Category: Learning at Home

Thank you so much to Jennifer West, teacher at Taylor Park, for creating this social justice calendar!

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Thank you to Lisa Stong, teacher librarian at Burnaby Central Secondary, for creating this youtube channel!  She has compiled a list focusing on BC authors providing book talks, read alouds, and writing tips!  Thanks for sharing, Lisa!

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Thank you to Nicole Wilson,  for sharing this great lesson based on one of my favourite picture books, “Whimsy’s Heavy Things”.

Listen to the read aloud here:

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Students are invited to create worry dolls.  The steps are here:

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Thank you Nicole!

Thank you to my friend Karen, who introduced me to this great activity she is doing with her children.  Thank you also, to Long Creations, for creating this!  Click below to download a time capsule book for kids to work on during the pandemic!

Click here to download the booklet.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/LongCreations1

My son’s Grade One teacher has been assigning writing activities, and has been encouraging students to watch these short videos first.  Today my son watched the video on how to write a “how to” book, and then wrote his own book.  He really enjoyed doing this.  He is often reluctant to write, and this had him engaged for a long time!

I encourage you to watch her videos, and you might want to ask your students to watch them, and try the writing the teacher is modelling.

Here is the link to her video on making a “how to” book.  I’ve attached my son’s book too!

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James’ How To Book

Thank you to Bryan Gidinski, our District SOGI Support Teacher, for putting together this wonderful list of read alouds!

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Thank you so much to POPEY, who have created many wonderful resources for primary teachers!

Click here for their home learning page.

I have shared Linda Rief’s Quickwrite Handbook at many of my writing sessions, as it has such practical and thoughtful suggestions for upper intermediate and secondary students.  Linda has come out of retirement to share this:  Click here

Thank you Linda Rief!

Carol Jago, author of The Book in Question: Why and How Reading Is in Crisis, has put together a poetry lesson in PDF form that is easy to download and share — Ideas for writing poems in a pandemic.    click here

Donalyn Miller writes about how many of are feeling right now about reading, and makes a few suggestions.  Thank you for writing this, Donalyn!

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