SUMMER Reading Opportunities

• READING OPPORTUNITIES

• La Bibliothèque des Amériques URL

  Become a free member of La Bibliothèque des Amériques for FREE access to thousands of French titles, including over 2000 ebooks for kids! 
  

• Grilled Cheese Magazine URL

   Grilled Cheese is a fun bilingual children’s magazine created and printed in Montreal. Each issue is jam-packed with terrific activities and engaging stories. The theme of the upcoming summer issue is Forest/Forêt.
  

• L’école des loisirs URL

  The delightful L’école des loisirs French books that many French Immersion families enjoy as subscription packages to are also available as free audio podcasts, perfect for at-home storytimes!
  

• Sciences Mag Junior URL

  Sciences Mag Junior is a brand new science magazine for kids published by La Liberté, Manitoba’s French-speaking weekly newspaper. In Issue No. 1, medical experts from Manitoba explain Covid-19 in a fun and colourful way.
  

• Other Free Online Reading Resources

• Tumblebooks library URL

  Animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBook Library takes existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book. You can read it, or have it read to you.
  

• The Fable Cottage URL

  Children's stories translated into French with optional English translation and slow audio from a native French speaker.
  

• Littérature Jeunesse URL

  Over 1,000 free stories to download for children.  Levels 1-4 cover a range of reading abilities and interests.

• Littératout URL

  Littératout offers a wide range of online reading resources from kindergarten to grade 8 and the option to choose your child's grade level on the homepage.  **NOTE: these resources are for Francophone speakers so, FI students may need to make reading choices that do not reflect their grade levels.
  

• Abdo Digital Bookshelf URL

  ABDO is an educational publisher of English books and digital resources for schools and public libraries.  I enjoyed looking at the origami book today which you can download and view...it had some great ideas for making things.
  

• Virtual Opportunities for kids to meet authors

• FOLD Kids Academy URL

  The Festival of Literary Diversity’s Kids Bookfest is holding weekly webinars on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. Children can join authors and illustrators who are reading from and talking about their latest books as well as tackling a craft project. FOLD has made the experience, done through Zoom, very interactive. Upcoming April webinars feature authors Kyo Maclear and Matthew Forsythe.

• Online Book Club for kids URL

  Canadian children’s librarian Kathie MacIsaac and teacher-author Colleen Nelson have started a middle-grade book club. Kids have a month to read the book and then MacIsaac will host a video meet-up between the author and all participants. First up is Kenneth Oppel for his new alien-plant-invasion thriller Bloom (April 30); next Michelle Kadarusman drops in to discuss her Tasmanian rainforest–set Music for Tigers (May 30); and Nelson will discuss her canine adventure, Harvey Comes Home, featuring the eponymous West Highland Terrier (June 24).
  

• Author Read-Alouds

• Fern and Horn Read by Marie-Louise Gay URL
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Read by Eric Carle URL
• Love you forever Read by Robert Munsch URL
• La moufle - racontée par Florence Desnouveaux URL
• La Grenouille à grande bouche - racontée par Francine Vidal URL
• La Souris qui cherchait un mari - racontée par Francine Vidal URL
• Maëlle la timide - raconté par Henri Dès URL
• Children's stories read by actors

• The Hula-Hoopin' Queen read by Oprah Winfrey URL
• Arnie the Doughnut read by Chris O'Dowd URL
• Turkey Trouble read by Marc Maron URL
• Chester's Way read by Vanessa Marano & Katie Leclerc URL
• Here Comes the Garbage Barge read by Justin Theroux URL
• Clark the Shark read by Chris Pine URL
• Quackenstein Hatches a Family read by Kristen Bell URL
• Hey That's My Monster read by Lily Tomlin URL

  Do you recognize the voice?  Yes! It's Ms Frizzle from Magic School Bus!

Science

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  Teacher's Corner / Le coin du prof!

• Science Lesson Plans Based on BC Curriculum URL
• Science World British Columbia - Collection of Science Activities URL
• Sciencebob URL
• Discovery Kids: Dinosaurs, Animals, Sharks, Pets, and Sciences URL
• EcoKids - Game & Activities: Wildlife, Climate Change, Energy, Water URL
• Easy Science for Kids - Animal, Plants, Human Body, and Earth Sciences. URL
• Study Jams (Scholastic) - Plants, Animals, Human Body, etc. URL
• Kids National Geographic URL
• National Geographic Young Explorer - Listen and Read URL
• Activités de la 1e à la 5e URL
• Activités pour tous les niveaux URL
• Protection des animaux (Vidéos et leçons in English also): Chats et chiens; tigres et éléphants URL
• Le magazine Wapiti - Sciences de la nature URL
• Le magazine - Les explorateurs URL
• WIKImini - Encyclopédie pour les jeunes URL
• Vikidia - Encycloplédie pour les jeunes de 8 à 13 ans. URL
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  Life Science / Les sciences de la vie

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  Animals / Les animaux

• National Geographic Books - Animals - Symbaloo page URL
• Insects - Ms. Mc's Scoop-it! page URL
• Amphibians - Ms. Mc's Scoop-it page URL
• Predator Facts for Kids URL
• Biomes - Scoop-it page URL
• Biomes - Enchanted Learning URL
• J'apprends à dessiner Page URL
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  Bears / Les ours

• Facts About Bears URL
• Black Bear URL
• Brown Bear URL
• Grizzly Bears URL
• Polar Bear URL
• Hamsters

• Caring for Your Hamster URL
• Hamster Tips - Humane Society URL
• Caring Pets URL
• Hamster Facts - Science Kids URL
• Pets 101 Hamsters - Animal Planet URL
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  Honeybees / Les abeilles

• Bees: Hear Text Read Aloud URL
• National Geographic: Bees URL
• Video: How Noneybees Pollinate Crops URL
• Video: Will Honeybees Disappear? URL
• Video: How Honeybees Find Food URL
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  Owl / Les hiboux

• Cute Owls (Short Video) / Trop mignon URL Page
• Guide Drawing: Owl / Comment dessiner un hibou URL
• Chanson: L'ami de la chouette URL Page
• Chanson: Maître hibou - Mes yeux URL Page
• Coloriage Chouette hibou! URL
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  Panda / Les pandas

• Giant Panda URL
• San Diego Zoo: Panda Pictures and Facts URL
• Video: Farely, The Red Panda URL
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  Salmon / Le saumon

• All About Salmon URL
• Salmon Interactive Game URL
• Facts About Salmon URL
• Trout and Salmon Facts URL
• Why Do Salmon Turn Red? URL
• Video: Salmon Restoration URL
• Video: Salmon Run - PBS Kids URL
• Video: Chinook Salmon Spawning in California URL
• Video: Sockeye Salmon Spawning in Alaska URL
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  Spiders / Les araignées

• Facts About Spider URL
• Golden Orb Web Spider URL
• Tarantulas URL
• Video: World's Largest Spider URL
• Video: Different Types of Spiders Page
• Video: Spider Building a Web Page
• Video: Spiders Page
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  Squirrels / Les écureuils

• Squirrels Facts and Photos URL
• Backyard Squirrel Facts URL
• World Book: Squirrels URL
• Fun Facts About Squirrels URL
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  Plants / Les plantes

• Roots and Stems Slide Show URL
• Flower Video URL
• Seed Video URL
• Plants Without Seeds Video URL
• My visit to an Organic Farm URL
• Time Lapse of Tomatoes Growing Page
• Time Lapse of Bean Seed Sprouting Page
• Comment les plantes poussent-elles? URL
• L'adaption des plantes URL
• Comment les plantes poussent-elles? URL
• L'adaptation des plantes URL
• Jardinons à l'école URL
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  Animal Growth and Changes / La croissance et les changements chez les animaux

• Animal Birth in Zoo around the World URL
• Les petits des animaux de la ferme URL
• L'incubation d'un oeuf URL
• A la ferme: Les poules URL
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  Food Chains / Les chaînes alimentaires

• Food Chain Facts URL
• Another Link in the Food Chain URL
• Food Reaction - Food Chain Game URL
• Predator Facts URL
• Birds of Prey URL
• Food Chain Animated for Kids URL
• Le coin du prof - Chaîne alimentaire, pyramide alimentaire URL
• Chaînes alimentaires URL
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  Habitats / Les habitats

• Song: I Got A Habitat Page
• What is a Tree? What is a Forest? URL
• Biomes and Habitats URL
• Biodiversity: Species, Environment, Food, and Human Activities. URL
• Explore Canada's Aquatic Habitats URL
• Habitats - National Geographic URL
• CRD Protecting Animals and their Habitats URL
• Animaux canadiens et leurs habitats URL
• Habitat du lièvre arctique (Activité interactive) URL
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  Human Body / Le corps humain

• Children's University of Manchester-The body and medicines URL
• The Human Body: Brain, Heart, Digestive s., and Lungs URL
• Kids Health URL
• The Virtual Body URL
• Your Muscles - Kid's Health URL
• Name those Bones - Video Page
• Your Bones - Kid's Health URL
• How The Human Body Works (Games) URL
• Le corps humain: L'anatomie URL
• Le squelette humain: Les os. URL
• Les articulations du corps URL
• Les différents systèmes du corps humain URL
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  Earth Science / Les sciences de la Terre

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  Water Cycle / Le cycle de l'eau

• Sciences Videos and Lessons on The Water Cycle URL
• Children's Water Education: Great Resource of Information and Activities. URL
• Facts About Water (Hear Text Read Aloud) URL
• The Story of Water: Use and Saving Water URL
• Video: Water Crisis: How Much Water Do We Really Need in a Day? Page
• Song: The Water Cycle URL
• Facts About The Water Cycle URL
• The Water Cycle Animated for Kids URL
• Video: The Water Cycle URL
• Water Cycle Video URL
• Le cycle de l'eau URL
• La conservation de l'eau Page
• Vidéo: La soif de la Terre Page
• Eau: Faits et Statistiques URL
• La pollution indirecte de l'eau URL
• L'eau expliqué aux enfants URL
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  Weather / La météo

• Weather videos from Science Kids URL
• EXTREME weather- Discovery Kids URL
• Web Weather for Kids URL
• 47 Great Weather Resources URL
• Toronto Library Weather Resources URL
• National Geographic - EXTREME weather photos URL
• Sky diary URL
• Weather Wiz Kids URL
• Weather Questions URL
• World Book for Kids Weather sites URL
• Chain Reaction Food Chain Game URL
• Videos of Natural Disasters URL
• Tree House Weather Kids URL
• Weather Wiz Kids URL
• La terre et les quatre saisons URL
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  Forces & Simple Machines / Les forces et les machines simples

• Move It (Activities) URL
• Interactive Site - Simple Machines (French version) URL
• De simples machines URL
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  Light & Sound / Le son et la lumière

• Listen Up (Activities) URL
• Sound Slide Show URL
• Optics for Kids - What is Light URL
• Light Slide Show URL
• Sound and Light Engineering Games URL
• Light Absorption, Reflection and Refraction Slide Show URL
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  Materials & Structures / Les matériaux et les structures

• Arches Photos URL
• Bridges Photos URL
• Domes Photos URL
• Triangle Structure Photos URL
• Activities for the Classroom: Buildings and Bridges URL
• Build It (Activities) URL
• Activities for the Classroom: Buildings and Bridges URL
• Exploring Large Structures: Bridges, Domes, Skyscrapers, URL
• La construction d'un immeuble et les forces URL
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  Properties of Matter / Les propriétés de la matière

• Properties of Matter Interactive Website - BBC URL
• Properties of Matter Video URL
• Les différents états de la matière URL
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  Space: Stars, Planets, and Moons / L'espace: Les étoiles, les planètes et les lunes

• Kid's Astronomy URL
• Nine Planets URL
• Kids.com interactive planet page URL
• Picture showing the size of the planets URL
• BBC News article about Pluto URL
• Astronomy: Planets, Sun, Moon, and Stars. URL
• Space page - Ms. Mc's URL
• Living on the ISS Videos Page
• Living on Mars Videos Page
• Living on the Moon Videos Page
• Voyage au coeur du système solaire Page
• Le système solaire - Émission de télé: C'est pas sorcier! Page
• Le système solaire URL
• Les planètes - 1 URL
• Les planètes - 2 URL
• La lune - 1 URL
• La Lune - 2 URL
• Les phases de la Lune URL
• Une lune à anneau URL
• De simples machines URL
• Émission: Le système solaire Page

Social Studies

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  British Columbia / La Colombie-Britannique

• Early Victoria URL
• BC Archives Time Machine URL
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  Canada / Le Canada

• Canada pages - Ms. Mc URL
• Song: Canada in My Pocket (Symbols of Canada) Page
• Population and Land Area - Wikipedia URL
• Canadian Symbols - URL
• Canadian Provinces and Territories - Kidzone URL
• Provinces, Territories, and Capitals game URL
• Provinces and Territories Flags URL
• Geography KidZone URL
• Video on Provinces and Territories URL
• Canadian Province Matching Activity URL
• Canadian Geography Activities URL
• Canadian Geography and History Activity (Pirate Treasure) URL
• Kids' Guide to Canada URL
• Information about each Canadian Provinces and Territories Page
• Les provinces et les territoires du Canada URL
• Casse-tête: Le Canada URL
• Jeux: Le Canada: noms des provinces, territoires et capitales. URL
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  Communities / Les collectivités (Communautés)

• A Visit to a B.C. General Store URL
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  Explorers / Les explorateurs

• Explorers (Fur Trade) URL
• Explorers Videos Page
• Enchanted Learning - Canadian Explorers URL
• Canadian Explorers - Enchanted Learning URL
• Jacques Cartier - 'Historica Minute' - video URL Page
• European/FN Contact Videos Page
• Letter from King Henry VII to John Cabot - Primary Source URL
• The Hudson's Bay Company: Lives of the Explorers URL
• Passageways - Explorers index URL
• Ligne du temps du développement du Canada URL
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  Fur Trade / La traite des fourrures

• The Fur Trade and The Hudson's Bay Company URL
• The Beginning of The Fur Trade URL
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  Gold Rush / La ruée vers l'or

• Fort Steele URL
• The Gold Rush Town of Yale URL
• The Cariboo Gold Rush Adventure URL
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  Government / Le gouvernement

• Discover your Legislature (virtual tour) URL
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  Immigration / L'immigration

• Facts in Canadian Immigration History - Government of Canada URL
• When 2 Cultures Meet: Canadian Immigration 1760-2000 URL
• History of Immigration to Canada Series - YouTube Page
• Why Immigrate to Canada? URL
• Top 7 Reasons People Immigrate to Canada URL
• Canadian War Brides URL
• War Bride Videos Page
• European/FN Contact - BC Archives URL
• Irish Potato Famine (Coffin Ships) URL
• On Board the Dunbrody Famine Ship URL
• Meet Young Immigrants - Scholastic Canada URL
• Pier 21 Videos Page
• Chinese Immigrant Videos Page
• Early Chinese Canadians - Government of Canada URL
• Underground Railroad - Scholastic Canada URL
• Underground Railroad - Historica Canada URL
• Underground Railroad - CBC URL
• Ce que les immigrants ont apporté avec eux au Canada (Jeux et leçons) URL
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  Indigenous Cultures & Communities / Les cultures indigènes et leurs collectivités.

• First Nations / Les premières nations

• My Seasonal Round - An Integrated Unit (Grade 4) URL
• First Voice: Indigenous Languages (Fançais & English) URL
• First Peoples' Language Map of BC URL
• Samuel Sam traditional teaching video Page
• Raven Tales Videos Page
• Knitting the Cowichan Sweater video Page
• Totem Poles video Page
• How to make a Coast Salish drum - video Page
• The story of Cowichan - video Page
• Herb Rice, master carver - video Page
• Coast Salish cedar hat weaving - video (trailer) Page
• First Nations & Inuits: Tribal Groups, Shelter, Clothing, Food, and Traditions URL
• First Nations - Labrador and Newfoundland URL
• First Contact Between Europeans and Indigenous Population (3 Videos) Page
• Webquest (Internet Research) - Crossing America with Native American Tribes URL
• Webquest (Internet Research) - Life of a Native American Child URL
• Les peuples autochtones du Labrador et Terre-Neuve URL
• Les peuples Autochtones de la côte du Pacifique URL
• Les embarcations autochtones au Canada URL
• Le patrimoine autochtone (Jeux et leçons) URL
• Activités pédagogiques sur les Premières Nations du Canada URL
• L'arrivée des premiers habitants (Interactif) URL
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  Inuit

• Nunavut and its Government URL
• Nunavut - Its History and Government URL
• The Inuit URL
• Windows to the Universe - Inuit URL
• The Inuit - Free PowerPoint presentations URL
• Inuit's Life Today URL
• Kids Site of Canadian Settlement - Inuit URL
• How to Build an Igloo Page
• Video: Inuit Throat Singing Page
• The Inuit Games URL
• Inuit Gallery of Vancouver - Inuit and Norwest Coast Native Art URL
• Inuksuk and Inuit Art URL
• Les jeux des Inuit URL
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  Natural Resources / Les ressources naturelles

• Natural Resources Slide Show URL
• Renewable Resources Slide Show URL
• Fossil Fuels Slide Show URL
• Renewable Energy URL
• Energy and Fossil Fuels URL
• Combustibles fossiles URL
• Économiser l'énergie URL
• Sources d'énergie renouvelable URL
• Jeu interactif - Sauvegarder l'énergie électrique à la maison URL
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  Pioneers / Les pionniers

• Pioneer Life in Canada URL
• A Visit a BC General Store URL
• Pioneer Life In Upper Canada URL
• La vie de pionnier URL
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  World Geography/Mapping / Le géographie et la cartographie

• Geography KidZone URL
• Géographie - Voyager à la surface de la Terre URL
• Géographie - Atlas, les continents, la terre, des paysages URL
• Learn to Read a Map Activity - U.S Parks URL
• Using a Compass Rose Activity URL

Arts & Physical Education

Math

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  Teacher's Corner/Le coin du prof

• British Columbia Math Curriculum (K - 12) - Series of Exercises for Each Grade Level URL
• Math Resources - Pretty Neat Stuff! URL
• Study Jam (Scholastic) - Problem Solving, Probability, Measurement, Geometry, etc. URL
• Ideas for math games and centres URL
• Enrichment Math Activities for All Grades URL
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  Measurement

• Khan Academy - Measurement and Data URL
• Khan Academy - Mesure et données URL
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  Numbers

• Khan Academy - Addition and Subtraction URL
• Khan Academy - Addition et soustraction URL
• Khan Academy - La multiplication et la division URL
• Khan Academy - Les fractions URL
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  Patterns and Relations

• The Number Catcher (Primary) URL
• What is the Number? (Pattern) URL
• Logic Patterns, Number Patterns, Word Patterns URL
• Khan Academy - Counting URL
• Khan Academy - Place Values & Patterns URL
• Khan Academy - La valeur de position, compter par sauts, les suites (régularités) URL
• Khan Academy - Compter, dénombrer des objets, comparer les chiffres URL
• L'attrape nombre (Primaire) URL
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  Problem Solving

• Watch - Know - Learn: Problem Solving URL
• Non-Competitive Problem Solving Activities URL
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  Shapes & Forms
  

• Khan Academy - Geometry URL
• Khan Academy - La géométrie: Reconnaître des figures et des formes URL

Language Arts

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  Story Telling

• Storynory URL
• ABC's of Reading URL
• Story Time for Me URL
• storybird URL
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  Book Resources

• Red Cedar Book Awards URL
• Red Cedar ELLG URL
• CM Magazine URL
• Book Seer URL
• Read Kiddo Read URL
• Chocolate Lily Book Awards URL
• Common Sense Media URL
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  Authors & Illustrators

• Patricia Polacco URL
• Michael Rosen URL
• Kristen Butcher URL
• Mo Willems URL
• Dr. Seuss URL
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  Speaking and Listening

• Letter Sounds - Symbaloo page URL
• Sing and Move page - Katie's Symbaloo URL
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  Critical Thinking

• CoCo's Adversmarts - Interactive grade 2/s, 3's URL
• Privacy Playground - First Cyberpigs Privacy Interactive grades 3's, 4's URL
• Privacy Playground - Second Cyberpigs Online safety Interactive grade 4/5's URL
• Passport to the Internet - Interactive Online Ettiquette and Privacy grade 4/5's URL
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  Français

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  Le coin du prof

• Les coccinelles (M à 3) Étude de sons, syllabes et orthographe. URL
• Professeur Phifix - (3 à 5) Lecture, grammaire, orthographe, etc. URL
• Soutien 67 (M à 5) Les mots, la phrase, la conjugaison URL
• Des comptines et des sons URL
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  Story Telling/Raconté une histoire

• BookBox - Livres en français URL
• Nominees list File
• Nominees list File

Other Resources

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  Online Magazines

• Zooborns URL
• National Geographic Young Explorer URL
• CNN Student News URL
• Yak's Corner (Detroit News) URL
• PBS Kid's Zoom URL
• Science News for Kids URL
• Exploratorium URL
• Nick News URL
• Houghton Mifflin in the News URL
• National Geographic Kids URL
• Red Cedar Book Awards URL
• Nominees 2019 2020 File

Student Projects

• Book Trailer - These Are My Words (Laura) URL
• Book Trailer - I Am Not a Number (Emily, Lily, Kiera) File
• Book Trailer - Heart of a Champion (Izzie & Marlee) URL
• How to Create a Book Trailer File
• Book Trailer Planning Template File
• 2020 Red Cedar Book Trailer Contest File

Parents

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• Media Awareness for Parents URL
• 100 Books to Read Before Kindergarten - GVPL URL
• Canadian Centre for Child Protection: Cyberbullying. URL
• Parnters In Learning Reading to Children File
• Partners in Learning Becoming a Better Writer File
• Partners in Learning Becominga Writer File
• Partners in Learning Behaviours that Make a Difference File
• Partners in Learning Independent Reading File
• Partners in Learning Learning about Numbers File
• Partners in Learning Learning from Reading File
• Partners in Learning Parent Newsletters 2012-2013 (10) File
• Partners in Learning Phonics Plus File
• Partners in Learning Preventing the Summer Slide File
• Partners in Learning Reading with Children File
• Summer Reading Club URL
• E-Reader permission form (1) File

Teachers

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• Formative assessment - 56 ways URL
• Fuzzyland story from TRIBES URL
• Golden Rule song by Jape Payette - for younger students Page
• Golden Rule cartoon - part one Page
• Certificats gratuits et facile à créer URL