OUR TURN TO TALK

This oral language resource supports early primary educators in their efforts to increase the expressive language fluency of all young learners. The classroom component of the document provides strategies and activities to support oral language development in both a play-based Kindergarten and a socially interactive
Grade 1 classroom. The intervention component is a developmental series of interactive small group sessions designed for students with specific language needs.
FIRM FOUNDATIONS

This document provides the learning continuum that Kindergarten and Grade One teachers need to facilitate their students’ acquisition of early literacy skills, in a play-based and socially interactive classroom. Key components of Firm Foundations are the instructional timeline, the materials, and the assessments for the teaching, practicing and mastery of early literacy skills such as rhyming, segmenting and blending, concept of print, and letter sound mastery
MATH 44: Teaching for Proficiency

Math 44 is a base document for elementary teachers of mathematics that aligns with the 2007 Ministry of Education Mathematics IRP, and incorporates best practices in the teaching of mathematics and activities to support the learning process. Math 44 focuses on 10 proficiency standards that students must have in order to be successful learners of mathematics and provides a framework for experiencing mathematics concepts within the classroom setting.
READING 44: A Core Reading Framework

Reading 44 is a classroom program written by the teachers of North Vancouver. This resource outlines an explicit classroom reading program for all students K-10. The heart of the Reading 44 program lies in the “Daily Dozen", twelve reading strategies that good readers use. Instructional activities and graphic organizers are included in the document to encourage diverse learners to recognize, learn and practice these twelve strategies in order to become effective, critical readers.
WRITING 44: A Core Writing Framework

Designed to provide intermediate teachers with a practical resource for the teaching of writing. The “Eight Skills of Writing”, which identify key elements in effective writing, and the accompanying instructional activities and graphic organizers, offer teachers creative ideas and suggestions for classroom writing instruction.


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