers and students at ease. Use one of these crafts and the "LEST WE FORGET" letters to make an instant bulletin board disp

This resource is a collection of 40+ printable images that are meant as prompts to elicit inquiry, conversations and learning around cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation in your classroom . Also included is a one page resource list of digital links to five articles, seven TV & radio interviews and five printed texts about Cultural Appropriation.Teachers are not ignoring Indigenous history, they simply need accessible and engaging resources to help them learn and teach it. Ea

Are you looking for inclusive posters of different types of families for Grade 2 Social Studies? Included in this file are 11 vibrant posters that each visually represent a family type such as same-sex and single parent as well as include a basic definition, too. Ideal for primary classrooms and the perfect addition to any unit about families and/or diversity. ===>CELEBRATE FAMILIES and DIVERSITY<===Posters Included:•Two Parent Family •Single Parent Family •Multigenerational Family

These Canadian money coin posters (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, loonie, toonie) help your students identify the various coins up to $2! The catchy poems and bright images grab attention and will assist your Grade 1 students learn the NEW Ontario Math Financial Literacy strand. This resource is for the Grade 1 FINANCIAL LITERACY strand and helps support the “F1. Money Concepts” expectation. Print and display these colourful posters on your Math Board as reference tools to help students exa

Le trentième jour de septembre, dans tout le Canada, est désigné comme "Journée du chandail orange pour la vérité et la réconciliation". Orange Shirt Day is observed each September 30 to honour residential school survivors, those who did not survive, and their descendants. It is an opportunity for First Nations, schools and communities across Canada and beyond, to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope. The origin of  Orange Shirt Day is based on Phyllis Webstad’s story of ente

Do you teach Grade 2? Are you new to the Grade and feeling overwhelmed? If so, this MEGA BUNDLE: Term One is for you! This discounted bundle includes twelve essential resources you'll need to help you get through Term One. This bundle includes my bestselling Social Studies Strand A and Media Literacy units as well as Health, Classroom Management & Organization, Bulletin Boards, Math, Intro to Residential Schools (Orange Shirt Day), Halloween, Remembrance Day and Christmas resourc

My famille affiches have been updated to reflect Ontario's 2023 études sociales grade 2 curriculum. Included in this file are 11 vibrant posters that each visually represent a family type as well as include a basic definition, too. Ideal for primary classrooms and the perfect addition to a Social Studies unit about families and/or diversity. Posters Included: •Famille biparentale •Famille monoparentale •Famille sans enfants •Famille nouvellement arrivées •Famille dirigée par les grand-parents

My second grade students were so mesmerized by 2017's Blue Spruce nominee Danielle Daniel's book, Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox, that I was inspired to create a multimedia art project as well as some accompanying writing pages to go along with it. You'll find acrostic writing pages for animals from 3 to 9 letters long as well as lined paper for descriptive paragraphs and pages for lower levels too. To read more about how my class created their amazing Animal Multimedia Art, read my blog post her