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the OLC Website by grade level, theme or key word! Use the Google
Search on our main page or the Online Resources page to locate resources
quickly and easily.
THIS
MONTH'S FEATURED RESOURCES:
Health
Resources K-5 - This site features sample units
from the Saskatchewan K-5 Health Education  Curriculum and along with add
Oct – Healthy
Halloween
Pieces
of the Puzzle - Portfolios, Rubrics, Performance Assessments, and Assessment
and Evaluation. We've begun gathering informative resources on all of
it so you have it at your finger tips.
Environmental
Resources – Created
to gather resources, lesson plans, activities and related links that
cover the topics of waste reduction, water management,
energy consumption, recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption.
October Resources - "Fall" back on some
favorite teaching ideas for the Autumn, Thanksgiving, Pumpkins,
Bats and Halloween.....
Suggestions
for Using The Resources in the Classroom:
- Consider
using a digital projector to project the multimedia items for entire
class viewing (Flash movies, interactive tours, graphing activities,
etc).
- Many
of the sites have printable resources for students and teacher facilitated
lesson plans.
- Send
home website addresses connected to your classroom topics in your
newsletters or list them on your classroom websites. Parents and students
can explore the sites from home.
- Consider
assigning websites for additional practice, a place to begin research,
or as an enrichment activity.
- Use online resources as CARE partner activities.
Web Sites for Teachers and Students
- Making
a Difference - Carol Ann Tomlinson explains how differentiated
instruction works and why we need it now.
- Culturally
Responsive Teaching -
What is culturally responsive teaching, stories, research and
resources.
- Funds of Knowledge - Teachers
can use "funds of knowledge," the knowledge students gain
from their family and cultural backgrounds, to make their classrooms
more inclusive.
- Research
Matters / Successful Strategies for English Language Learners
– What we know and what we can learn
- Mystery Quests - Use the popular
WebQuest format as students develop their detection skills to solve
the historical mysteries. Divided into ages – 11-14; 14- 16;
16-18.
- Canadian
History on the Web – A website to help locate Canadian history
on the web
- Odyssey
Online's Greece
- An
interactive
site that uses historical artifacts to explain concepts essential
to the study of ancient Greece.
- National Geographic
Education - This site is extensive for
students and educators alike. Features:
- Online Adventures - students can
click through a series of pictures of vanishing cultures and an
online Congo
trek with renowned conservationists.
- Xpedition Hall - an interactive
online museum
- Sustainable Seas - helps students
gain an understanding of marine sanctuaries,
- Maps and Charts - printable maps
of almost everywhere you can imagine, and it also includes star
charts for constellations and a Virtual Solar System.
- Lesson Plan area - provides educators
with detailed lesson plans for subject areas ranging from world
history to life science to geography.
- Links to other supporting resources
- Teacher Community - provides educators
with a forum they can use for feedback on lesson plans and curriculum
planning, and it allows for a search for education material by
subject, grade level, and resource type.
- Each month, National
Geographic magazine features breathtaking photographs at
this website. Browse through visions of the world as seen through
a photographer's eye.
- Smithsonian
American Art Museum Student Podcasts – These student podcasts
were made by high school and middle school students as part of a creative
writing assignment. They were researched and written by the students
and reflect their own interpretations of the subject, Nature and Art.
- Bobby Bucket
Show - A Podcast for Kids, Parents, and Readers of all ages! Elementary
school teacher, Bob Sprankle, has created podcasts about children’s
books. He introduces children to books thematically, teaches comprehension
and literary devices using guest characters, interviews book creators
and on-location reporting in libraries and book stores.
If
you would like to contribute websites, lesson plans or ideas on how
you have used
online
resources in your classroom, send your ideas to byersj@spsd.sk.ca
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