All students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. Common Sense Education has created a variety of student-friendly K–12 Digital Citizenship resources. They...

• Addresses top concerns for schools.

• Prepares students with critical 21st-century skills.

• Supports educators with training and recognition.

• Engages the whole community through family outreach.

 Free lessons for grades K–12

• Grades: K-2

• Grades: 3-5

• Grades: 6-8

• Grades: 9-12

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• Apps & Websites - In-depth reviews of edtech tools by Common Sense reviewers

• Tips and resources

• Free Back-to-School Resources for Grades K–12. (From AI to cellphone bans, being thoughtful about kids' media and tech use has never been more important.)

• Family Resources

Here are some examples of digital tools and online platforms that can be used for the "Give Me Five" strategy to allow students to submit their understanding levels anonymously or in real-time:

• Plickers: Plickers (https://www.plickers.com/) is a free student response system that uses printable card sets and a mobile app. Students can hold up their assigned card with the appropriate letter/number facing the teacher, who scans the room with the app to record responses anonymously.

• Mentimeter: Mentimeter (https://www.mentimeter.com/) is a popular online platform for interactive presentations and real-time polling. Teachers can create questions, and students can submit their understanding levels using their devices, either anonymously or with names attached.

• Kahoot!: While primarily known for gamified quizzes, Kahoot! (https://kahoot.com/) also offers a polling feature called "Kahoot! Ask." Teachers can pose questions, and students can respond in real-time using their devices, with the option to display responses anonymously or labeled.

• Google Forms: Google Forms (https://www.google.com/forms/about/) can be used to create simple polls or surveys for students to indicate their understanding levels. Responses can be collected anonymously or with identifying information, depending on the form settings.

• Socrative: Socrative (https://www.socrative.com/) is a student response system that allows teachers to create quizzes, polls, and exit tickets. Students can respond using devices, and the teacher can view responses in real-time or review them later.

• Pear Deck: Pear Deck (https://www.peardeck.com/) is an interactive presentation tool that integrates with Google Slides and allows teachers to embed questions and polls. Students can respond anonymously or with their names using their devices.

• Formative: Formative (https://goformative.com/) is a comprehensive classroom assessment platform that includes tools for creating and administering polls, exit tickets, and other formative assessments. Student responses can be anonymous or identified.

When using digital tools or online platforms it's essential to consider factors such as student access to devices, internet connectivity, and the platform's compatibility with the school's technology infrastructure. Additionally, teachers should ensure that students understand how to use the chosen tool and feel comfortable submitting their responses anonymously or with their names attached.

A comprehensive guide on digital literacy, particularly how gamification can positively impact learning for children and adults. This resource aims to empower families with powerful education tools and modern methods to enhance learning motivations.

Some topics included in this guide:

• • Importance of digital literacy in the modern age 

  • How gaming improves digital literacy

  • Using gaming for digital literacy among children, adults, and English Language Learners

  • Special considerations for gaming as a tool

  • More resources on gaining digital literacy

 **Thank you to Angelo Chongco for recommending this resource.

Free Resources to Support Remote Learning

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• Literacy

• Math

• Teacher Wellness

• Patterns of Power

• Teacher's Toolkit for Independent Reading

• Facilitating Rich Math Tasks Remotely with Graham Fletcher

• Who's Doing the Work Lesson Sets

• The Daily CAFE

• Miscellaneous

The Global Oneness Project (globalonenessproject.org)

The Global Oneness Project is an amazing multimedia platform which offers free multicultural stories and accompanying lesson plans as pedagogical tools to inspire growing minds (Gr 4-12). You will find collections of films, photo essays, and articles that consider cultural, social, and environmental issues from around the world with a humanistic lens. Some topics: Migration, Climate Change, Indigenous Cultures, Nature, Inspiring People, and Creativity.

Aligned to National Standards and Frameworks, their curriculum content contains an interdisciplinary approach to learning and facilitates the development of active, critical thinking. Their films and lessons have been featured on National Geographic, PBS, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Smithsonian.

Wide Open School features a free collection of the best learning experiences and activities for children, organized by grade band and subject. You will also find daily schedules with creative breaks and recommendations to keep kids engaged and exploring, one day (or one hour) at a time. [Common Sense Education] 

• Digital Passport: award-winning suite of six interactive games addresses key issues kids face in today's digital world. (K-3)

Brain Pop offers a wide variety of learning materials in all subject areas and all grade levels.

BrainPOP is now offering free access for schools and families impacted by school closures

BrainPOP Jr. (K-3)     BrainPOP ELL

• This site offers a collection of resources to help support learning while families are home due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the suspension of in-class instruction. 

• A preliminary list of free resources teachers, parents and student may want to choose from to support family learning. Many are always free, but some are only being provide at no cost during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. This site will be updated frequently as we identify more resources and new information to share. 

• Keep Learning | K-12 Resources

PBS KIDS aims to improve educational outcomes for young children. It is committed to supporting the entire ecosystem in which children learn, which relies on their parents, caregivers and teachers — as well as local organizations that support education, including PBS member stations. This community-based approach is grounded in research that shows that when the adults in their lives are engaged, kids’ learning outcomes improve.

EMOTIONS & SELF-AWARENESS | SOCIAL SKILLS | CHARACTER | LITERACY | MATH | SCIENCE | ARTS

Learning Creative Learning:  A community of educators, designers, and tinkerers exploring creative learning through projects, passion, peers, and play

• Previous materials are still available here.

Each day NatGeo@Home offers new quizzes, videos, science experiments, and even at-home classroom resources. Ideas and activities for parents and kids to experience together. 

• Grade K-2 Lessons for Young Learners: Biology, Ecology, Earth Science, Geography, Physical Geography, Social Studies

• Grade 3-5 Skill Building Exploration: Biology, Ecology, Conservation, Earth Science, Climatology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Geography, Physical Geography

• Grade 6-12 Interactives, Short lessons, Full Units: Biology, Ecology, Conservation, Earth Science, Climatology, Geology, Geography, Physical Geography, Social Studies

• Hands on Activities to Do Outside

• Kindergarten Home Learning Ideas - Fine Arts, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Phys Ed. @klirenman / www.klirenman.com]

• Grade 1 Home Learning Ideas - Fine Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Phys Ed. [Thank you to @klirenman / www.klirenman.com]

• Grade 2 Home Learning Ideas - Fine Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Phys Ed. @klirenman / www.klirenman.com]

• Grade 3 Home Learning Ideas - Fine Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies. @klirenman / www.klirenman.com]

• SD 73 Kamloops/Columbia Parent Resource Page - (K-12) There are numerous links to blogs and virtual tours to be explored, including museums, NASA and Smithsonian collections. Links to astronauts reading books to kids and access to free ebooks and audiobooks. There’s even a link to the Paris Opera, which will be live streaming performances. 

• Getting Started with myNelson Resources Open Access - (K-12) Nelson Publishing is providing open access to a variety of student resources to support at home learning via myNelson. Access to myNelson will be available at no cost until June 30, 2020. They will be continuously adding more resources. 

• 5 Home Learning Experiences for the Elementary Grades [Edutopia] - Activities that incorporate speaking and listening, reading and writing, math, music, science, art, and drama—and are parent-friendly.

• How to Teach Kids About Money - [Annuity.org] (K-12) - Teaching kids about money when they’re young lays the foundation for responsible money management later in life. Children whose parents emphasize the importance of financial literacy and encourage them to spend and save thoughtfully develop a healthy perspective on money.

• Learn How to Tie All the Knots That Every Camper Should Know - [non screen activity] This short instructional video from Michael McQuilton of MCQ Bushcraft includes demonstrations of several knots that help simplify life in the outdoors (ie. securing tarps, hammocks and more). 

• Parents are looking to you (now more than ever) to help guide their children so they don’t fall behind. And we know as teachers that the most important thing a child can do each day to help them succeed is to read. Share this free video series with parents to help students build stamina for reading at home.

• Scholastic Learn at Home. Day by day projects to keep children reading, thinking and growing.

• PreK-Kindergarten | Grades 1 and 2 | Grades 3-5 | Grades 6-9

POPEY is a British Columbia Ministry of Education Outreach Program for the Early Years POPEY’s mandate is to increase K-3 educators’ capacity to support all primary English literacy learners, particularly diverse and struggling students in the classroom. 

• Home Learning Resources

• Resources & Support

• Read*Draw*Create*YouTube Community hosts a variety of videos by children's book authors and illustrators to support literacy.

• Kids Ask Authors (subscribe here!) is a weekly 5-10-minute podcast where children’s book author/illustrator Grace Lin and a guest author answer one question from a child reader. Most episodes will end with a book review, poem, short story or a joke by kids! They are always collecting submissions from kids! If you know a kid that has something to share, please encourage them! We’d love to hear from them!

Submit a question HERE!

ReadWriteThink hosts a wide variety of resources for teachers and parents

Classroom Ressources:

• Lesson Plans

• Student Interactives

• Mobile Apps

• Calendar Activities

• Printouts

Parent and After School Activities

• Kindergarten

• Grades 1 - 2

• Grades 3 - 4

• Grades 5 - 6

• Grades 7 - 8

• Publisher Guidelines on Fair Use for Online Storytimes & Read-Alouds during COVID-19 School Closures

Grades K-12

• Poetry Ideas - (K-12) Poetry ideas for ways to start writing! Perfect for teachers, students, and budding poets. Also, there are more basic Poem Starters for Younger Writers or Older Writers.

Grades 1-4

• Writing Camp with Hoppy and Ranger - 22 Sessions - Teacher and writer Tammy Mulligan has generously pledged to support writers at home with an ongoing virtual writing camp. Tammy’s lessons are engaging and intended for writers grades 1-4. She has linked a Padlet on which she posts her own writing and allows students to do the same (should they wish to do so – it is completely student-safe).  Students that post writing can even receive feedback from her! Check it out 

Grades 3-5

• Printable graphic novel/comic templates - From author Jarrett Lerner, writers can create conversations for characters, comic book drawings, silly illustrations, etc. on a variety of click and print images or templates.

• Melanie Meehan’s Writing Workshop Resources - Author, teacher, and Two Writing Teachers co-author Melanie Meehan has generously collected, curated, and posted an impressive array of Writing Units of Study resources for upper grade writers.  Melanie’s collection includes both videos and charts.

• Paula Chase offers a mini-writing exercise to help students build stories around their unique traits.

• Author Michelle Cusolito shares a min-lesson to help writers add more sensory details to their writing

• Author and illustrator Jess Keating discusses where ideas for stories come from.

• Author Lynn Plourde shares tips on starting an observation notebook.

• Joyce Sidman shares an amazing collection of poem starters for beginning poets.

• Author Madelyn Rosenberg shares a collection of writing prompts.

• Author Victoria Coe has a playlist of writing lessons for kids with 25 lessons.

Grades 6-8

• Extreme writing - (Gr 4-9)… is a variation on journaling that students love. It builds fluency (writing quickly) and ideation (getting ideas quickly). 

• Diary writing prompt with Veera Hiranandani

• Author Erin Entrada Kelly shares the contents of her notebooks

• Christina Soontornvat shares how she came up with the idea for her new middle grade fantasy novel, A WISH IN THE DARK.

• Author Elly Swartz shares tips on how to use emotion in your life to create authentic characters.

• Chris Tebbetts shares a lesson on how to create a good beginning for a story.

• Chris Tebbets gives a writing workshop called Four Elements of Character.

• Author Liz Garton Scanlon shares a video lesson on writing an ETHEREE — a ten line poem in which each line is one syllable longer than the last.

• Here’s a poetry lesson from Kathryn Apel – writing a didactic cinquain! 

• If you’re stuck at home, it’s a great time to start a writer’s notebook! Author & Poet Amy Ludwig VanDerwater has a whole collection of posts from different writers, called “Sharing Our Notebooks.” 

• Author and poet Laura Shovan shares a collection of poetry mini-lessons on her website! 

• Tracey Baptiste shares a lesson on comparative mythology.

• Audible/ an Amazon Company Stories Help - (K-12) Kids can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. 

• Keeping Story Time Alive in the Pandemic [Edutopia] Story time is a powerful tool for helping preschool and elementary kids and their families feel connected during distance learning.

Grade K-3

• Story Studio at Home: A set of read aloud links (K-3)

• Beginning Reads by Text Project: (K-3) Texts for beginning readers with an emphasis on phonically regular words to allow readers to successfully apply their letter-sound knowledge. Free books can be downloaded and printed or read on iBooks. Includes follow-up resources for teachers and parents to extend learning

• Capstone Interactive: (K-3) Teachers sign up for a free account during COVID 19 so they can provide a standard username and log in info to kids who can then access guided reading style texts. Emphasis on non-fiction texts with real pictures.

• Raz - Kids: (K-3) Free, full access to literacy resources for the remainder of the school year. A supplemental tool.

• Headsprout: (K-3) Free, full access to this reading program for the remainder of the school year. It includes interactive online episodes to teach students reading fundamentals and comprehension skills. A supplemental tool.

Grade 4-7

• Newsela: (Gr 4-7) (free until end of June) - free news articles & text sets - 5 reading levels for each article

• Tumble Books: (Gr 4-7) This is Tumble Books for older students - middle to high school: Teen Book Cloud Graphic novels, novels, audiobooks at many reading levels appropriate for upper intermediate to grade 12.

• Read Works: (Gr 4-7) Short non-fiction & fiction passages & texts with comprehension questions

• Tween Tribune: (Gr 4-7) Smithsonian Junior: Short reads in varying text complexity on a variety of topics

• Common Lit: (Gr 4-7) Short literary & informational texts with comprehension questions. Gr. 3 -12. All subjects. Paired Text sets. Suggests texts to pair with popular books. Discussion questions. Related video, audio & other multimedia connections. Parent Guide - outlines what students are doing in class

• Reading for fun links curated list (Gr 4-7) for students to use to enjoy online reading 

100% free | Find standards-aligned content | Assign practice exercises, videos and articles | Track student progress

• Math by grade

• How can Khan Academy be used for remote learning during school closures?

• Into Math Help and Practice Online is a Free online math help website, containing well-structured math video lessons, notes, online math problems and math practice 

ABCYa is a collection of Math and Literacy games for all Grade levels. 

PRE-K; Gr K; Gr 1; Gr 2; Gr 3 Gr 4 Gr 5 Gr 6+

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Math At Home

• Feature packed math activities with activities and games suitable for learners to work on at home without a teacher. LINK

• Activities for Ages 3-5 | Activities for Ages 5-7 | Activities for Ages 7-11 | Maths at Home 

• The NRICH Maths Fair is a set of free, hands-on resources. They are designed to be set out simultaneously around a room for children to engage with and move around freely. However, they can be used in a variety of ways and settings, including at home with family members.

Youcubed provided a variety Math Problems/Tasks for all grades. Curated by Jo Boaler and Stanford Graduate School of Education | 100% free

• Math Resources.     Youcubed Facebook.     Jo Boaler Twitter

• Advice for Parents, from Professor Jo Boaler

• The site also has a free student online math course.

• Data Talks: Data talks are short 5-10 minute classroom discussions to help students develop data literacy. 

Some Non-Screen Activities

• Neighbourhood Numbers (K-5): As you are walking with your child there are many conversations you can have about the numbers on the houses and apartments around you. You can ask: What is that number? How do you say it? Are the numbers getting bigger or smaller? By how much? What do you think the next number will be? What do you notice about the numbers on the other side of the street? Are there any patterns? Where are the even numbers? Odd? How do they increase? Is there a starting point?

• Nim Games (3-12): Mathematical games are often simple to play, but hard to master and Nim Games are no exception. You only need a handful of beans or coins to play but with so many variations, Nim Games can bring entertainment for hours. 

• Finger Painting (K-8): Is there really mathematics in finger painting? Yes, of course there is! From finger discrimination and counting to systems thinking about mixing colours this art activity includes mathematics at every stage.

• Estimating (K-12): Estimating might sound like an activity from young children, and although it is fantastic for them to estimate how many pieces of candy are in a jar or how many crackers come in a box, older students can also benefit from these and take them to the next level. 

• Emoji Graph (K-12): Lessons

• How Tall Is That Tree? (2-12): How many times have you come across a tree and thought: that tree is humongous? What do you measure with? Have a discussion with family and friends when outside about different strategies to determine the height of trees you’re curious about.

• Fraction Hunt (2-6): Fractions are all around us! Walk around the house, yard, and neighbourhood with your child. Where do you see fractions? What would you call one part of the whole? What if the objects are different sizes? Can they still be represented as a fraction? 

• Apple Orchard (4-12): This layout based on how apple trees are planted in orchards leads to some interesting explorations of area, patterns, and growth rates. Younger students can model the situation with beads or beans, while older students can graph the growth rates they find.

• Pixel Art On Windows (K-12): We've been inspired by the beautiful art many people are making on their windows with sticky notes or squared pieces of paper to cheer up their neighbours during this time. In this task, we explore some of the math involved and pose a challenge for students to tackle.

Source: Richmond School Board Blog: BC 2020 Continuity of Learning

Weekly Math Plans

• Weekly math tasks for each of the following grade bands: K-2, grades 3-5, grades 6&7. These will include five tasks for each week connected to one foundational math concept and big idea with connections to BC curricular content and competencies. They are intended to be shared with families as one choice for their week’s learning opportunities in mathematics.

• Grades K-2

  • SD38_K-2_Math_1Download

  • SD38_K-2_Math_2Download

• Grades 2&3

  • SD38_2&3_Math_1Download

  • SD38_2-3_Math_2Download

• Grades 3-5

  • SD38_3-5_Math_1Download

  • SD38_3-5_Math_2Download

• Grades 6&7

  • SD38_6-7_Math_1Download

  • SD38_6-7_Math_2Download

• Grades 8&9 (developed by Shaheen Musani)

  • SD38_Math8-1_Surface_Area-1Download

  • SD38_Math9-1-Scale_FactorsDownload

Instructional Routines

• Information about instructional routines such as fraction tasks, number talk images, etc. Links to websites where teachers can download images and tasks to share with students are provided.

  • SD38_Routines_NumberTalkImagesDownload

  • SD38_Routines_WODBDownload

  • SD38_Routines_CountingCollectionsDownload

Math Games

• Math games that focus on foundational concepts and computational fluency that can be used across the grades and require very few materials

  • SD38_Sum_What_Math_GameDownload

  • SD38_Salute_Math_GameDownload

  • SD38_Place_the-Digits_GameDownload

  • SD38_Roll-Add-and-Graph-Dice-GameDownload

  • SD38_Roll-and-Build_Dice_GameDownload

Online Resources

• Documents with vetted online resources to support your instruction including instructional routines and math problems and tasks that you can use to provide parents with daily or weekly tasks; curated resources being made available by publishers and other organizations; curated list of online learning experiences for students

  • JN_Online_Instructional_ResourcesDownload

  • JN_Online_Learning_Experiences_for_StudentsDownload

To Share with Families

• Documents created specifically to share with with families, most with an elementary focus; lists of suggested games and online learning opportunities as well as ways to engage in mathematical thinking at home in the kitchen, through sports, connections to art, etc.

  • SD38_math_families_springDownload

  • SD38_math_families_winterDownload

  • BC_ENP_mathforfamilies-englishDownload

  • BC_ENP_mathforfamilies-chineseDownload

  • BC_ENP_mathforfamilies-punjabiDownload

• Facilitating Rich Math Tasks Remotely Podcast: Graham Fletcher talks about remote ways to facilitate 3-Act Math Tasks. Learn ways that allow you to connect with your students, create spaces for them to share their ideas, and engage students in productive math thinking from home.

• A variety of Mathematics Blackline Masters Grades P to 9

• Creating an Inviting Virtual Math Classroom [Edutopia] Focusing on connections—both conceptual and interpersonal—helps teachers work well together to create engaging math work for students.

• Delta Learn Online Primary Math for Fun: A curated list of sites that parents can use to support their child deepening their understanding of numbers through online and offline games and activities at home.

• Mathology Little Books: Simple online tool with rich math activities

• Math At Home - Daily Math Activities and other printable resources. The Daily Math Activities introduces math routines and exploring math in the home. Great examples and ideas provided for easy to implement learning. 

• Pirate Math Equation Quest: (K-3) an extension of the Pirate Math program developed by Vanderbilt University. Includes: single-digit and double-digit additive and multiplicative word problems that include four schemas: Total, Difference, Change, and Equal Groups. It is now available online for free, including the manuals and training videos. Download now while it’s available. 

• Delta Learn Online Math for Fun: (Gr 4-7) A curated list of sites that parents can use to support their child practicing math and problem solving at home through online and offline games and activities.

• Nelson Canada: (Gr 4-7) Access to all of Nelson’s Math & Science resources.

• SD38 Math Resources: (Gr 4-7) A starter collection of K-7 weekly plans, instructional routines, math games, resources to share with parents and a link to additional vetted online resources. 

Bill Nye the Science Guy website offers all of the original Bill Nye The Science Guy series. Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world.

Presented by News Corp Australia. Child friendly articles across most subject areas

• Reading Levels - Green | Orange | Red

• Teacher’s Guide

The Kid Should See This is an unprecedented collection of 4,300+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home. And thanks to our members, it’s free for everyone.

Selections are grown-up-friendly, too. TKSST champions smart STEAM, history, and culture-focused content by museums, organizations, and creators who celebrate curiosity, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, kindness, and other essential themes for all ages.

Crash Course Kids is a collection of short videos discussing Earth science, physical science, biology, astronomy, and engineering at the Grade 4-6 grade level. Science focus: Engineering, Earth Science, Life Science, Physical Science & Space Science

• The American Chemical Society provides a series of fun experiments that are easy to perform at home.

• 37 Cool Science Experiments for Kids to Do at Home

• The New England Aquarium shares videos of animal feedings and other aquarium work along with at-home science projects and activities.

• Kid’s Activity Blog - (K-12) Kids Activities have activity ideas for all personality types and skill level. Indoor activities, outside activities, games, crafts, and even screen-time recommendations. Check out these links!

• The site has compiled a comprehensive list of other educational apps that are currently available for free.  

• BC-SPCA Learn from Home - (K-12) The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Specially has designed activities to entertain animal-loving children while they explore interesting and important ideas about all things animals. New activities will be added weekly 

• Join their private Facebook group 

Drawing & Art (K-3)

• LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems! For little artists (of all ages) out there, Kennedy Centre Artist in Residence Mo Willems is doing live lunch video doodles daily at 1pm. 

Drawing & Art (Gr 3-5)

• Author Jarrett Krosoczka’s Free Webcast: For those writers who aspire to create their own graphic novels or comics, they can find a wonderful lesson posted each weekday on Jarrett Krosoczka’s Youtube channel. Drawing tutorials will be posted for at least a couple of weeks.

• Instructables: lots of ways to make things - with clear instructions alongside video or images

• Illustrator Jarrett Lerner shares drawing tips and techniques.

• Author-illustrator Lita Judge shares a video about how a sketching trip inspired one of her picture books.

• Author-illustrator James Burks shares a video lesson on how to draw Squirrel from his graphic novel series, Bird and Squirrel!

• Author-illustrator Karen Romano Young shares a video doodling tutorial.

Drawing & Art (Gr 6-8)

• Illustrator Kelley McMorris shares a video about how she illustrates a book cover.

• School Physical Activity and Physical Literacy Project - Classroom Resources - This site hosts a variety of Physical Activity and Physical Literacy resources

• How to Help Students Improve Executive Functioning During Hybrid Learning | Edutopia| March 18, 2021 | Students who struggle with executive functioning may find hybrid learning difficult, but there are simple ways to make it easier.

• Go Noodle - Short movement breaks with easy dance moves and great messages

• Cosmic Kids -  Yoga led by a dynamic storyteller

• Zumba Kids - Zumba for kids by Go Noodle 

• Headspace - Meditation for Kids

• Learning Station - Great brain breaks for primary students!

• Anxiety Canada - Information and activities to help children cope with anxiety; includes several app suggestions 

• CASEL - Ideas and resources for both caregivers and educators

• SEL Resources with links to free printables for a variety of SEL-related topics (eg. self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, etc.)

• Mindful Lessons: MindUP - MINDUP Lesson 1 begins with How Our Brains Work, followed by: awareness, listening, seeing, smelling, tasting, movement, optimism, and more. 

Grade 4-7

• PE with Joe Playlist: (Gr 4-7) Join Joe everyday for a 30 minute home workout aimed at kids.

• Avengers HIIT Fitness Warm Up: (Gr 4-7) offers choice of activities for set periods of time

• Pass The Cup - Zoom Challenge : (Gr 4-12) - A fun cooperative game to play with a class on Zoom.

• Fit Dice: (Gr 4-7) Use dice to determine what exercise and how many reps

• Sworkit: (Gr 4-7) Kids is an exercise and fitness app aimed at students in elementary and middle school, though it can be used for students of all ages and even adults. The app guides students through exercise routines focusing on strength, agility, flexibility, and balance, such as doing the crab crawl, squats, or side plank.  You can also create your own workout.

• Jump It: (Gr 4-7) A jump rope app with over 50 individual and group task cards (apple / android). No rope? Here’s a DIY project. 

• Stigma-Free COVID-19 Youth Wellness Toolkit (Gr 4-12) The Stigma-Free Society is a Canadian Charity registered since 2010. The new COVID-19 based Online Wellness Program has been created to answer the call of supporting youth mental health at home. 

When seeking out STEM resources, you need go no farther than your public library. The "Free STEM Resources Provided By Public Libraries" site delves into the definition of STEM and the array of free STEM resources in libraries for K-12 students.  

Introducing Young Minds to Coding is a website that supports educators in introducing students to coding. The site explains:

• • The benefits to early exposure to coping

  • Teaching Coding to young minds

  • Age appropriate introduction to coding

  • Addressing challenges in introducing coding to young learners

Nasa for Students has a variety of STEM and Space Science information and activities for children for all age groups. Besides a variety of space/STEM topics, there are videos, image galleries, podcasts and more. 

Let's Invent with Frankie Sparks is a video that asks students to solve a problem relating to having a class pet. Megan Frazer Blakemore describes the design process and encourages students to use it to invent a solution when solving their class pet problem. It's a cool project that students can do at home. They could even try to build their invention.

• What Is a STEM Degree?: STEM degrees encompass a vast array of disciplines that are critical to driving innovation, solving complex problems, and advancing technology across various industries.  **Thank you to Ms. Cooper and her homeschool student Jamie for recommending this resource.

• Inspirational STEM Movies and TV Shows to Supplement Your Student's Learning: This guide by Octain Seating covers and summarizes significant movies and TV shows that can inspire students to learn more about the STEM fields. It also directs readers to additional resources for further STEM learning.

• 3 Tips for Humanizing Digital Pedagogy

• Remote Learning with Seesaw - Resources designed to support schools, educators, and families who want to use Seesaw for remote learning.

• Teach From Home - Google digital Resources - A temporary hub of information and Google tools to help teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

• Scratch - (K-7) is a great resource that has always been free. With this MIT-developed tool, kids can learn the basics of coding (and you can learn right alongside them!) It has guides to help you get started and you can make games, animations, and interactive stories, and then share them with the community. 

• Learn Use Grow - A Blog that harness the power of technology to empower students.

• Formative Assessment in Distance Learning [Edutopia] Formative assessment at a distance is challenging but possible, and we still need to check for understanding and provide meaningful feedback....

Source: New BC Rubrics K-12 (Drafts, Sept. 2019)

• ELA_rubrics.docx - Download File

• Math_rubrics.docx - Download File

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