Resources for Teachers:
Keep Learning Open School website from the BC Ministry of Education
Teach BC (learning resources offered through BCTF)
Currents4Kids (online news articles and activities from LesPlan)
Info-Jeunes (les actualités: articles et activités par les auteurs du Monde en marche)
SD83 World of Information (World Book Encyclopedia, National Geographic Kids, NoveList and other excellent resources)
Stop a Bully anti-bullying videos
E-cigarettes and Vape Pens (Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, Stanford Medicine)
ERAC (incredible database of evaluated and recommended resources for BC educators. Hint: Works much better with Google Chrome as your browser)
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything (a fabulous portal for educational technology)
Copyright Considerations:
Access Read Aloud Canadian Books Publishers and Authors – revised rules for read-alouds, Canadian publishers and authors
Major U.S. publishers – revised rules for read-alouds at this time
J.K. Rowling – revised rules for read-alouds at this time
Teachers and Copyright (Council of Ministers of Education, Canada)
Virtual Field Trips/Online Experiences to share with students:
Exploring By the Seat of Your Pants (virtual field trips)
Companies offering free access at this time:
Please note some may require setting up an account, which may lead to unwanted marketing in the future.
Pearson Canada – open access to K-12 resources at home
Learning A-Z/Reading A-Z – levelled fiction and non-fiction texts in English and French. You can go to the home page and browse their resources before signing up.
Terry Fox Run/La course Terry Fox
Terry Fox, Anything’s Possible (school video; English; 13 mins, 49 secs)
Canada 150 – Le Marathon de l’espoir (en français; 5 mins, 44 secs)
Lesson Plans & Resources for Teachers (Terry Fox Foundation)