Teacher strategies to assist students in achieving the provincial standard
Provide descriptive feedback Provide written feedback accompanied by oral feedback Show student the sample/exemplar/anchor chart and give the student …
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Transition Words
Why are transition words and phrases important in writing? Transition words and phrases help writers organize and structure their ideas. …
Thinking Children
Children come to elementary school thinking. They do not possess all the skills they need to make sophisticated interpretations and …
Discussion Prompts
Clarifying what others have said: “Are you saying…?” “To paraphrase what you’ve said…” “So let me get this right. What …
The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, illustrated by Maira Kalman
In 2011, Time magazine listed this writing style-guide as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English …
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Graphic Novels for Classroom Use
graphic novels Ian Esquivel, from the English/Literacy Department in the TDSB put together an Annotated List of graphic novels and texts …
“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” to teach inference
Have your primary students watch this TeacherTube video and ask them to carefully study the hippo’s facial expressions in response to the …
Harry Potter Summary in graphic novel format
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Janine Schaub 