Fort La Bosse School Division

CURRICULUM

General Sites

ELA

Science

Social Studies

Early yrs Math

Middle/Senior yrs Math

Differentiated Instruction

LITERACY with ICT

ASSESSMENT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CURRICULUM

The Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Consultant will provide leadership and support under the direction of the Superintendent in the administration of curriculum and student assessment within the Division. The Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Consultant also co-ordinates the professional development experiences required by our teachers as they go through the curriculum implementation phases in various subject areas. Contact Holly Forsyth, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Consultant
hforsyth@flbsd.mb.ca, for more information.

CURRICULUM

The STAF Model for Curriculum Implementation
Manitoba Education and Youth Curriculum Development and Implementation

Subject Area Time Allottments

GENERAL SITES

http://k6educators.about.com/cs/helpforteachers/a/tools4teachers.htm

Many tools for elementary teachers, many links/

http://www.field-trips.org/vft/index.htm

This site takes students on a virtual field trip. Some of them are suitable from Kindergarten right to Grade 12.

http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp/

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is one of my favorite sites. Also where the publication Educational Leadership comes from.

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

I really like this site and I have listed it under some of the subject headings. It will give you many links, lesson plans etc for all core subjects from K-12.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/32/008-1000-e.html

The National Library of Canada for teachers offers many resources for K-12 in all core subject areas.

http://www.teach-nology.com/

This link offers access to so many lesson plans, activities etc. for all grade levels and all subject areas. It even includes subject areas beyond the core subjects such as vocational, economics etc.

http://www.canteach.ca/

This is another site that can give you so many resources across the subjects and grade levels. This is a Canadian site and it also has an area for First Nation students.

http://www.abcteach.com/

This site, ABC Teach offers links for many subject areas up to about grade 8.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp

Scholastic offers many teaching ideas for K-12 in core subjects.

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/classman.html

Gives some ideas for classroom management and organization. Probably more suited to younger kids, but some could be adapted for older.

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/

If you are in a Kindergarten, Grade 1 classroom, this is a must see. I think you will love it.

http://www.teacherplanet.com/calendar/calendar.php?op=cal&month=5&year=2004

Teacher Planet is a good site, and one that I am still on the email list for monthly updates of ideas. Very broad across the subject areas and all grade levels.

http://www.crazy4teachers.com/

Great jokes and cartoons! When you need a pick me up!

http://teachers.net/

This site offers hundreds of lesson plan ideas submitted by other teachers right up to Grade 12. It also includes some very good ideas for classroom management.

http://www.edhelper.com/

I have used edhelper before, just be cautious that some services are for a fee, and others are free. Very good resources though up to Grade 12.

http://www.units4teachers.com/archives.php

This site has thousands of themes from K-12.

http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects.shtml

I have referenced some of these units already. Free and Canadian from Curriculum Services Canada.

http://www.lcandler.web.aplus.net/

I really like this site, Laura Candler, whom offers many tried and true blm’s, activities etc. Probably suitable up to Grade 8, but many resources already developed and no need for you to recreate.

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/writingindex.htm

I really like this Writing Workshop site and I have downloaded some of the Canadian Narrative and Expository Writing Guides. Also is a link to Readers Workshop too.

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/abedu/framework/index.html

This is a new document, K-12 Aboriginal Languages and Cultures in Manitoba.

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/policy/sth/index.html

I am at this site many times looking through the Subject Table Handbook as I get questions from schools.

http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/list/

This is a really good list of links that was put together for a SAG Session from Pembina Trails. Some of these sites are already listed on this site, but many are not.

http://www.gnb.ca/0000/publications/ss/TeachingStudentswithAutismSpectrumDisorders.pdf

This document is from New Brunswick Education and is their programming for teaching children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

http://www.gamequarium.com/

This is a great game site for K-6. It also includes some really good Technology Tutorials as well for teachers or kids such as Digital Storytelling, Movie Maker 2 etc.

http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html

This is a very good site. Scroll down and it will give you many links based on Clusters in Math and ELA for up to Grade 8.

http://www.linkslearning.org/Teachers/_index.html

This site, LINKS gives many resources to help support learning, as well as video on assessment, curricular areas up to Grade 12, instruction etc.

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill_s.cgi?A1=selects&A2=math&A4=0&A7=0

This is another game site that really gives some great curricular games across all core subject areas up to Grade 12.

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html

A great site for teachers and kids for priamary level. It is full of games, sites, activities etc.

http://www.theteacherspot.com/school_clipart1.htm

Looking for clip art?

http://users.erols.com/interlac/subtch.htm

A great site for all teachers of K-12 as it provides ideas on developing a packet for Substitute Teachers. Good to check this site out.

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/javatimer/JavaTimer.html

This is a class timer, similar to what the LICT Teachers use! Useful for all grade levels.

https://library.usask.ca/files/education/apa2005.pdf

A guide for APA style of referencing. Useful for Senior Years papers and staff working on post graduate study.

http://www.thekcrew.net/

A really great Kindergarten site full of units, links etc made by teachers in the classroom. Must see!

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/teacherlinks/newteachers_links.htm

This is a site full of links for New Teachers Grade K-6!

http://www.rrsd.mb.ca/rrsd/pages/teachers.html

Rolling River School Division links including some Literacy with ICT links across the subject areas.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

http://www.cctela.ca/

The Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. Lists many other links suitable for all grade levels.

http://www.educ1.ucalgary.ca/litindex/

Doucette Library of Teaching Resources-K-12 index of literature and websites.

http://www.novelguide.com/

Suitable for all grade levels, many novel guides available for free.

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html

Free guides to support a great number of quality literature for grades K-12. Of note though, this site has not been updated in some time due to lack of funding.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Edkbrown/

The Children’s Literature Web Guide-lists numerous authours, reviews, readers theatre, links etc.

http://www.rif.org/

Reading is Fundamental- this site offers many resources, lesson plans etc.

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html

An excellent primary resource with stories, spelling etc. as well as math games, science, etc.

AUTHOR SITES:

http://create4kids.com/http://create4kids.com/

Suse MacDonald

http://www.carolhurst.com

Carol Hurst

http://tomie.com/

Tomie de Paola

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/

Aaron Shepard

http:///www.janbrett.com/

Jan Brett

http://pbskids.org/arthur/

Marc Brown’s Arthur

http://www.janetstevens.com/

Janet Stevens

http://www.seussville.com/

Dr.Seuss

http://www.rquackenbush.com/

Robert Quackenbush

http://judyblume.com/

Judy Blume

http://www.robertmunsch.com/

Robert Munsch

http://www.kennethoppel.ca/

Kenneth Oppel

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/paulsen.html

Gary Paulsen

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

An online guide to grammar and rules more suitable for middle/senior years.

http://eleaston.com/etymology.html

A site dedicated to the origins of words.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/

Includes lists of phrases, idioms, and sayings, more suitable for middle/senior years.

http://www.edhelper.com/spelling.htm

Lists of Spelling and vocabulary words broken down into grade levels from grade 1-12.

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson238.shtml

Spelling lessons and activities as well as links. Grades K-8.

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/language_arts/

100’s and 100’s of ELA lessons from K-12.

http://www.ttms.org/

Teaching that Makes Sense-many, many teaching strategies for writing and reading with downloadable pdf documents.

http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/expository.html

What is expository writing?

http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/

The 6 traits of writing home page.

http://www.planet.eon.net/~bplaroch/

The young author’s workshop with strategies to write. Middle years level.

http://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/bhs/bryan/bryan_home2.html

Lists many of the forms of writing with a description and example.

http://www.speechtips.com/

How to write a speech tips.

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

This Western Canadian site goes through the step by step procedure of the writing process.

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/writingindex.htm

I really like this Writing Workshop site and I have downloaded some of the Canadian Narrative and Expository Writing Guides. Also is a link to Readers Workshop too.

http://www.bardweb.net/

Shakespeare resource page.

http://www.poets.org/index.php

Almost any poem that you are looking for is available here.

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/english-hs.html

Wow! So many links all for High School English.

http://thwt.org/englishteachersites.htm

English Teacher websites and projects for middle and high school. Links to class web pages using technology to teach ELA.

http://highschoolace.com/ace/english.cfm

A great link for ELA in highschool for kids and teachers. Lists many valuable links for great literary works, research guides, vocabulary etc.

http://www.mts.net/~mate1/

Manitoba Association of Teachers of English.

http://www.frontiersd.mb.ca/divisional.asp?MainSubCatID=88

Frontier School Division’s Reading and Writing Continuum K-8.

http://www.hsd.ca/curriculumsupport/literacy/literacy.html

Hanover School Division’s Reading and Writing Continuum K-8.

SCIENCE

http://www.stam.mb.ca/stam_general_links.html

Science teachers of Manitoba—this is a great site that breaks down into grade levels, as well gives an extensive list of general science websites.

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/resources/sciencelinks/index.html

A wonderful K-12 Science Site with activities, websites etc. Just be careful that the clusters the correct grade level for our Manitoba Science Document.

http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=FD9B0E51-1

This is the Environment Canada site.

http://lansing.apogee.net/foe/home.asp

Fundamentals of Electricity.

http://www.teacherplanet.com/calendar/calendar.php?op=cal&month=10&year=2007

Teacher Planet-Lots of theme units for all grade levels.

http://www.cwra.org/index.html

Canadian Water Resources Site.

http://www.sccao.org/downloads/Final%20LDCC%20science%20course%20J.pdf

Grade 9 Science Course.

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm

Wow…science lessons from K-12 with resources listed, websites, black line masters etc.

http://www.earthday.ca/pub/

Earth Day Canada

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/science/scicurr.html

Our provincial website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

This site has some great science clips for early years to middle years themes, great for motivation.

http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/science/sciencelist.htm

This is Manitoba science outcomes with matching websites, that comes from the Pembina Trails School Division.

http://webquest.org/search/index.php

Search for whatever webquest that matches your cluster.

http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/

More themes suitable for Science from Pembina Trails.

http://www.science.gc.ca/Educational_Resources-WSBB254133-1_En.html

A number of science activities from the site Science and Technology for Canadians.

http://www.enaturalist.org/units.php

An electronic naturalist site full of units.

http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/science.shtml

Complete grade 3-6 Utah science themes and links.

http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/kids.htm

This is an absolutely great resource with many, many links. Must check out!

http://www.aps.org/programs/education/resources/precollege-k8.cfm

Although the title indicates up to K-8, it really has sites up to grade 12. An American site, APS.

http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/

Math and Science activity centre. Certainly useful for K-12.

http://www.tryscience.org/

A neat science site with experiments and field trips!

http://www.wsd1.org/PC_Science/

WWSD Science Sites broken down by grade level and cluster from grade 1 to 10. Links to many other great sites matched by cluster.

http://www.execulink.com/~ekimmel/gr9.htm

Complete with worksheets, quizzes and games, for grades 7,8 and 9.

http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/204/

This site also contains review sheets and quizzes, grade 9.

http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/elem/learningcommunity/sciences/science9/curr_content/science9/index.html

This is a very cool Saskatchewan site that is full of activities, links etc. Must check out! Grade 9 only though.

http://www.linktolearning.com/grade8science.htm

A very good Ontario site that matches our grade 8 curriculum very closely. Lots of great links, activities etc. The work is all done for you!

http://camillasenior1.homestead.com/science.html

This is a great grade 8 site! It is full of webquests, powerpoints, links, activities….you name it!

Social Studies Sites:

http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/elem/learningcommunity/sciences/science9/curr_content/science9/index.html

This is the Atlantic Provinces Curriculum for Grade 9: Canadian Identity. Some really worthwhile rubrics, suggestions for analyzing posters, cartoons, projects etc. Worthwhile to check out as an other resource.

http://www.wncp.ca/

This is the Western Northern Canadian Protocol site.

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsoc/elemsoc.html

This is the Saskatchewan site, Evergreen curriculum that in many cases matches our curriculum clusters quite closely. Just be cautious that is not necessarily the same time frame, but still an excellent resource to use.

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/historical.html#buttons

Maps of Native lands, very suitable for grade 5 cluster.

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/12060_e.html

Great site for lessons and discovery of Inuit community, grade 5.

http://www.sicc.sk.ca/keepinghouse/tofc.html

A first nation gallery.

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/index-eng.asp

Kids Stop; produced by Indian and Northern Affairs.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/explorers/kids/index-e.html

Passageways: True tales of adventure for young explorers. Grade 5 curriculum.

http://www.metismuseum.com/main.php

The Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture; grade 5 curriculum.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/kids/index-e.html

This site is written for kids. From Library and Archives Canada, it is Confederation for Kids, suitable for grade 6 curriculum.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/becomingcanadian/

Becoming Canadian: A CBC site that outlines current requirements to apply to become a Canadian.

http://www.linktolearning.com/grade4ss.htm

This site Link to Learning, has many good links on Medieval Times, (grade 3 curriculum or grade 8) and Grade 4: Geography of Canada.

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/castle.htm

Build an online Medieval Castle! Grade 3 or 8.

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/dirvill.htm

A free download with activities for Make a Village, which would match very well with the Grade 2 curriculum on communities.

http://canada.gc.ca/acanada/ViewCategory.htm?lang=eng

About Canada site, gives you a multitude of information about Canada in student friendly format, suitable for a number of grade level outcomes.

http://www.canada.gc.ca/howgoc/glance_e.html

Everything you wanted to know about the structure of Government in Canada.

http://www.elections.ca/content_youth.asp?section=yth&dir=res/tea/mas&document=res_tea_mascot_ta&lang=e&textonly=false

Elections Canada.

http://www.pm.gc.ca/

Prime Minister of Canada’s site.

http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/Vignettes/Terrestrial/terr.cfm

Ecozones of Canada.

http://www.cgkids.ca/cgkids/links.asp

Canadian Geographic for Kids: gives many cool links, games, puzzles etc. Definitely check out this site.

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html

National Geographic map machine.

http://members.tripod.com/~emu1967/ssl.htm

Although this site lists many SS links, many are American, but there are some good ones that are suitable, so still worth checking out.

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/lesson-plans/socialstudies/index.htm

This site has many links for Social Studies units, some are American, but many are great and match our curricula from K-8.

http://classzone.com/books/ms_wh_ancient/index.cfm --ancient civilizations

http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/ -A great site full of ancient history lessons. Teacher created site for use with students.

http://www.omnibusol.com/ancient.html -the Ancient World site.

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edhist.htm#ancient --a great site with links to literally dozens of other history sites. One stop shopping!

http://itss229.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/meso/mesopotamia.html --great teacher created site on Mesopotamia. Very extensive.

http://www.kidinfo.com/World_History/World_History.html --web resource with links to many history sites.

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/sevenwondersoftheworld-simplythebest/ --lesson plan on the wonders of the world.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/histw.html --links to many, many world history sites. Teacher created.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html --very cool Ancient Egypt site.

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/- -Mummies of Ancient Egypt.

http://www.hyw.com/Books/History/1_Help_C.htm --Medieval Life.

http://www.mtlakes.org/ww/tech/webtools/med.htm --great student created activities including web quests. Check it out.

http://www.medieval-life.net/famines.htm --very good medieval life site.

http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/middleages.cfm --Nearly 30 other middle ages sites linked to this address.

http://www.historytrek.ca/ --McGill University History Site.

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/geography/owt2003/ --site that partners a textbook series, Our World Today

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/ --National Geographic Site.

http://www.cln.org/subjects/can-geog_cur.html --links to many, many Canadian Geography sites.

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/index.html --Natural Resources Canada. Links to many sites.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_7th_social.htm --excellent selection of grade 7 sites. This is American and linked to American standards, but still very useful.

http://canada.worldweb.com/Maps/ --Interactive travel maps of Canada.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p --Earth view-satellite data.

http://www.learnnc.org/students/7/ --looks at different regions of the world.

http://www.pembinatrails.ca/program/library/ss/gr7ss.htm --absolutely must see! Pembina Trails Division has done a tremendous amount of work, and their site links you up with dozens of Canadian and worldwide sites. Includes Manitoba GO’s and SLO’s as well is referenced on the MECY site.

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/supporting/index.html --The Dept. really has a great resource here, and undoubtedly your best resource as a Manitoba teacher. Each cluster has tons of sites listed, and furter broken down into activating, acquiring and applying! Definitely worth it!

http://www.hsd.ca/curriculumsupport/ss/ss.html

This is the Hanover School Division, and it has links for all Hands on Social Studies links, for K-4 which are broken down by cluster and Manitoba specific.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/

Manitoba Government—Archives of Manitoba.

http://www.mssta.mb.ca/http://www.mssta.mb.ca/

Manitoba Social Science Teachers Site.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/education/ppp-res/index.asp?Language=E

Parliament of Canada, education site.

http://www.globaltrek.ca/

Global Trek website, very suitable particularly grade 3 and 7.

Early Years Math Sites:

http://www.globalclassroom.org/2004/professional_day/intermediate.html

http://www.globalclassroom.org/2004/professional_day/primary.html

Both of these sites (one is primary and the other is intermediate (gd3-5) offer numerous sites of games broken down by strands. Caution as it is American, and the money games will not be applicable though, but otherwise tons of games to choose from.

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

More interactive websites for math grades K-6.

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

A great math dictionary for all grade levels.

http://www.ictgames.com/resources

I think this looks like a great site for interactive math activities about K-5 maybe.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/index.html

A really terrific site that has activities for K-Calculus. You could run an entire K-12 school math program from here!

http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects/keyunderstandings.pdf

This paper is Canadian, and outlines Key Math Understandings in an elementary math class (K-8) that contains examples of anchor questions that can be used to provide a snapshot of students ability based on each strand.

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/branches/aar/afl/aims_resource.shtml

If you are looking for assessments for your kids, this Saskatchewan site has multiple choice assessments, challenge assessments, and student exemplars of challenges for grades 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10.

http://www.mathcats.com/sitemap.html

This site looks great with a variety of activities for all ages, K and up to about grade 8.

http://mathforum.org/te/

I am not actually sure where this site is located, but the Math Forum-Teacher’s Place has a wealth of activities, lesson plans, problems etc. all broken down into early, middle, senior and college level.

http://www.webmath.com/

This site, webmath, is worthwhile to keep in mind to share with students. It is not set up as a game, but rather students can practice problems in almost every area of math in all grade levels. Great for those parents looking for “something” their kids can practice on. Good for K-12 and above.

http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/

Math webquests to infuse technology into your math class.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/math.html

This site Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators provides an extensive list of links for some very worthwhile math sites, many of which have already been listed.

http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/index.html

The aims site provides over 100 math puzzles in which students use math to solve them. They are categorized by type and give a variety ability levels. All ages---very differentiated, but not broken down by grade.

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm

This Cool Math Site has literally 1000’s of sites for games, puzzles, problems etc for K-12 and above. One stop shopping at it’s best!

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm

This site, PBS Online, has a search tool to find activities and lesson plans based on all grade levels from K-12, and topics. A vast resource tool to check out.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

This site is part of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Gives a variety of activities and lessons for K-12 across the strands.

http://www.esd112.org/smerc/mpat_detail.html

This site gives a variety of math performance assessment tasks and rubrics for grades K-10.

This site is the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives-very helpful if you don’t have access to manipulatives in your building, as well great infusion of technology into math program.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

This site is the Learn Alberta one. Provides excellent interactive video, print sheets, etc. in all grade levels and subject areas. We must register as a guest only.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/

This site is MathCentral, Regina. This site is an excellent site for locating resources, answers to any math questions you may have, problems of the month etc. This site is for all grade levels.

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.php

This site is Daisy math which comes from Australia, for ages 3-12. Variety of activities for students to try, probably more of an “extra” or at home site for practice.

http://www.daisymaths.com.au/aboutme.html

This is the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics site. Very worthwhile to bookmark. Both the Early Years Journal, (Teaching Children Mathematics, which is available to every early years school), and Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, come from this organization. Would be very worthwhile if you can utilize some in-school budget dollars to access this journal for middle years schools.

http://www.nctm.org/

The New Zealand Maths Numeracy Project. This site is quite extensive and offers activities, games, exemplars etc. for levels 1-6. Very worthwhile to look at even if you are teaching beyond these levels.

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/numeracy/project_material.aspx

This is an interesting site, Countdown, in which specific math concepts are explained through short 4-7 minute video clips. Includes an expansive list of concepts.

http://countdown.luc.edu/index.html

This site is another teacher’s homepage, Terri Hustad’s, and as it states, it is for new and not so new math teachers. This is a great site that is really teacher friendly including links, activities, problems etc. Take a look.

http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/terri.html

This site is a complete site of problems with answer keys to use with your students. Although it says it is for grades 4/5, I would suggest that many of them could be used at a much higher level.

http://www.rhlschool.com/math.htm

This site is the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives-very helpful if you don’t have access to manipulatives in your building, as well great infusion of technology into math program.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

This site is the Learn Alberta one. Provides excellent interactive video, print sheets, etc. in all grade levels and subject areas. We must register as a guest only.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/

This site is the called the Math Frog site. It is for grades 4-6, and offers interactive games, activities etc. Outcomes are based on the Ontario Curriculum, and a teacher at the University of Waterloo develops these activities.

http://cemc.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/index.shtml

This site is called the Wired Math site for grades 7-9, and offers similar activities as above. Also developed out of the University of Waterloo.

http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/wired_math/english/about.shtml

This site is MathCentral, Regina. This site is an excellent site for locating resources, answers to any math questions you may have, problems of the month etc. This site is for all grade levels.

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.php

This site is Daisy math which comes from Australia, for ages 3-12. Variety of activities for students to try, probably more of an “extra” or at home site for practice.

http://www.daisymaths.com.au/aboutme.html

An absolute must see site that comes from Ontario for grades 7, 8 and 9. Based on the Ontario Curriculum, but excellent resources that for the most part you could use as your main resource, or as a supplement.

http://www.curriculum.org/lms/tips4rm.html#grade7

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/lms/tips4rm.html#grade78

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/lms/index.html#grade7

http://www.nctm.org/

This site, PBS Online, has a search tool to find activities and lesson plans based on all grade levels from K-12, and topics. A vast resource tool to check out.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/numeracy/project_material.aspx

This is a very worthwhile site for all grade levels. This site includes many interactive activities in all strands to be played online.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

This site, E-Workshop from Ontario, is absolutely excellent for grades K-6. It provides ideas, activities, lessons, videos, professional development etc. in both Numeracy and Literacy. Definitely one to look at, and plan to spend a long time!

http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/cfmx/edu/core.cfm?p=home.cfm&L=1

I just stumbled upon this site after I had been to many of them within it. This site, Math for Everyone is for all grades. It is a “one stop shopping of math links”. It includes many of the links that I have listed here, as well as many other great sites. Direct links to math videos on Brainpop, coolmath, etc. In all, over 200 links shown in an easy to read chart format. Do not miss this one!

http://www.netrox.net/~labush/math.htm

Our own Provincial site, MECY, offers a wealth of material that you only need to download. It includes activities and games at both early and middle years, as well as a section on conceptual understanding of number.

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/math/index.html

http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/resources.html

Many, many online resources for K-12.

http://www.curiousmath.com/index.php?name=Topics

Curious math offers answers to some of those tricks!

http://www.aaamath.com/

Triple AAA Math offers all kinds of practice for K-8.

http://www.allmath.com/

K-12 resources, games etc.

Middle/Senior Years Math Sites:

This site is the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives-very helpful if you don’t have access to manipulatives in your building, as well great infusion of technology into math program.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

This site is the Learn Alberta one. Provides excellent interactive video, print sheets, etc. in all grade levels and subject areas. We must register as a guest only.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/

http://cemc.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/index.shtml

This site is called the Wired Math site for grades 7-9, and offers similar activities as above. Also developed out of the University of Waterloo.

http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/wired_math/english/about.shtml

This site is MathCentral, Regina. This site is an excellent site for locating resources, answers to any math questions you may have, problems of the month etc. This site is for all grade levels.

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.php

This site is Daisy math which comes from Australia, for ages 3-12. Variety of activities for students to try, probably more of an “extra” or at home site for practice.

http://www.daisymaths.com.au/aboutme.html

http://www.curriculum.org/lms/tips4rm.html#grade7

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/lms/tips4rm.html#grade78

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/lms/index.html#grade7

http://www.nctm.org/

This site, PBS Online, has a search tool to find activities and lesson plans based on all grade levels from K-12, and topics. A vast resource tool to check out.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/numeracy/project_material.aspx

This is a very worthwhile site for all grade levels. This site includes many interactive activities in all strands to be played online.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/cfmx/edu/core.cfm?p=home.cfm&L=1

http://www.netrox.net/~labush/math.htm

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/math/index.html

http://mathforum.org/teachers/

http://www.webmath.com/index5.html

This site, math webquests, is a great one with explanations of what a webquest is, links to math webquests, links to how to create a webquest etc. Certainly infuses technology into the math program, and kids have a blast participating.

http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/

This site comes out of Saskatoon, and is also full of math webquests for all grade levels, but be prepared to do some looking for those that are still available, and that all links still work. This can be frustrating, as often all but one link will work, but this site does list a lot of them.

http://www.sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/math.htm#Elementary

This site, triple aaa math is another site great to pass on to those parents that want more “homework” (ok, I’m not a big homework person), but if there is internet access at home, this site is broken into grade levels (which may vary some to ours), and includes a wide variety of lesson plans and opportunities for kids to practice.

http://www.aaamath.com/index.html

This site Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators provides an extensive list of links for some very worthwhile math sites, many of which have already been listed.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/math.html

Ok, I don’t know who has this kind of time, but this teacher has a PowerPoint for every learning outcome in her grade 7-math class! Keep in mind that they may not match exactly with our curriculum, but the PowerPoint’s are really very well done, and saves a ton of work by simply downloading. I certainly would have been taking advantage of this site when I was in the classroom with kids. (book the projector for the whole year!!!)

http://angiegallacher.googlepages.com/home

http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/terri.html

This site is a complete site of problems with answer keys to use with your students. Although it says it is for grades 4/5, I would suggest that many of them could be used at a much higher level.

http://www.rhlschool.com/math.htm

This is a cool webquest that your students can do in groups of three. Involves researching place value and designing their own number system. At the time that I found it, all links worked, but as in any webquest, worth checking. Includes the entire activity, black line masters, evaluation etc.

http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html

This is a Canadian Problem Solving site that you simply must check out! It is broken down into specific grade levels, give hints, and solutions. The site is located at St. Francis Xavier University for grades 5-12. Has about 45-50 problems per grade level, so could easily use as a problem of the week.

http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html

This is an interesting site, Countdown, in which specific math concepts are explained through short 4-7 minute video clips. Includes an expansive list of concepts.

http://countdown.luc.edu/index.html

I have no problem finding information from someone else’s hardwork, and the Winnipeg School Division is large enough to have wonderful resources in Math, and all subject areas for that matter. Very worthwhile to check out.

http://www.wsd1.org/PC_Math/

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

A great math dictionary-about grades K-9 or higher?

http://www.ictgames.com/resources

I think this looks like a great site for interactive math activities about K-5 maybe.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/index.html

A really terrific site that has activities for K-Calculus. You could run an entire K-12 school math program from here!

http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects/keyunderstandings.pdf

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/math.html

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/lms/tips4rm.html#grade78

Ontario Senior Years Curriculum documents and resources.

http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/mys/research/MYNRP/webresources.htm

This site comes from the Australian Numeracy Project for Middle Years. I would definitely check this out as it includes some real rich problems solving activities that our kids really need. Open-ended, can be solved in a variety of ways, engage the kids, involve a variety of computations or strands etc.

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/branches/aar/afl/aims_resource.shtml

If you are looking for assessments for your kids, this Saskatchewan site has multiple choice assessments, challenge assessments, and student exemplars of challenges for grades 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10.

http://www.mathcats.com/sitemap.html

This site looks great with a variety of activities for all ages, K and up to about grade 8.

http://www.sasklearning.gov.sk.ca/docs/rubrics/math/mathrubs.html

Online math rubrics that come from Saskatchewan for grades 5, 8 and 11.

http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/

Math webquests to infuse technology into your math class.

http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/index.html

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm

This Cool Math Site has literally 1000’s of sites for games, puzzles, problems etc for K-12 and above. One stop shopping at it’s best!

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

This site is part of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Gives a variety of activities and lessons for K-12 across the strands.

http://www.esd112.org/smerc/mpat_detail.html

This site gives a variety of math performance assessment tasks and rubrics for grades K-10.

http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/resources.html

Many, many online resources for K-12.

http://www.curiousmath.com/index.php?name=Topics

Curious math offers answers to some of those tricks!

http://www.aaamath.com/

Triple AAA Math offers all kinds of practice for K-8.

http://www.edhelper.com/mathbox.htm

Make your own puzzle worksheets!

http://www.allmath.com/

K-12 resources, games etc.

http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/

Math Fun Facts for middle and senior years.

http://quickmath.com/

Solves problems from algebra to calculus. An online calculator.

http://coolmath.com/home.htm

Lots of activities, problems and support for grade 7 and up.

http://www.bmlc.ca/Pre-Calculus%20Math%2040s.html

This site is the BEST for Grade 12 Pre-Calculus, matches Manitoba curriculum.

FINE ARTS

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp_fa.htm

Fine Arts site from British Columbia.

http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/finearts/default.asp

Fine Arts site from Alberta.

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/arts.html

Fine Arts site from Ontario.

https://sapps.ednet.ns.ca/Cart/items.php?CA=2&UID=20071019101940216.55.216.207

Fine Arts site from Nova Scotia.

http://www.nationhood.ca/

Telling Stories: Narratives of nationhood.

http://www.gnb.ca/0000/publications/curric/vacok-8.pdf

Ontario K-8 visual arts outcomes.

http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/sp/shartlist.htm

Fine Arts K-12 site from Newfoundland.

http://www.gov.pe.ca/educ/index.php3?number=74898&lang=E

PEI Arts Ed Site-Music.

http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects/kindergarten.shtml

A Kindergarten Music unit.

http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.asp

Arts Alive-Music. Students learn about the orchestra, composers etc.

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm

The Art Zone—interactive art that you can make online.

http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/index.htm

Articulation—learning to look at art.

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/

Kids learn to look at art in different ways.

http://www.musictheory.net/index.html

This site has a number of lessons in music theory.

http://www.playmusic.org/

A great site for kids to listen to music, write music, play games etc.

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

The San Francisco Symphony Kids Site.

http://www2.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/music.html

One web site full of music resources….many, many links.

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/

K-12 Resources for Music Education.

Senior Years Business Sites:

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp.htm

This is the British Columbia Dept. of Ed Website with curriculums listed

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/business.html

This is the Ontario Dept. of Ed Website with curriculums listed.

http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k%5F12/curriculum/bySubject/cts/

This is the Alberta Dept. of Ed Website with curriculums listed.

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/account/accounting2003/index.html

http://www.sasklearning.gov.sk.ca/branches/curr/evergreen/prac_arts.shtml

These are the Saskatchewan Accounting courses.

https://sapps.ednet.ns.ca/Cart/items.php?CA=3&UID=20071019101940216.55.216.207 These are the Nova Scotia business courses listed.

http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/ed_acc801.pdf

This is the PEI Accounting course.

http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/sp/economic_edu.htm

These are the Newfoundland business courses.

Physical Education/Health Sites:

http://www.mpeta.ca/pd.htm

Manitoba Physical Education Teachers Association

http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/educators/lessons/five-foods/fivefoods-actmeetfoods.as

Educators journey into nutrition.

http://www.olympic.ca/EN/index.shtml

Canadian Olympic Site

http://www.edhelper.com/nutrition.htm

Nutrition theme unit.

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/searchresults.asp?category=52

This site is full of lesson plans and activities for PE Classes K-8.

http://www.wsd1.org/PC_PhysEd/Curriculum%20in%20Motion.htm

The Curriculum in Motion site for each grade level, grade 1-6

http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/

The Sport Manitoba Site.

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=1784

A site full of Field Day activities, for grades K-5.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyschools/foodinschools/index.html

Healthy foods in schools site.

http://www.pembinatrails.ca/program/physicaleducation/

This Pembina Trails Site offers many, many links to great PE-Health sites.

http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyliving/index.html

Manitoba Healthy Living Site.

http://www.pecentral.com/

PE Central offers a large selection of links, resources etc.

http://www.cahperd.ca/

Canadian Association Health and Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

http://www.bam.gov/

BAM-Body and Mind site includes topics in health, physical activity, games, safety etc.

http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/sp/phy_edu.htm

Newfoundland PE Curricula.

http://www.safehealthyschools.org/

Community and Schools Promoting Health.

http://healthteacher.com/

This site has lessons and activities for health classes from K-12.

Technology Sites:

http://www.theteachersguide.com/InteractiveSitesSmartboard.htm

This site gives lots of links for using the smart board in the classroom across the curriculum.

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm

Web quest design patterns.

http://www.geocities.com/GradeOne_ca/Lessons/createyourown.html

Step by step to create your own webpage.

http://webquest.org/index.php

A site dedicated to web quests; explanation, links, and where to find developed web quests.

http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects/medialitmulti.shtml

This is a Curriculum Services Canada Unit that is entitled Media Literacy within the Multicultural Classroom, for Grades 5-8.

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/tech/index.html

This is the MECY link.

http://www.pampetty.com/technology.htm#Social%20Studies

An entire site entitled, Technology in the Classroom.

http://www.mightycool.com/

Making the Web “cool”, full of quotes, jokes and more.

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

This site will make your puzzles customized.

http://ginaotto.com/technologysites.html

A site with many links for K-12 technology sites.

http://www.4teachers.org/

This site is solely dedicated to teaching with technology.

http://www.microsoft.com/Education/LessonPlans.mspx

Microsoft lesson plans for K-12 across the curriculums.

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest-hs-eng.html

A webquest about webquests!

http://www.gamequarium.com/

This is a great game site for K-6. It also includes some really good Technology Tutorials as well for teachers or kids such as Digital Storytelling, Movie Maker 2 etc.

http://www.cpsb.org/resources/cbt/CBT_06-07/station%20activites/Anchoring/description.htm

Link for an activity differentiating instruction using technology.

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic73.htm

Graphic organizers to use in the classroom to help you differentiate the instruction using technology. A great way to infuse technology!

http://www.lmsd.org/staff/techmentor/podcast/DI_Tech_Handout.pdf

Technology and Differentiating Instruction, many links that really infuse technology with best practice in the DI classroom.

http://www.rrsd.mb.ca/rrsd/pages/teachers.html

Rolling River School Division links including some Literacy with ICT links across the subject areas.

Power Mechanics Sites:

http://rbrussell.org/power.html

R B Russell Vocational School-Power Mech Program

http://www.brf.org/curriculum/maps/teched/files/powermech.htm

Black River Falls Power Mechanics course 12.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos198.htm

US Dept. of labor-small engine mechanics.

http://www.abbysenior.com/mechanics/

Automotive Mechanics Department of Victoria High School.

http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k%5F12/curriculum/bySubject/cts/mechanics/

Alberta Mechanics Strand, curriculum documents.

http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/sp/sh/TechEd_Indarts/power_mech_2103/pm2103_full.pdf

Newfoundland power mechanics course outline.

Differentiated Instruction Sites:

http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSpage.html

An online learning tool to determine learning styles.

http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/rfmslibrarylab/di/differentiated_instruction.htm

Must check out—a hotlist of links.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/di.htm

Many more links, online tests for learning styles as well as sample units that are already differentiated.

http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/planning/

How to plan to differentiate instruction: with links to strategies for K-12.

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic73.htm

Graphic organizers to use in the classroom to help you differentiate the instruction using technology. A great way to infuse technology!

http://help4teachers.com/samples2.htm

This site, Dr.Kathy Nunley’s site of Layered Curriculum has literally 100’s and 100’s of lessons at all grade levels across many curricula ALREADY layered for you. Don’t re-do what someone has already done! This site is American however, so history sites reflect that, still a MUST see for resources.

http://wblrd.sk.ca/~bestpractice/index.html

This is a Regina based site, Best Practices for teaching in a differentiated classroom really shows you what it is as well as how assessment looks.

http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html

Wow, a great resource on the Tiered Curriculum for Math, ELA and Science by readiness, interest and learning style for K-10.

http://www.wholeschooling.net/WS/Links/WSCLX3AuthTch.html

This site, Providing Authentic Multi-level Instruction, is full of other great links and one that will support you whether your classes are multi-level or not,

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/virtualwkshp/virtualwkshp006.shtml

A virtual workshop on differentiating instruction in your classrooms. Go through the workshop to learn more.

http://www.funlessonplans.com/reading_lesson_plans/links.htm

Links to many more sites including some on literature circles.

http://www.riveredgeschools.org/Sites/Differientated_Instruction.html

More links, most of which I think have already been listed.

http://www.lmsd.org/staff/techmentor/podcast/DI_Tech_Handout.pdf

Technology and Differentiating Instruction, many links that really infuse technology with best practice in the DI classroom.

LITERACY with ICT - Teacher Picks

The following are teacher tried and true resources that can be used to support Literacy with ICT:

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Spelling Wizard:

This is a fun way to practice spelling or word wall words online. Students can make their own word search or word scramble.

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm

Read-Write-Think:
The student materials in language arts are fantastic, but there are many more topics, activities and links...something for everyone!

http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp

Leveled Reading K-6:
This site has online leveled books for students to read. You need to buy a membership and then it has some neat features, like tracking your students reading and comprehension. http://www.raz-kids.com/

MATH:

Math Manipulatives:

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives features a lot of terrific math activities for your students to practice important skills in number, graphing, patterning, and other areas. We use this site in our numeracy program. http://nlvm.usu.ed u/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Daisy Maths 4:

This is an excellent math program for early years students.

It can be installed on the computers in your classroom or your students' home computers. http://www.daisymaths.com.au/

Base 10 Math:

Check out this excellent program that allows students to break apart and combine base ten blocks. It's great for adding and subtracting! http://arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Historica Canada :

Over 200 lesson plans on various topics dealing with Canadian history and social studies. The website also contains everything you need to know to put on your own Historica Fair. www.histori.ca

Journey North:

In this project, students in grades 3 - 8 track the migratory patterns of different animals species and share their field observations with other classrooms. The project database allows students to search for the sightings of a certain animal and then map its migration route. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

SCIENCE:

CIESE online classroom projects:

Math/Science interdisciplinary projects, grouped into four categories; collaborative projects, partner projects, real-time data projects, and projects using primary sources and archived collections. http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html

GENERAL:

Busy Teacher's Café:

Lots of great resources for K-6 teachers.

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com

Rubrics for Teachers:

Many rubrics for use in early and middle years classrooms.

http://www.rubrics4teachers.com

Log on as a guest and create great printable rubrics for any subject area and grade. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Epals Classroom Exchange:

The site offers collaborative projects that students can join, as well as tools for creating projects and contacting other students worldwide. The projects cover all curricula and span many age groups. You must register your class to do this, but there is no charge. http://www.epals.com

Gaggle Student Email:

This is a great site to obtain free email service for your class. It is safe and easy to use. It has a great filtering system. http://www.gaggle.net

PLACES FOR KIDS

Room 108 an educational activity centre for kids
First Student Kids Fun and Games for Kids
K-8 Kids Place

ASSESSMENT

Fort la Bosse Student Assessment and Evaluation Manual

http://www.flbsd.mb.ca/DivisionInfo/Policy/Teacher%20Supervision_Evaluation%20May,%202001.pdf

Fort la Bosse Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/classroom_assessment/abouthand.htm

BC classroom assessment descriptions

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/perf_stands/

British Columbia performance standards for reading, writing, numeracy, social responsibility and ICT integration.

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reportcards/templates/

BC Report Cards

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/assess/index.html

Manitoba Assessment and Evaluation Page

http://www.gov.pe.ca/educ/index.php3?number=74874&lang=E

Pan Canadian Assessment Site

http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/archive.php

Many, many rubrics to choose from.

http://cms.curriculum.edu.au/assessment/default.asp

An assessment for learning site from Australia.

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/index_e.php

This New Zealand site gives a number of curriculum exemplars for all core subjects.

http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/k_12/testing/achievement/default.asp#previoustests

Alberta assessment site-includes narrative writing exemplars for grades 3, 6, and 9.

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/orbit/classroom_assess_editor.html

Orbit magazine with a number of articles on assessment.

http://www.aac.ab.ca/assesspublic.html

Assessment material from Alberta with rubrics from many subject areas and grade levels. A very worthwhile read.

http://www.lrsd.net/N4/420.asp

Louis Riel School Division Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting for K-12.

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/progplan912curr.pdf

The Ontario curriculum 9-12, Program Planning and Assessment.

http://www.curriculum.org/tcf/teachers/projects/assessment.pdf

A model of standards based assessment.

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.97/gauthier2.html

Performance stations in math.

http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/endofyear/personalcomments061400.html

Report card comments.

http://www.bigwave.com.au/reports/bigsample.html

More report card comments for specific subjects.

http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/tools/assessment/

The Canadian Teacher-Assessment Generators.

http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/tips/i-search/dailyassm.html

Daily assessment tools such as exit slips, reflective paragraphs, sentence starters for learning logs etc.

http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Evaluation/Alternative_Assessment.html

Alternative forms of assessment.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Kathy Schrock offers many assessment tools on this site with an explanation of each.

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/webdesign/assessment_techniques.html

Assessment tools and techniques that can be implemented effortlessly.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/teachertools.htm#assess

Many, many assessment tools and links.

http://www.uncp.edu/etc/webpage/assessment_(classroom).html

Descriptions of a variety of assessment tools and strategies.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#assessment

This site offers some excellent information on classroom based assessment, rubrics, tests, etc.

http://www.rubrician.com/

Links and samples of many, many rubrics across all subject areas.

http://www.frontiersd.mb.ca/divisional.asp?MainSubCatID=88

Frontier School Division’s Reading and Writing Continuum K-8.

http://www.hsd.ca/curriculumsupport/literacy/literacy.html

Hanover School Division’s Reading and Writing Continuum K-

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Professional Development Opportunities

BER Session: Motvating the Unmotivated with Chick Moorman: December 18, 2008, Location: Holiday Inn South, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Costs: $239.00

Sane Activities-different goals: with Dr. Pat Mirenda: January 22 and 23rd, 2009, Sun Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sponsored by: MTS.

Differentiatied Assessment and Grading: Rick Wormeli, February 19, 2009. Location and costs yet to be announced.

Celebrating Exceptional Children: Conference 2009: Sponsored by the Manitoba Council for Exceptional Children, February 19-21st, 2009 Featuring such speakers as Kate Thomsen, Dawn Reithaug, Dr. Scott Larson and John Poyser, Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Costs: $235.00 non-member, $180.00 memebers, Deadline for registraiton is February 2, 2009.

BYTE Conference: Workshops Supporting Literacy with Information and Communication Technology in K-12 Classrooms: Featuring Keynote Speaker: Andy McKiel and many breakout sessions, Locations: Minnedosa Collegiate and Tanner's Crossing Schools, Minnedosa, Manitoba, February 27th, 2009, Costs: $40.00.

BER Session: Strengthening Your Students' Writing Using the SIX TRAITS (grades 6-12) with Sam Rabiola: March 3, 2009, Location: Holiday Inn South, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Costs: $239.00

Beyond the 3 R's: Sponsored by MTS: Over 25 different sessions featuring Avis Glaze and Michelle Dasgnino as keynote speakers. April 8-9th 2009, Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Costs: Full Registration: $349.00

Resource and Aspiring Resource Teachers: Pfast sponsored session with Sherri Lynne Skorchuck presenting., April 20, 2009. Location and costs yet to be determined.

The Annual Student Services Forum: Working Toward Universal Design for Learning: Sponsored by MECY and Student Services Administrators Association of Manitoba: May 8, 2009 Location: Canad Inns--Club Regent, Costs: none and lunch will be provided!

Pillars of Leadership: Respect, Relationships and Responsibility: CAP Conference: May 13-15, 2009 Location: Delta Hotel, Winnipeg Manitoba. More info to come.

Differentiated Instruction PD Conference: September 28th and 29th, 2009 with Dr, Dianne Heacox presenting on day 1, and a variety of break-out sessions on Day 2. Location: Westman Cenntenial Auditorium.Registrants will be eligible for ether Special Ed or Principal/Admin Credit at the competion of both days. More info to come.