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Teaching Literacy

Literacy skills impact student learning for life, which is why excellent literacy instruction is vital for students. Below you'll find resources to inspire and inform creative, engaging and effective literacy instruction.

Click here to see my thoughts about literacy after my second year of practicum at Ross Glen Elementary School

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Teaching Literacy: Welcome

Foundational Knowledge in Reading and Writing

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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets provides a multitude of literacy based resources for teachers as well as professional development opportunities for educators seeking knowledge and inspiration for teaching students to read.

Curriculum & Instruction

Education Alberta

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The essential document to guide planning and instruction in Alberta

Alberta Government Literacy and Numeracy Progressions

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Overviews of concepts in numeracy and literacy from kindergarten to grade 12 designed to help teachers plan effective lessons.

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Learn Alberta

Interactive curriculum based website for teachers, kindergarten to grade 12, with resources for literacy.

ELA Gr. 4-12 Novels and Nonfiction Listing

Girls in the Library

A comprehensive list of novels and nonfiction listings carefully curated by teachers and leaders in the literacy field - take your pick!

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Assessment and Evaluation

60 Formative Assessment Strategies
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60 Formative Assessment Strategies

A resource designed to support teachers in literacy assessment

Rubistar

Teaching resource designed to help students with assessment. This website offers ready made and editable rubric templates for all subject areas.

50 Ways to Gather Evidence of Student Learning

Resource designed to support teachers in formative literacy assessment

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50 Preassessment Strategies

A resource offering literacy preassessment strategies for teachers

Blooms Taxonomy

Blooms taxonomy reference for creating well developed lessons and assessments that engage students in active learning

Creative Vocabulary Assessment

This website offers fun and creative ways to teach and assess vocabulary. No more spelling tests!

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Diversity and Equity

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Orca Book

History and personal accounts from residential school survivors and other indigenous resources for educators seeking to provide inclusive education

Making a Difference

This document helps teachers meet the diverse needs of the modern classroom by offering information for differentiated instruction

Alberta Teachers Association

Teaching resources that promote diversity, equity and human rights for teacher development and classroom application

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Colorín Colorado

A bilingual site for educators organized by age and grade

British Council - Learn English Kids

Games, songs, stories and activities for teaching children english. Including activities for students K-12

ESL Galaxy

Fun and interactive grammar, vocabulary and speaking exercises for teaching ELL students. Developed by teachers for teachers

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Learners and the Literacy Environment

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Comic Books
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Caldecott Medal & Honour Books

Award winning books organized by year

Character Books

Character education books for teaching values to students

Spark Creativity

A fresh approach to learning! A resource for innovative language arts teachers wanting to incorporate creativity and fun into their literacy instruction

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Cult of Pedagogy - Graphic Novels

Creative language arts lessons to engage and inspire student writing

Edutopia

Ideas for making book clubs successful in the classroom. From "How to" to materials to use.

Student Podcast

information for how to create podcasts in the classroom. Including resources and  planning strategies to help students develop literacy skills.

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