STORYVALUESINTERACTIVE

The TDSB Storyvalues Interactive site (www.svtdsb.com)

Storyvalues Interactive, is the new Storyvalues online program licensed by the TDSB for the 2011-2012 school year.Attached, please find a flyer with the URL and log-in information for the TDSB Storyvalues Interactive website for use in schools. Please feel free to forward this flyer to staff. The program also has a component that is available for students to use at home.Shortly, we will be emailing a separate flyer with the Storyvalues-Home web address and login information as well, which can be printed and sent home to families.Here is a brief description of the Storyvalues Interactive program:· The TDSB Storyvalues Interactive site (www.svtdsb.com) features 40 classic myths and folktales as a foundation for literacy, social emotional learning, equity / diversity, music, art and an array of curricular areas of study. · Each of the 40 stories appear in recorded form, with narration enhanced by culturally accurate music and read-along text; perfect for active listening and creative visualization. Written versions are provided as well.· 20 of the stories feature richly designed interactive web pages with videos, audio files, samples of world music and art, allowing students to interact with a diverse world of shared artistic and literary traditions. The remaining 20 stories are presented as audio recordings with read along text and classroom follow up materials.· Extensive story-based classroom follow up discussion and activity suggestions emphasize cooperative learning, creative problem solving and inclusive community building. The school material features an index with grade specific curriculum connections.· Together with the home access component, Storyvalues Interactive is designed to help facilitate parental involvement in school literacy and community building initiatives.We will be sending monthly newsletters with tips on how to best use Storyvalues at school and home, story recommendations for special holidays or observances and featured school projects. We hope you will enjoy using Storyvalues Interactive in your school this year.
Contact me for Users name and for password
(www.svtdsb.com)

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