Language Arts & Literacy

 

General Resources

Ministry of Education

To understand the “why” behind the English Language Arts curriculum, please read the links.  Provides an overview of all the Big Ideas from grade to grade and the key habits of mind.

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Phonics Scope & Sequence

Locally developed scope and sequence with links to resources.

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Global Read Aloud

Yearly reading challenge to read pre-determined texts with opportunities to connect with other classes around the world over 6 weeks or more.

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Primary

Literacy Sites

  • Provincial Outreach Program for the Early Years
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  • Starfall provides activities to help students in learning to read by building understanding of phonics and phonemic awareness.
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  • Sightwords.com provides games and resources to help build student recognizable vocabulary.
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Online Stories

Read-alouds

  • Epic! has interactive books available in both languages and compatible with Google classroom.
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  • TumbleBooks provides a wide variety of e-books in English and French.
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  • Storyline online includes a variety of read-aloud picture books by celebrity actors.
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Writing

Writing Fix

Formerly writing fix website

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School Wide Write

Suggested School wide write resources

 

 

Inspiration for Writing

Images and ideas to help inspire creative writing.

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Graphic Novel Tools

  • Book Creator graphic novel creation app
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  • Pixton graphic novel creation app
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