Storyvalues- Online story

Since 2008 the TDSB has licensed Storyvalues for use in all TDSB schools. Storyvalues is an online story-based SEL, Language, Literacy, Arts and Bullying Prevention program. To access the program, go to your school's TDSB library webpage or type in www.svtdsb.com in your web browser. (Note - www.svtdsb.com canot be accessed via Google search.)

www.cherylthornton.com www.storyvalues.com

Gateway to Special Education

www.teachspeced.ca

Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education
OTF is pleased to announce the launch of a new special education resource for teachers and school support personnel.
Developed by OTF, with funding from the Ministry of Education, the new website provides specific strategies and resources to help teachers address the unique needs of students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Well organized and extremely user friendly, the Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education includes links to board special education plans, Ministry documents and other helpful resources. The Gateway includes definitions of key special education terms, and can be used as a practical guide for teachers building Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
To access the Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education, go to www.teachspeced.ca

Math Websites

http://www.linktolearning.com
Click on the Mathematics icon and the Math 3 Under the Sea link to go to:
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/index.html?launch=true
ChooseAddition or Subtraction
Also: Addition with Regrouping
Subtraction with Regrouping
Click on the crystals to start an interactive activity. Students can do
the operation and enter the digits to show their calculations.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_1.html
Base Blocks Addition – use base ten blocks to model grouping in addition
Students group (lasso) ones to make a tens rod and move it to the tens column.
Base Blocks Subtraction – use base ten blocks to model separation of groups in
subtraction. Students can move (regroup) a tens rod into the ones column in order to
subtract.
http://www.aplusmath.com/flashcards/index.html
Choose Advanced Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
Select addition and subtraction problems for two and 3 digit addition and subtraction.
Mathisfun.com
http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/index.html
Instructions for the operations and worksheets to print off
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/third/
many games and activities for skills students learn in the third grade organized into
categories including: Addition, Subtraction, Place Value…

Ontario Curriculum based All subjects

http://www.linktolearning.com/

Media - Literacy Ideas and Links

Some resources which can you help you in your planning:
1) The Ministry’s Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (volume 7) - it was written for Grades 4-6, but the sample lessons can be adapted for any level. Click
here to look at it.
2) There is also an e-workshop series with some excellent modules: http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/core.cfm?p=modView.cfm&l=1&modid=32&c=3&navid=modView
3) In your schools, there should be a helpful resource with a purple cover called Media Studies (K-12) from the TDSB - it provides a good overview of the key concepts, as well as the triangle framework which can be used to help students deconstruct a text.
4) The Media Awareness Network website has lessons by grade: http://www.media-awareness.ca
5) A good source for public service announcements (PSAs) can be found at the Concerned Children's Advertisers website:http://cca-kids.ca
6) From my own personal media literacy guru at home: www.media-literacy.ca

Pioneers Resources

pioneer game - for tomorrow - S.O.S.

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/fun.html

Bhullar Brothers

Watch this video about my nephews:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=7478084


http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1087336

7-foot brothers from India could be college hoops' next twin towers

Combined, they stand 14 feet, 6 inches tall. And surely college basketball recruiters soon will be sizing up brothers Sim Bhullar (7-4, 285, 17 years old) and Tanveer Bhullar (7-2, 260, and just 15) as they play for the private Kiski School in Pennsylvania.
Rivals.com reports the two -- born in India -- have improved steadily under Kiski coach Daryn Freedman, who has been an assistant in the NBA and at Division I schools. Sim averaged about 16 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks in his sophomore season. Tanveer averaged about 12 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks as a freshman.
Their father stands 6-1 and their mother is 5-10. The family initially moved from India to Toronto, but they put the boys in a U.S. school because of better basketball possibilities. Kiski is an all-boys prep school of 210 students 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.

Tackles the issues of racial discrimination in the workplace

Work for All is produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the Participation of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
The NFB Mediatheque is located at 150 John St, at Richmond St W, near Osgoode subway station.
For more information, call 416-973-3012 or visit www.NFB.ca/mediatheque
http://workforall.nfb.ca/

Panellists include Dr. Judith Nicholson

http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?ct_id=2256&f_id=35&grp_id=2610>

from Wilfrid Laurier University, multimedia artist Wayne Dunkley http://www.sharemyworld.net/
and Aisling Chin-Yee http://workforall.nfb.ca/
, line producer of the Work for All project. The evening will be moderated by Dr. Ayman Al-Yassini, Executive Director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation http://www.crr.ca/

Website to create invitation for any special Occasion

http://www.hp.com/hho/hp_create/themes_otherthemes_occasion.html

other themes all occasion Page 19

Khan Academy

It has youtube lessons for all sorts of academic concepts from basic addition to university level concepts.

www.khanacademy.org

Stories On-line

Below is an interactive website where students can watch and listen to stories on-line.

http://www.speakaboos.com/

Mental Health Resources

This is an excellent resource for teacher, administrators, and guidance staff and may provide a framework for assessing which issues require school based or community based intervention. It could be really useful in determining which cases are appropriate to refer to social work. The principles are guided toward k-8 but defining the issue can be used at all ages and stages.

http://www.brocku.ca/teacherresource/ABC/bigpicture.php


http://www.brocku.ca/teacherresource/ABC/bigpicture.php

Free documentaries

http://freedocumentaries.org/

Yep, free. And they are respecting copyright.
http://freedocumentaries.org/
Including SuperSize Me, The Road to Guantanamo, several Micheal Moore and much more.
Thanks to another TELer for pointing out that you can select "medium" size and that seems to work, avoiding the SQL error.
It does make the screen quite small though.

Making Inferences

This interactive website on inferencing that primary students could use.

http://www.brainpopjr.com/reading/comprehension/makeinferences/