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Learning from Home Resources: 4

Resources that can be used during a functional school closure

Passwords

Here is a list of all the work at home passwords you might need:

For: CultureGrams; WorldBook Resources: Early World of Learning, WB Student, WB Discover, WB Kids, WB Advanced, WB Découverte; TigTag; EBSCO Resources (including Consumer Health Complete); KnowBC Encyclopedia of British Columbia; 4Canoes

For: Gale Resources: National Geographic Kids, Global Issues in Context, Canada in Context, Science in Context, Power Search, Gale Virtual Reference Library

Math

Big Idea (Concept)	Resource	Resources to Support
General Math Support		Waterloo University - Math Problem of the Week (For Grade 3+) Rich Tasks Suggested by SD57 Math Enhancement Team
Fractions		Get In on the Fraction Action
Addition and Subtraction to 10 000		Game: Math Quest Game: Once Upon a Number
Multiplication and Division of two or three digit numbers by one digit		Game: Math Quest Division Multiplication
addition and subtraction of decimals to hundredths		Game: Once Upon a Number
addition and subtraction facts to 20 (developing computational fluency)		Game: Plus and Minus Game: Math Quest Game: Once Upon a Number Addition Subtraction
		It’s So Dice
multiplication and division facts to 100 (introductory computational strategies)		An Equal Share is Always Fair!
		Division Multiplication
increasing and decreasing patterns, using tables and charts		If the Shoe Fits Frieze Dance Math is Everywhere
algebraic relationships among quantities		Thinking Outside the Jam The Word on Problem Solving
how to tell time with analog and digital clocks, using 12- and 24-hour clocks		It’s About Time! Once Upon Five Minutes of Time The Day Henry Met… A Clock Quest for Roman Numerals
		Clock Activity: Sun Time Activity: Count Like a Roman Activity: Make a Sand Clock
regular and irregular polygons and shapes		Star Power Folder Paper, Hopping Frog Diamond in the Rough Getting Around
line symmetry		Go Fly a Kite! Let’s Face It! Symmetry
line symmetry		Kaleidoscope
one-to-one correspondence and many-to-one correspondence, using bar graphs and pictographs		If the Shoe Fits Frieze Dance Math is Everywhere
probability experiments		Mathemagic Birthday Probability What are the Chances?
financial literacy		Max’s Money Adventures Making Sense of Your Cents And Five Makes Ten!

English Language Arts

Big Idea (Concept)

Resource

Resources to Support

forms, functions, and genres of text

Origin of Story Telling

Recognizing and using text features

Important People

Literary Elements and devices

Origin of Story Telling

Reading Strategies

The Orange by Diane Chartrand - NFB

Recognizing Perspective in Writing

Science

Big Idea (Concept)	Resource	Resources to Support
sensing and responding humans other animals plants		Skin The Five Senses: Sight and Sound The Five Senses: Taste, Touch and Smell Sound Super-Senses Touch Human vs. Animals Sight Smell Killers in the Bog Insect Eaters
sensing and responding humans other animals plants		Five Senses in Space: Taste Five Senses in Space: Hearing Five Senses in Space: Touch Five Senses in Space: Smell Five Senses in Space: Sight Sleeping in Space
biomes as large regions with similar environmental features		Green River, BC Lesser Slave Lake Prov. Park, AB Churn Creek Protected Area, BC Inuit Culture in Nunavut and Grizzly Bears in British Columbia Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, British Columbia Vancouver Island Fall on the Tundra Pacific Rim Reserve National Park Pacific Frontier Saskatchewan Prairie Mafia Island: The Enchanted Paradise Vancouver Island North Shrinking! Gulf Islands National Park
Phases of Matter and how temperature effects them		Solids, Liquid and Gases Evaporation and Condensation Taking Your Temperature Foods That Melt
Phases of Matter and how temperature effects them		Extreme Heat
Energy		Magnetic Pal (Magnets) New Pals (Power Sources) Garbage Band (Security System) Energy in Your Life Electricity Soccer (Kinetic Energy) Baseball (Kinetic Chain) Hockey (Elastic Collisions) Bay of Fundy Tides Clean Green Fuel The Sun All About Wind! Our Different Power Sources Egg Space Landing Device Tough Tote Marble Craze
local changes caused by Earth's axis, rotation, and orbit		Burntcoat Head: The Tides of Life The Arctic Seasons How the Four Seasons Occur
local changes caused by Earth's axis, rotation, and orbit		The Wild Canadian Year (Series)
the effects of the relative positions of the sun, moon and Earth including local First Peoples perspectives		Junkyard Sleepover (Astronomy) Botanical Beach Four Seasons Quiz The Bay of Fundy Tides Tidal Ecosystem and Sandpipers Eclipses: A Breathtaking Sight
		Cool Facts About the Moon! What To Know About the Solar Eclipse

Social Studies

Big Idea (Concept)	Resource	Resources to Support
Early contact, trade, cooperation, and conflict between First Peoples and European peoples		Flashes in Time: Explorer Tableaux
		When the World Began The Pathfinders Adventurers and Mystics
		The Gateway to the New World Thompson: Canada’s Most Prolific Explorer Settling West Early Newfoundland Colonizers First Contact (Beothuk) The Abenaki: People of the Dawn Through the Blue Tunnel A Face in the Forest Upon the Words of Elders The Will of the North Wind The World is as Sharp as a Knife History of Trade in Canada French Contact The Lakota Refugee Crisis The Sash First Nations People: Gulf Islands, BC Logging Industry Pioneers and First Nations Discovering Canada: Our Early Explorers More Than Just the Fur Trade
The fur trade in pre-Confederation Canada and British Columbia		The Fur Trade Café Alexander Mackenzie
		The Pathfinders
		More Than Just the Fur Trade York Factory The History of the Voyageur The Carrying Place The Hard Life of the Voyaguer Fort William: The Fur Trade War Parry Peninsula: Trading Post Fort Langley National Historic Site: Hudson’s Bay Co. The Mystery of Top Hats, Dried Fish and Timber The Red River Cart New Relationships: Manitoulin Europeans on Turtle Island
Demographic changes in pre-Confederation British Columbia in both First Peoples and non-First Peoples communities		The Unseen Enemy Canadian Government Relocated the Assiniboine People in the 1840s The Selkirk Settlers The Vandal of Stanley Park The First Settlers Early Settlements
		Adventurers and Mystics
Economic and political factors that influenced the colonization of British Columbia and its entry into Confederation		Finding a Route to the West: The Building of the CPR A Century of Summers on the Chilkoot Trail The Price of Progression The Meanest 32 Miles in History Rupert’s Land Yoho National Park and the Canadian Pacific Railway West Coast Railway Association This Garden of Eden The Eighth Wonder of the World
		Heritage Minutes: Nitro
		From Sea to Sea
The impact of colonization on First Peoples societies in British Columbia and Canada		Woman Dress
		Stories of Sir John A
		When the World Began From Sea to Sea The Secret Path: In the Classroom
		Huble Homestead Shi-shi-etko short film (audio in Halq’eméylem, English subtitles)
		The Impact of Colonialism in Canada The Day in the Life of a Residential School Student Wampum Strings The Significance of Treaties Suppression of the Potlatch in 1921 Relocation (The Cainsville Incident) Kluane National Park: Healing Broken Connections Learning About Treaties in Canada Oral Traditions: A Link to the Past Government Established Residential Schools Treaties in Canada: The Destruction of Culture Annihilation of the Buffalo Torngat: Inuit Relocation Nekaneet First Nation More Than Just the Fur Trade Encroachment Residential School Survivor, Peter Irniq – We Became White People The Impact of Colonization on the Saugeen Ojibway Life
The history of the local community and of local First Peoples communities		Prince George, British Columbia Introduction: The Fraser River Did You Know?: Pacific Coast Trail Dempsey Bob Terrace Little Town, Big Totem Poles Spirit Bear and Children Make History
Physiographic features and natural resources of Canada		The River That Winds Back On Itself Wetlands and the Riparian Habitats Oil, Lumber & Settlement A River Propelled by Gravity Salmon Glacier Northwest Territories: Home of Permafrost Badlands: The Dinosaur Carcross: The World’s Smallest Desert Biosphere Trust, Clayoquot Sound Lake Superior: Geologic History of the Canadian Shield Rich in Salmon and Gold Cape Breton Highlands National Park: Forest Management Plan The Columbia River, BC Born in the Mountain Mist

Applied Design Skills Technology

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Online cooking lessons
Online coding lessons (Ages 6-10)

Physical & Health Education

Take part in some fitness at home with SuperChefs!

Watch the video and follow along at home.