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Big Ideas for Teaching Financial Literacy!
During this webinar, attendees will be introduced to resources, activities, and lesson ideas to prepare them to teach financial literacy in the new Mathematics Grades 7 and 8 curriculum. Learn how you can incorporate the concepts of currency conversion, simple and compound interest, and financial goal setting in a fun and engaging manner. Zoom Webinar …
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Central to the Economy: Bank of Canada Education Resources for Financial & Economic Literacy
Economic and financial literacy are core competencies for good citizenship but can be very puzzling to teach. The Bank of Canada is here to help. Representatives from the currency and museum departments will highlight activities, lesson plans, and resources for K-12 teachers and students, produced by educators for educators. They’ll highlight their most popular entry …
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Let’s Solve this Problem! Shifting our International Languages Classes from Spoken Production to Interaction
The revised (2016) curriculum for International Languages finally has a focus on interaction, which represents the vast majority of real-life language use that our students will continue to use in their personal and professional lives. Whether our students learn Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, Mandarin, or any of the other 72 International Languages offered in our …
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Financial Literacy in the Elementary and Secondary Classroom
Participants discover how to take advantage of the many excellent Financial Literacy resources that are freely available, in both English and French, to all Ontario teachers. Resources include complete lesson plans, videos, interactive games and quizzes, and much more! The presentation focuses on where and how to begin to build your financial toolkit, and on …
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Gaming to Riches! Making Cents of Number Sense
Exploring Financial Literacy and Number Sense by having students play games that require making investment decisions, acquiring resources, bartering and selling items. By constructing their own knowledge of debt and credit, students will get a sense for positive and negative integers through deductions, interest owed, and interest accrued. Teachers can assess through observation, conversation and the …