Part 1 – Improving the Quality of Writing through Revision This resource addresses the following writing purposes: persuade/recount (biography)/entertain (comic and prose). Included are criteria designed to guide the teacher’s instruction and monitor student progress. Mini-lessons, anchor charts and rubrics developed from the criteria focus on the following revision strategies: good leads, appropriate vocabulary, voice, …
This Teaching Learning Critical Pathway (TLCP) is specifically designed for Grades 5 and 6 respectively. The focus of the TLCP is Social Justice and specifically focused on Black History in North America. The focus for Grade 5 is Immigration and Citizenship and for Grade 6 is Perspective in Writing (from the vantage of fictional and …
Practical-Ready To Use differentiated math word problems inspired by the teachings of Dr. Marion Small, a long-time Canadian professor of education. Covering all five math strands, EACH word problem will engage ALL students at levels 1,2,3,4 from Kindergarten to Grade 5. Included are a generic math rubric for problem solving and a daily tracking sheet …
This resource is based on the book, Reading With Meaning by Debbie Miller. This resource contains a set of lessons for each of the 6 strategies: Making Connections, Visualizing, Inferring, Asking Questions, Determining Important Ideas and Synthesizing. Each strategy is demonstrated through an “anchor lesson” for Kindergarten, Primary, Junior and Intermediate divisions. Also, each division …
In this critical challenge students decode texts making connections between text and self and text and world by searching for the most impressive survivor in a variety of books and/or novels.
