Great+Web+Sites

General
[|Ontario Educational Resource Bank] Username & Password (see Librarian if you do not know) Over 26,000 lessons on-line for teachers from K - Gr. 12

[|Learn 360] Over 9,000 video titles and 28.000 video clips for you to use in your classroom. Search by subject, grade level, media format or by provincial standards. Username and Password (see Librarian if you do not know)

[|Curriculum Services Canada]: Provides Classroom resources and Professional Learning (lots of fantastic webinars)

[] A wonderful website for math, language and other curriculum areas. Great games to use for teaching. It is a UK site though, so there are some differences from Canada. I (Aileen) use "Stage 2" for grade 3.

[|Capacity Building Series] (Ontario Ministry of Education) [|What works? Research into Practice] (Ontario Ministry of Education)

Language
[] K to Grade 4: Excellent Interactive Activities for Making Connections, Summarzing, Visualizing, Questions...etc. etc. * FREE Teacher Resources: Posters, Strategy Songs,   * A Discussion Forum [] **K - Gr. 12 Excellent resource for writing**! Focuses on the writing traits; connections to picture books, etc. [|http://abralite.concordia.ca] **K - Grade 2 Excellent professional site! Highly interactive, evidence based literacy tool for teachers, students and parents. Skills support phonological awareness, reading fluency, comprehension and writing development.** [] Reading strategies, poetry, author studies, rubrics, etc. [] Gr. 1 & 2: great site for making connections ** [] ** Primary and Junior: Strategies/ activities to promote creative and critical thinking.

Math
[|Illuminations] (U.S.-National Council of Teachers of Math): over 600 lessons K - 12 and over 100 online activities

K to Gr. 8 - large list of links to recommended math sites K to Gr. 8 - a large list of links to recommended math sites [] Primary and Junior: Interactive math games and activities

[] Primary and Junior math using literature.

[|www.xtramath.org]

**Visual Arts**
[] (Arts and Crafts ideas for most grade levels, organized by media used OR seasonal) [|www.osea.on.ca/publication.html] Ontario Art Education Website: includes unit plans for each grade level.

Physical Education
[] Ophea Health and Physical Education Curriculum Resources Password: (See Librarian if you don't know) [|http://www.ciraontario.com/ehr/page/free_downloads#circle] Lots of games and other resources

Media Literacy/ Technology
[] Excellent professional resource to promote critical thinking about media! Over 200 lesson plans - you can search by Grade and by topic.

====[|Passport to the Internet]: Jr. and Intermediate - An interactive simulation for students designed to increase students awareness of the potential problems of using social media websites, helping students learn how to protect themselves by limiting the amount of personal information they divulge. Username and Password (see Librarian) ====

http://tech2learn.wikispaces.com Excellent resource from Brenda Sherry - Technology Consultant for the Board: includes Media Literacy and how to use: Smartboards, Voicethread, Twitter, podcasts, etc.

Environment
[] Inquiry-based learning- has integrated learning, has experiential learning and has elements of stewardship - all of which add up to "Environmental Inquiry." There are examples from early primary, late primary and junior grades.  Social Studies [] Oxfam Mapping Our World (8-14 year-olds): explores relationships between maps and globes, and how different projections influence our perception of the world. Various lesson levels.

Science
[|www.mrcollinson.ca] (for Grades 1 - 4: includes lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, tests and rubrics)

Special Education
[] This website is part of the Ontario Teacher's Federation and their Gateway to Special Education. It has a lot of information on teaching strategies related to student needs, exceptionalities and diagnosed conditions (both general and specific)

[] This website is a great starting point for parents and teachers to learn about and access some of the programs and services being offered locally for children (0-18) who have developmental, physical and /or communication delays or disabilities. KidsAbility offer services such as assessment, individual therapy, group therapy, parent education, home programming, consultation, and community training. []

This website has loads of free program resources, switch and touch screen videos and interactive talking story books suitable for Smartboard. There are also many computer based resources for students to access and complete independently. [] Many tutorials and resources to support special needs students ( or other students, ESL, nonreader) who may benefit from picture clues etc. It can be used to create visuals and lots of different visual schedules, first/then boards etc. Many of the examples may focus on very young students however, it is a great site to explore because many recommendations can be used in a variety of contexts. Go to the "Supported Inclusion" zone and there are templates that can be adapted for multiple uses. The visual pictures are very similar to the Boardmaker program but you do not neede a disc ... :)