Thank you to Vancouver Kidsbooks for creating such a thoughtful collection of books.

On Instagram, they wrote, “as booksellers, we are responsible for championing the books outside of the mainstream of publishing and find the #ownvoices books that are often stifled”.

I love double entry journals because they can be used over and over again, and we just change the text students use.  They decrease students’ anxiety, because learners become familiar with the template.  Double entry journals are also inclusive.  We can change the complexity of texts to meet all learners’ needs, but the template is the same for everyone.  We see different responses from all learners, and when we have our conferences , we can talk about areas they did well, and goals for future learning.  These would be great to use for remote learning, as students could use them over and over again.  They could use text from various subject areas, online texts, or even books they have at home.

Click below for your copy.  I  was inspired by Faye Brownlie’s use of double entry journals in her book “Grand Conversations”.

Double Entry Journal – Click Here

Hello everyone,

Here is a list of on line literacy opportunities that I hope will support you and your students.  I wish you all the best during this journey.  Thank you to Stephanie Good, Angela Meredith, Teresa Toth, and Jennifer Araujo for your support with this list!

Scholastic Digital Resources

http://scholastic.ca/education/free_digital_resources/

PebbleGo for K-Grade 3 – independent research (Animals, Sciences, Social Studies)  click here for direct access.

Capstone Interactive for K – Grade 8 (Non Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels and more) Click here for Capstone

Teen Cloud: 

https://www.teenbookcloud.com/autologin.aspx?U=tumble2020&P=A3b5c6

Audiobook Cloud:

http://www.audiobookcloud.com/autologin.aspx?U=tumble2020&P=A3b5c6&categoryID=33

Burnaby Public Library

BPL offers online resources, including e-books and audiobooks that can be accessed from home. Log in using your library card number and PIN.

https://www.bpl.bc.ca/news/covid19

KidLitTV

KidLitTV allows children to explore a variety of literacy experience from author and illustrator interviews and read alouds to book trailers and crafts.  There is so much to explore in children’s literature on this site.

Time For Kids

Time for Kids magazine provides:

• Age-appropriate stories kids are excited about

• Information just for kids that explains the world around them

• High-quality, trusted TIME journalism that teaches news literacy

Time for Kids

We Are Teachers

Nothing is more engaging for children than visits from authors and you can do so virtually on We Are Teachers and Storyline Online sites.  A variety of authors and well-known personalities read stories aloud.  There are also a variety of other activities!

Story Time from Space

Astronauts read stories from space!

https://storytimefromspace.com/

National Geographic Kids 

Here you will find games, videos and articles on so many interesting topics.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Audible

Audible is offering free audio books until the end of the school year

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

Scholastic Learn at Home

There are so many learning opportunities on this site.  Activities range from pre K through to Grade 9!

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Raz Kids

Raz Kids provides leveled books that students can read, listen to, and also answer comprehension questions.

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Epic

Epic offers thousands of engaging books for children.

https://www.getepic.com/

Tumblebooks

https://www.tumblebooks.com/

Burnaby School District has a license for Tumblebooks.   Go to your school homepage, and choose “Web Resources”  under the library tab.  Then a new page will come up  and at the top of it, you will see the Tumblebooks icon on the left hand corner.

Vooks

https://www.vooks.com/

Vooks brings children’s books to life with animated illustrations, read-a-long text and narrated story.

If you are looking for visually appealing, informative text to help students explore and become familiar with diverse Canadian Celebrations, you might be interested in this series of books currently available from Saunders Book Company.

The books:

• provide good examples of text features
• may be useful in guided reading / small group instruction contexts for Grade 1 and 2 students
• may be used as companion texts to support lower readers in other grades
• can be a helpful tool to develop understandings with English Language Learners
• provide opportunities to integrate understandings about SOGI (Pride Festivals, Anti-Bullying Days), and Indigenous Education (National Indigenous Peoples Day), and include diverse celebrations (Ramadan and Eid al –Fitr, Holi, Chinese New Year) and well as holidays often already celebrated within school calendars (Thanksgiving, Halloween, Remembrance Day, Christmas).

If you are interested in viewing or ordering these books, please contact Bryan Gidinski.

Bryan.Gidinski@burnabyschools.ca

click here to read this article. click here

Balanced Literacy Framework

Click here to view the framework

Thank you to Bryan Gidinski, District SOGI Support Teacher, for creating this fantastic SOGI booklist!

Click here

I love Donalyn Miller’s books.  She also has a great blog.  Here’s an article from a few years ago that’s worth a re-read:

Book Challenge Revisited

Click here to read Pernille Ripp’s article about kids self selecting books.