A Reference for Selecting Learning Resources · ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 12 LEARNING RESOURCES is a reference tool provided by Manitoba Education and Training to

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 8 LEARNING RESOURCES A Reference for Selecting Learning Resources

Manitoba Educat ion and Tra in ing

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A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S Manitoba Education and Training acknowledges the individuals involved in the review and selection of learning resources to support provincial curriculum implementation. Appreciation is also extended to school divisions within Manitoba that support teachers’ participation in the review. Finally, publishers, producers, and distributors are thanked for their submission of learning resources for consideration.


C O N T E N T S Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... 3 Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 5 Reference for Selecting Learning Resources ............................................................................. 5 Learning Resources Reviews ...................................................................................................... 5 Resource Selection Criteria.......................................................................................................... 5 Terms and Definitions ................................................................................................................. 6 Purchase of Learning Resources ................................................................................................. 6 Titles & Descriptions .................................................................................................................... 7 Distributor Directory................................................................................................................ 150


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R E F E R E N C E F O R S E L E C T I N G L E A R N I N G R E S O U R C E S ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 12 LEARNING RESOURCES is a reference tool provided by Manitoba Education and Training to help educators select student and teacher learning resources to support the curriculum. Learning resources may be purchased through the Manitoba Learning Centre (LRC) (formerly known as the Manitoba Text Book Bureau (MTBB)).

L E A R N I N G R E S O U R C E S R E V I E W S Publishers submit resources for review in response to the department’s request for new learning resources to support provincial curricula. Teachers, nominated by superintendents of school divisions, are selected as teacher-evaluators. Using a collaborative review process, the teacher-evaluators examine the materials according to the resource-selection criteria to make recommendations regarding the suitability of the resources for Manitoba students and teachers. Although some resources contain other parts, sections, sub-resources and grade levels, reviews were only conducted for those submitted by publishers and those deemed appropriate for grade levels. R E S O U R C E S E L E C T I O N C R I T E R I A Learning resources are selected based on their fidelity with the rationale, philosophy, processes, and learning expectations identified in each curriculum. Four evaluation criteria are used in selecting learning resources:

• Curriculum Fit/Content/Philosophy: the degree to which the content and processes of the resource align with the curriculum, thus providing support for curriculum implementation.

• Instructional Design: the degree to which the resource provides for multiple approaches to learning, has a wide range of use, is current, and reflects current pedagogical theory and practice.

• Social Considerations: the degree to which the resource is free of bias and stereotyping. The resource is examined for Canadian content, the use of culturally diverse examples, and accurate portrayal of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Cautionary notes are added to alert teachers to potentially sensitive curriculum-fit issues or potential community concerns related to the resource.

• Technical Design: the degree to which the resource is visually appealing and has a logical and consistent form.


When selecting learning and teaching resources, teachers should consider how the resources meet the learning requirements of students, the perspectives of the student population, and local decisions related to the delivery of potentially sensitive content.

T E R M S A N D D E F I N I T I O N S The following terms and definitions are used to describe the learning resources:

• Breadth: identifies learning resources that address a wide range of student learning expectations for a particular grade.

• Depth: identifies learning resources that provide effective learning experiences in greater detail for a narrower grouping of student learning expectations.

• Breadth and Depth: identifies comprehensive learning resources that provide both breadth and depth dimensions for an extensive grouping of student learning expectations.

• Teacher Reference: identifies resources that assist teachers in implementing the curriculum, including background information for teacher use; may identify teaching suggestions and learning activities.

• Teacher Guide: identifies a separate guide for teachers or a teacher’s edition of a Student Text.

P U R C H A S E O F L E A R N I N G R E S O U R C E S The learning resources described in the bibliography are available for purchase through the Manitoba Learning Resources Centre (LRC) (formerly known as the Manitoba Text Book Bureau). For information or assistance regarding the purchase of learning resources, contact: The Manitoba Learning Resource Centre (LRC)

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B ig Idea Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

English as an Additional Language

Big Idea: Science Pack ISBN# - 9780133768848 12 Books

This Canadian resource supports the integration of the ELA practices through science and social studies concepts, while developing students’ critical literacy skills. The student texts are highly visual and engaging and support the development of subject-specific vocabulary, communication skills, and critical thinking through both independent and collaborative learning. Texts are aligned with Manitoba science and social studies curricular topics and are focused on exploring overarching essential questions. The teacher resource guide is essential and provides varied learning experiences to guide students through each concept introduced in the text. In addition to the student text and teacher resource guide, an online web-based resource, called Big Idea Interactive, provides e-texts that include optional audio recordings, text highlighting, and access to an online translator as well as interactive experiences. This resource provides an integrated perspective of the multicultural nature of Canada along with highlighting the roles played by and contributions of Indigenous people. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers should not use this resource as a stand-alone and should use it in conjunction with the teacher resource guide. Due to the ever-changing nature of the subject matter discussed in social studies and science, some of the material may not remain current or relevant. Teachers may want to consider that there are no explicit assessment strategies or tools outlined in the teacher’s guide, but many opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning in multiple ways are provided.

Big Idea: Science Pack: Body Systems

Author(s): Jane Forbes Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587304 Format: Print

Audience: Student, Teacher Suggested Use(s): Science, Social Studies,

Aboriginal Education


Publisher: Rubicon Publishing Inc. Distributor: Pearson Canada

Big Idea: Science Pack: Chemistry

Author(s): Les Asselstine Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587311 Format: Print




Big Idea: Science Pack: Diversity of Life

Author(s): Maureen Sims Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587359 Format: Print




Big Idea: Science Pack: Electricity

Author(s): Catherine Little Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587342 Format: Print




Big Idea: Science Pack: Flight

Author(s): Les Asselstine Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p




ISBN: 9781770587366 Format: Print


Big Idea: Science Pack: Forces and Structures

Author(s): Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9780133877410 Format: Print

Audience: Student, Teacher Suggested Use(s): Social Studies, Aboriginal

Education


Big Idea: Science Pack: Habitats and Communities

Author(s): Shara Dupuis Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587281 Format: Print




Big Idea: Science Pack: Interactive

Year: 2014 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780133740134 Format: Web-Base Resource

Audience: Student, Teacher Category: Suggested Use(s): Science, Social Studies,



Big Idea: Science Pack: Light and Sound

Author(s): Catherine Little Year: 2014




Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587274 Format: Print


Big Idea: Science Pack: Our Healthy World

Author(s): Jane Forbes Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587328 Format: Print




Big Idea: Science Pack: Rocks and Minerals

Author(s): Judy Halpern Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587298 Format: Print




Big Idea: Science Pack: Simple Machines

Author(s): Sandy Szeto Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587373 Format: Print





Big Idea: Science Pack: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Jim Cummins Et al. Year: 2014 Pagination: 96 p ISBN: 9781770587519 Format: Print

Audience: Teacher Suggested Use(s): Science, Social Studies,



Big Idea: Science Pack: The Sky and Beyond

Author(s): Sonja Grcic-Stuart, Tanya Graham

Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587335 Format: Print




Big Idea: Science Pack: Weather

Author(s): Anita Chapman Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587380 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: Active Citizenship

Author(s): Carla Peck, Craig Harding




Publisher: Rubicon Publishing Inc.


Distributor: Pearson Canada

Big Idea: Social Studies: All Connected

Author(s): Michelle Brown Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587441 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: Canada and the World

Author(s): Craig Harding, Carla Peck





Big Idea: Social Studies: Canada: Movement of People

Author(s): Charlene Hendricks Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587489 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: Canada’s Heroes of Human Rights

Author(s): Stanley Hallman-Chong, Charlene Hendricks

Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p

Audience: Student, Teacher Suggested Use(s):

Science, Social Studies, Aboriginal Education




Big Idea: Social Studies: Early Societies: Mali, England, China

Author(s): Natasha Henry Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587403 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: Early Societies: Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, Indus Valley

Author(s): Lynn Bryan Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587397 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: Events that Changed Canada

Author(s): Stanley Hallman-Chong Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587502 Format: Print





Big Idea: Social Studies: First Contact

Author(s): Michelle Brown Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587434 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: First Peoples

Author(s): Robyn Michaud-Turgeon Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587410 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: Interactive

Author(s): Year: 2014 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780133740158 Format: Web-Base Resource




Big Idea: Social Studies: New France

Author(s): Charlene Hendricks Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587427 Format: Print





Big Idea: Social Studies: Political and Physical Regions of Canada

Author(s): Sonja Grcic-Stuart Year: 2014 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770587472 Format: Print




Big Idea: Social Studies: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Jim Cummins Et al. Year: 2014 Pagination: 96 p ISBN: 9781770587885 Format: Print




Circle of Life Publisher : Nelson Education Ltd.

Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


This Canadian resource can be used by teachers as sets of texts to support guided reading instruction and to add to their classroom libraries. Texts represent traditional ways of knowing and contemporary aspects of First Nations cultures. The resource addresses and provides opportunity for teachers and students to enact the four practices of Manitoba’s ELA curriculum as well as all six strands. Each text provides supports for use of strategies and thinking for before, during and after reading. The text set encourages differentiated access to text by providing audio texts, varied text levels and e-text versions of the book/text.


The teacher e-support disk includes a reproducible for each text that can be modified, recognizing that language and literacy develop differently for each individual. Teachers may use this resource to make cross-curricular connections, such as to health education, music, physical education, social studies, and science. This resource focuses on Indigenous peoples and cultures as well as building a sense of self identity, community, and the world. Cautions and Considerations: This resource should be used to support teacher’s instructional designs. Although the publisher designated each set by a single grade level, they can be used across grade bands to support diverse purposes and learners. Circle of Life Set: Grade 1 Publisher : Nelson Education Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Circle of Life Set: Grade 1: Starter Pack

Edition: 1st Year: 2013 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 97801769556525 Format: Kit

Audience: Teacher, Student Suggested Use(s): Science, Social Studies

Publisher: Nelson Education Ltd. Distributor: Nelson Education Ltd.

Starter Pack Contains 11 titles: Why Do You Smudge, Mishoomis? At Home in the Bush Where Are Grandma and Grandpa? The Six Clans My Bustle Getting Ready for the Powwow I Can Sing Where Is My Moccasin Can You Give Me My Name? Four Colours, Four Hands In the Light of Grandmother Moon


Circle of Life Set: Grade 1: Teacher eSupport DVD

Edition: 1st Year: 2013 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780176556556 Format: CD-ROM

Audience: Teacher Suggested Use(s): Science, Social Studies


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Circle of Life Set: Grade 2 Publisher : Nelson Education Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts






Starter Pack 2 contains 11 titles: Frog for Supper Sharing The Sweat Lodge My Drum Berry Picking with Nokomis Corn Soup The Gift of Water Making Bannock Nokomis and I Go to Town Getting Ready for the Feast


To the Arena


Edition: 1st Year: 2013 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780176556563 Format: DVD









Starter Pack 3 contains 11 titles: I am a Traditional Dancer Mishoomis's Pipe Cedar Tea Amy's Braids Nanaboozho's Yard Sale I Am a Hoop Dancer Wishing for a Summer Birthday The Medicine Wheel Mishoomis's Wigwam The Gift Waynaboozhoo's Search for Love








Starter Pack 4 contains 8 titles: Grandma Ida's Garden Sunday Night Social The Three Sisters Weaving Tradition Wearing Treasures Dolls, Cobs, and Kernels The Wisdom Keeper Snow Snake







Circle of Life Set: Grade 5 Publisher : Nelson Education Ltd.







Starter Pack 5 contains 8 titles: Building a Birchbark Canoe Sky Woman The Full Moon Ceremony Little Owl Snaring Rabbits Weekends with Moxoomus and Nookum Becoming Brave Bear Wampum












Starter Pack 6 contains 8 titles: Tabitha's Blog Gifts from Mother Earth Miigwan and the Raven The Beat of the Drum The Naming Ceremony Catching Fish and Creating Stars The Peacemaker Nanabush and the Serpent People




English Language Arts




Explorations Publisher : Pearson Canada Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This Canadian resource provides teachers with a comprehensive yet open-ended guide to cross-curricular inquiry based learning. Inquiry is a dynamic process with student interest as the focal point where teachers are responding to the questions and interest of student’s and communities. The resource provides background information on the concept of inquiry-based learning, considerations for 21st century learning, ongoing responsive planning and assessment suggestions, as well as supports for setting up an optimal learning environment. The wide variety of cross-curricular explorations at each grade level provides opportunities for choice in learning and communicating new knowledge. It encourages active learning, hands on exploration, creativity, connections to community, nature and culture, rich literacy experiences, and opportunities to use language to explore and extend understanding of themselves and the world around them. The Kindergarten resource supports learning through inquiry and play, in keeping with the current research. Cautions and Considerations: This resource is not a prescriptive, linear program, but is intended to be responsive to students’ interests and needs. There are many open-ended opportunities in which teachers can infuse cultural perspectives, but these are not always specifically stated and it would be the responsibility of the teacher to ensure the students’ cultures and communities are reflected. Although there are some suggestions for material to support inquiry, the teacher will need to investigate other resources in response to their individual classroom inquiries. While the authors explain inquiry processes and guiding principles of inquiry, no references are provided for further readings. Although the resource is designated by grade, aspects of each resource can be used across K to 2 to support diverse purposes and learners.

Explorations: Learning Through Inquiry and Play: Kindergarten

Author(s): Lalie Harcourt, Ricki Wortzman


Audience: Teacher Suggested Use(s): Science

Publisher: Pearson Canada Distributor: Pearson Canada


Explorations: Learning Through Inquiry: Grade 1





Explorations: Learning Through Inquiry: Grade 2





Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System Publisher : Pearson Canada Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

System 1, 2nd Edition - Grades K-2, Levels A-N 28 books (14 Fiction and 14 Non Fiction) Assessment Guide 1 Assessment Forms CD-ROM Optional Assessments Item Book Data Management CD-ROM Professional Development DVDs The Continuum of Literacy Learning: A Guide to Teaching, Pre K – 2 30 Student Folders F&P Calculator/Stopwatch


Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System: System 1 - Second Edition

Author(s): Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell

Edition: 2nd Edition Year: 2011 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780325027760 Format: Kit

Audience: Teacher, Student

Publisher: Heinemann Distributor: Pearson Canada

This benchmark assessment system can be used, alongside other methods and tools, to gain information about certain aspects of students’ reading processes. The resource contains a large range of books that represent a variety of topics, themes, and ideas and include quality illustrations. Key to appropriate use and understanding of this system is the core text, The Continuum of Literacy Learning. Schools can purchase and use this book on its own. The benchmark system, however, may provide structure for educators who need more supports. Although this benchmark system is not intended to be used as summative assessment or for reporting purposes, information gained from using it can support teachers’ planning. The texts in the system have been analyzed for their level of complexity (e.g., vocabulary, sentence structure, and content), but teachers would need to gain a clear understanding about text complexity and implications for teaching and learning. The core text supports educators in being strategic and intentional with text selection and instruction/assessment focus based on their learners. A critical section in the core text speaks to summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting results which will help educators analyze reading behaviours and processes, rather than focusing only on levels. Cautions and Considerations This resource can compel some educators to use a very lock-step and narrow approach to the assessment of reading. Assessing students’ reading using unfamiliar texts in unsupported and decontextualized contexts can negatively affect student performance. Teachers must use their professional judgment based on learners’ needs to determine if and which aspects of this resource might be appropriate and what other forms of information and ways of collecting it would be necessary. Although this resource provides supports for focused assessment in some aspects of reading (i.e., fluency, decoding, and basic comprehension), it does not assess all aspects of reading. Some educators may also be compelled to attach reading levels to students, rather than analyzing the reading behaviours of students in relation to texts. Outputs from this benchmark assessment should not be recordings of distinct levels at which students read. Rather, outputs should reflect descriptions of the range of reading behaviours of students as they engage with different texts and different levels of complexity. The text gradient provided in the kit does not reflect the developmental nature and learning expectations for kindergarten learners in Manitoba and use of this benchmark system would not cohere with Manitoba’s play-based philosophy in


Kindergarten. This resource is not intended to be used as a summative assessment and is not intended for reporting purposes. The resource provides various fiction and nonfiction books from which to choose, but these are treated in the same way which may compel teachers to understand that readers engage in these forms of text in the same ways. The levels are displayed on the front covers and are, therefore, visible to students. The majority of books represent American demographics, so teachers would want to supplement, replace, and add to the sets of books to reflect Canadian, multicultural, and Indigenous content, cultures, and ways of knowing. Some of the materials and some approaches do not represent or respond to the needs of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples in Manitoba. Teachers will want to use the materials that enhance and support their responsive and focused instruction and assessment. Teachers should consider omitting other materials within the resource. Pre-printed reading records, as opposed to teachers’ own running records, are limited in space and cannot capture all the observable behaviours that readers demonstrate and do not promote teachers’ deep analysis. The forms do not contain space for recording next steps. Although the assessment system suggests that there is a focus on writing, the focus is really on writing responses to reading to show basic comprehension. The large amount of time required to administer this benchmark assessment system can be a barrier for its effective use and, consequently, can reduce time for quality teaching and learning experiences. Inappropriate strategies to save teacher time include tasking educational assistants with the administration of the assessment or tasking resource teachers or other specialists with its administration without teacher involvement.

Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Publisher : Heinemann Publishing Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This resource can be used judiciously by a discriminating teacher to respond to some learner’s particular reading needs. LLIS is designed to be used with small groups of students who need more intensive supports in reading. Teachers can, therefore, use aspects of this system for a short term to support focused and strategic instruction in reading and to supplement classroom-based literacy teaching and learning. The core text, When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works, included in the blue and green systems is a valuable resource that anchors the appropriate use of these systems. Directions, backgrounders, and this core text are integral to appropriate use of this resource.


For new teachers or teachers needing more supports, the lesson guides are helpful. The lessons’ clearly stated goals also allow teachers to select judiciously in response to learners’ instructional needs. The range of texts from which to select and the big books to accompany them provide further opportunity for choice in response to learners' needs and interests. Cautions and Considerations: This resource can compel some teachers to use a very lock-step approach to instruction/intervention. Teachers must use their professional judgment based on learners’ needs to determine if and which aspects of this resource might be appropriate. Although this resource provides supports for focused instruction in some aspects of reading, it does not effectively support the development of writing. This intervention system is not appropriate for Kindergarten and Grade 1 students because early readers need a rich variety of opportunities included in play-based environments. The system cannot support the idiosyncratic emerging processing systems of younger learners who struggle to get underway with reading. The resource does provide a large range of books from which to choose, but these largely represent American demographics. Teachers would want to consider supplementing, replacing, and adding to the sets of books in order to reflect Canadian, multicultural, and Indigenous content, cultures, and ways of knowing. Some of the materials and some approaches do not represent or respond to the needs of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples in Manitoba. Teachers will want to make use of the materials that enhance and support their responsive and focused instruction. The systems contain materials that are not necessary and, when used in classrooms, may potentially promote a focus on packaged, commercial materials (e.g., calculator, notebooks). Teachers should consider omitting other materials within the resource. Pre-printed reading records are limited in space and cannot capture all observable behaviours that readers demonstrate. The photocopies of black and white take home books lack the appeal of the classroom books. Test preparation books in the red and gold systems do not fit Manitoba’s assessment philosophies. Teachers will need to correlate this resource with Manitoba curriculum since these systems are designed to fit the American Common Core Standards framework.

Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention: Blue System (Grade 2) - 120 Books - Levels C to N

Author(s): Irene C. Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell

Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780325061504 Format: Kit




Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention: Red System (Grade 3) - 144 Books - Levels L to Q

Author(s): Irene C. Fountas , Gay Su Pinnell


Audience: Teacher


Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention: Gold System (Grade 4) - 144 Books - Level 0 to T

Author(s): Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell




Independent Reading Assessment Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd.


The focus of this assessment system helps uncover what learners do as they engage with language as system and language as sense making through reading. Teachers could extend the processes and texts to focus on the other practices. The Independent Reading Assessment models and guides teachers in connecting assessment and instruction. The resource provides both beginning and experienced


teachers with clear, guided processes and concrete tools, tips, and information to set up a classroom-based assessment process. It also provides focused support for teachers to fine-tune, extend, deepen, and sustain their own classroom-based assessment processes. This resource offers teachers a model for research-based assessment practices that they can apply beyond this resource by using other texts. The proposed assessment processes provide meaningful data about reading and readers that help teachers understand expectations for proficient readers for Grades 3 to 5, and directly correlate with reading instruction to help teachers know what to teach. As opposed to merely evaluating students’ reading levels and basic comprehension, this resource helps teachers unpack what their students do as readers and thinkers as they engage with whole authentic texts, authentic reading tasks, and sustained comprehension and thinking. The teacher’s guide is a critical component of the resource as it contains clear instructions, tips, supports, and background information with very concrete scaffolding for teachers (e.g., prompts to support teachers in digging for deeper comprehension and focus on particular reading processes, clear supports for how to escalate expectations of readers by appropriately increasing complexity and challenge). The guide helps teachers use data collected through initial assessment to plan goal setting conferences, create class profiles, create reading groups based on common teaching points, and plan Read Alouds, mini-lessons, small group instruction, individual reading conferences, book club conferences, and guided reading lessons. If-then charts help teachers uncover what students’ response patterns reveal so that they can determine clear goals for instruction and supports. This resource includes high-interest, authentic trade books for students at a range of levels with clear and detailed descriptions of characteristics of texts. The author of this system attends to the different ways that readers engage with fiction and nonfiction and, therefore, includes separate yet connected fiction and nonfiction assessment systems for grades three, four, and five. A range of rubrics present clear indicators of what readers might do at three different levels of proficiency at each grade. These rubrics take into account the complexity of reading processes and the nuances across levels of proficiency. Access to digital assessment tools, student reports, printable forms, and tutorials are also available. This reading resource is comprehensive and would support teachers in practising quality classroom-based assessment and planning reading instruction and supports that respond to meaningful classroom data. Cautions and Considerations Teachers must use their professional judgment based on learners’ needs to determine if and which aspects of this resource might be appropriate and what other forms of information and ways of collecting it would be necessary. Outputs from this assessment should not be recordings of distinct levels at which students read. Rather, outputs should reflect descriptions of the range of reading behaviours of students as they engage with different texts and different levels of complexity. Teachers will want to use the


materials that enhance and support their responsive and focused instruction and assessment. Although the publisher designates a single grade level to each kit, teachers can move across kits and grade bands to support the diverse needs of learners. The resources contain a good range of authentic fiction and nonfiction books. Teachers will want to supplement, replace, and add to the sets of books to reflect Canadian, multicultural, and Indigenous content, cultures, and ways of knowing. Teachers will want to determine how this assessment process supports their own planning for rich learning experiences and consider how the processes and information might support their work with other texts and contexts.

Independent Reading Assessment: Grade 3 Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

Independent Reading Assessment: Grade 3 Nonfiction

Author(s): Jennifer Serravallo Year: 2012 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780545485890 Format: Kit

Audience: Student, Teacher

Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd. Distributor: Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Independent Reading Assessment: Grade 3: Fiction










Independent Reading Assessment: Grade 4: Fiction





Independent Reading Assessment: Grade 5 Fiction









Info Tales: Grades 2-3 Complete Pack Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Includes: 6 Copies of each title and 1 lesson plan per title The Info Tales resource could be used as a support for teaching reading, using an independent reading and guided reading format. The layout of the texts is appealing as each book contains a tale and on the reverse a non-fiction selection. There is a cross-cultural connection in each text selection. All ELA Strands are considered, and support for using comprehension strategies vary. Cautions and Considerations: This resource should be used to support teacher’s instructional designs.

Info Tales: All About Afghanistan/The King and the Cobbler

Author(s): Libby Brereton Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781443042079 Format: Kit

Audience: Student, Teacher Suggested Use(s): Social Studies

Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd.


Distributor: Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Info Tales: All About Peas/The Princess and the Pea

Author(s): Sara Mitchell Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781443042055 Format: Kit



Info Tales: Anansi Spider’s Thin Legs/Spotlight on Spiders

Author(s): Vanessa York, Sara Mitchell




Info Tales: Ants and Grasshoppers/The Ant and the Grasshopper

Author(s): Kelly Moodie, Sara Mitchell




Info Tales: Carpets, Colour, and Culture/Wise Anait and the Woven Words

Author(s): Lucretia Samson, Libby Brereton





Info Tales: Explore China/The Girl and the Waterfall

Author(s): Lucretia Samson Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781443042093 Format: Kit



Info Tales: Fancy Feet/The Story of Henny Penny

Author(s): Richard Carson, Sara Mitchell




Info Tales: From Small to Big/The Strongest Mouse

Author(s): Wayne Hepburn, Nerida Frost, Briar Wilton





Info Tales: Good Sports/The Tortoise and the Hare

Author(s): Cynthia Rothman, Sara Mitchell




Info Tales: Guinea Pigs Galore/Carlos and Diego

Author(s): Sara Mitchell , Lucretia Samson


Audience: Teacher, Student Suggested Use(s): Social Studies


Info Tales: Hungry Tiger and Clever Rabbit/Tiger Talk

Author(s): Cynthia Walters, Lucretia Samson




Info Tales: Inuit Life/A Visit with Moon and Sun

Author(s): Libby Brereton, Martina Peluso

Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781443042062



Format: Kit


Info Tales: Marcela and the King’s Tricks/Island Hopping

Author(s): Lucretia Samson, Libby Breretonl




Info Tales: Nanabozho and the Maple Trees/Maple Madness

Author(s): Lucy Bioletti Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781443042109 Format: Kit



Info Tales: Pigtails/The Three Little Pigs

Author(s): Sara Mitchell, Nerida Frost




Info Tales: The Best Wish/People of the Dawn Land





Info Tales: The Boy Who Cried Wolf/Wolves and Sheep

Author(s): Ingrid Helmer, Sara Mitchell




Info Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker/Fancy Feet

Author(s): Libby Brereton, Janine Dawson




Info Tales: The Fortune Teller and the Forty Thieves/Incredible Iran

Author(s): Lucretia Samson, Annie Thomas



Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd.



Info Tales: The Loon and the Necklace/Living by the Sea




Info Tales: The Real Romania/Mizilca

Author(s): Lucretia Samson, Annie Thomas




Info Tales: The Truth About Turnips/The Enormous Turnip

Author(s): Bridie McBeath, Sara Mitchell




Info Tales: Treasures of Sri Lanka/The Hidden Treasure

Author(s): Sara Mitchell, Nerida Frost

Year: 2015



Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781443042123 Format: Kit


Info Tales: Wali Dad and the Gold Bracelet/The Land of Five Rivers

Author(s): Lucy Bioletti, Annie Thomas




Issues 21 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This Canadian resource can be used to develop and support critical thinking and inquiry learning. The topics and issues are interesting and relevant and promote local and global citizenship. The teacher’s guide and student texts are engaging. There is a lot of flexibility in how the resources and texts are used and the teacher’s guide provides clear structure and support. Various researchers and experts on issues were consulted to support the development of this resource. Cautions and Considerations: This resource should not be used as an isolated, “stand-alone” program. Rather, teachers will want to consider it and aspects of it in relation to their planning. While it addresses and provides opportunity for teachers and students to enact the ELA curriculum practices, this resource would need to support, complement and be integrated with teacher planning and other resources to attend to the depth and breadth of English language arts.


There is some text that introduces/addresses topics and issues in relation to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. The proposed topics and issues are broad enough that teachers could supplement with other texts. The resource is intended for Grades 7-12 audience. Teachers will need to use their professional judgment to determine whether the texts and issues are appropriate for their grade level, student audience, and communities.

Issues 21: Culture and Media: Censorship

Author(s): Glen Downey Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580930 Format: Print


Publisher: Rubicon Publishing Distributor: Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Issues 21: Culture and Media: Censorship: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Diane Taylor Et al. Year: 2013 Pagination: 24 p ISBN: 9781443027687 Format: Print

Audience: Teacher Suggested Use(s): Social Studies


Issues 21: Culture and Media: Consumer Culture

Author(s): Craig Harding, Glyn Hughes





Issues 21: Culture and Media: Consumer Culture: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Culture and Media: Corruption

Author(s): Michael F. Stewart Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580978 Format: Print



Issues 21: Culture and Media: Corruption: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Culture and Media: Digital World





Issues 21: Culture and Media: Digital World: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Culture and Media: Violence in the Media




Issues 21: Culture and Media: Violence in the Media: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Environment: Biodiversity

Author(s): Sandy Szeto Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580756



Format: Print


Issues 21: Environment: Biodiversity: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Environment: Climate Change

Author(s): Douglas Fraser Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580879 Format: Print



Issues 21: Environment: Climate Change: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Lucia Ferrara Et al. Year: 2013 Pagination: 24 p ISBN: 9781443027625 Format: Print



Issues 21: Environment: Energy

Author(s): Amy Farrell-Morneau Audience: Student, Teacher



Suggested Use(s): Social Studies


Issues 21: Environment: Energy: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Year: 2013 Pagination: 24 p ISBN: 9781443027502 Format: Print



Issues 21: Environment: Ocean Pollution

Author(s): Erika Boas Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580916 Format: Print



Issues 21: Environment: Ocean Pollution: Teacher’s Guide





Issues 21: Environment: Overfishing

Author(s): Jeffrey David Wilhelm Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580831 Format: Print



Issues 21: Environment: Overfishing: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Environment: Overpopulation

Author(s): Brian Arleth Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580954 Format: Print



Issues 21: Environment: Overpopulation: Teacher’s Guide





Issues 21: Health: Food

Author(s): Erika Boas, Fiona Luray Wilhelm, Jeffrey David Wilhelm




Issues 21: Health: Food Industry

Author(s): Erika Boas, Fiona Luray Wilhelm, Jeffrey David Wilhelm




Issues 21: Health: Food Industry: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Health: Food: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Lucia Ferrara Et al. Year: 2013





Issues 21: Health: Genetic Engineering

Author(s): Douglas Fraser Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580947 Format: Print



Issues 21: Health: Genetic Engineering: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Health: Mental Health

Author(s): Jacqueline Nemni Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580909 Format: Print




Issues 21: Health: Mental Health: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Health: Pandemic

Author(s): Jacqueline Nemni Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580787 Format: Print



Issues 21: Health: Pandemic: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Edition: Year: 2013 Pagination: 24 p ISBN: 9781443027519 Format: Print

Audience: Teacher Category: Suggested Use(s): Social Studies


Issues 21: Health: Threats to Health

Author(s): Dona Foucault Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580862 Format: Print


Publisher: Rubicon Publishing



Issues 21: Health: Threats to Health: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Human Rights: Children’s Rights

Author(s): Robyn Michaud-Turgeon, Michael F. Stewart




Issues 21: Human Rights: Children’s Rights: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Human Rights: Discrimination

Author(s): Tom Henderson Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p





Issues 21: Human Rights: Discrimination: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Human Rights: Freedom vs Security





Issues 21: Human Rights: Freedom vs Security: Teacher’s Guide





Issues 21: Human Rights: Justice

Author(s): Charles Boocock Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580848 Format: Print



Issues 21: Human Rights: Justice: Teacher’s Guide




Issues 21: Human Rights: Oppression of Women

Author(s): Ruby Lee Year: 2013 Pagination: 40 p ISBN: 9781770580961 Format: Print



Issues 21: Human Rights: Oppression of Women: Teacher’s Guide





Issues 21: Human Rights: Poverty





Issues 21: Human Rights: Poverty: Teacher’s Guide




Learning A-Z is an online platform containing multiple resources. Only RAZ Kids and Reading A-Z were reviewed. Learning A-Z Learning A-Z: Online Curriculum Resources: RAZ Kids

Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. Format: Online resource


Mathematics, Music, Physical Education

Publisher: Learning A-Z, LLC Distributor: Learning A-Z, LLC



Raz-Kids is a complimentary e-book resource that collates with Reading A-Z books. It is an interactive program for students to read e-books and allows teachers to monitor student progress. Interactive tools support teacher diverted Smartboard lessons. Cautions and Considerations: Raz-Kids should not be used as isolated computer-based instruction or intervention. Rather, it is a tool that can support teachers’ instructional plans. Learning A-Z: Online Curriculum Resources: Reading A-Z

Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. Format: Online resource


Mathematics, Music, Physical Education

Publisher: Learning A-Z, LLC Distributor: Learning A-Z, LLC


Reading A-Z is a tool for supporting small group instruction or for independent practice in reading as well as for supporting home reading. It includes a large selection of printable books, including wordless picture books. An audio component is available for each book as well as complimentary Reader’s Theatre scripts. Some books have been translated in French. Extensive, specific teacher resources are available for each book. Writer’s response and literature circle journals represent some of the suggested ways for students to demonstrate their understanding. Teachers should use professional discretion when selecting materials to be sure that lesson and books address student learning. The resources in Reading A-Z could represent another source from which teachers can draw to support their instructional plans. It is not, however, intended to be used as a “program” by itself. Cautions and Considerations: Reading A-Z is a supplemental tool for teachers to use in response to students’ needs and teacher’s planning. Using it by itself, in isolation of planning, would be counter-productive. Teachers are encouraged to be selective, strategic, and responsive when using this resource. Rather than placing focus on moving students through levels of text, teachers are encouraged to consider focus for instruction and student practice, students’ reading processes and behaviours, and how texts support these.


Literacy P lace for the Early Years Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This Canadian resource can be used by a discriminating teacher to support literacy instruction. Elements of the system are designed to be used for independent, small and large groups of students. The kit contains teacher and student supports for guided reading, shared reading and read aloud learning experiences. Teachers can use all the elements or individual aspects of this system to support progress in reading. The oral language kit allows students to represent and express ideas. Students become the storytellers while analyzing the illustrations and visuals within each wordless book. Each aspect of the system is supported by clearly laid out teaching plans. The system is rich with varieties of opportunities to view, represent, read, write, listen and speak. The modality of the system implementation is predominantly group/shared/guided work. The resource provides a large range of books from which to choose, with 11 levels of text. Each element in the system clearly outlines before, during, and after reading strategies. The pieces to the system are varied; big books, individual lap books, audio CD’s, supplementary online resources supports. Teachers may use this resource to make cross curricular connections including; Health Education, Music, Physical Education, Social Studies, Science and English as an Additional Language. Cross curricular connections are clearly laid out in the teacher guides. Lessons, learning experiences and processes provide opportunity for students to use the ELA curricular practices and five strands in the Manitoba ELA curriculum. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers will want to take time to become familiar with the many elements of the system as well as to determine effective organization and implementation. The reading levels in the resource identified are closely aligned to the American Reading level system; therefore, teachers will need to refer to Manitoba curricula to ensure alignment. The resource may compel some teachers to use a very lock step approach to reading instruction. Teachers may want to consider a grade band approach focused on the learner’s particular needs. Teachers must use their professional judgment based on learner’s needs and or readiness to engage in guided reading practices. The resource provides the teacher with opportunities for differentiated practices. Teachers will need to consider their selection of shared reading materials and/or guided reading materials. Flexible interchanging between guided and shared reading materials within the system is not supported. Teachers will need to adapt the use of some the graphic organizers from the individual student pages. Teachers will want to consider supplementing, and adding to the sets of books in order to reflect multicultural and Indigenous content, cultures and ways of knowing.


Literacy Place for the Early Years: Grade 1

Author(s): Anne Brailsford, Tony Stead

Year: 2011 ISBN: 9780779149216 Pagination: unp. Format: Kit




Author(s): Anne Brailsford , Tony Stead

Year: 2014 ISBN: 9780779162147

Pagination: unp. Format: Kit





Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 97807791493918

Format: Kit




Moving Up With Literacy Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

The purpose of the resource is to teach and provide support and guided practice for reading comprehension strategies within the context of meaningful learning experiences. Highlights include support for classroom set-up and management, start-up professional development, support for assessment, and a continuum. Canadian contexts are reflected in both narrative and informational texts. The variety of genre and thematic units, as well as the multiple reading levels (at, above, below), support student engagement and differentiated instruction through text selection. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers may feel overwhelmed by the large volume of materials included in this resource. It is critical that teachers access the available professional learning CD and online support in order to effectively select and use materials in relation to their planning. This resource does not present ample examples of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures and perspectives. Teachers would need to supplement in order to represent more linguistic and cultural diversity. This resource can present a more prescribed approach which could compel teachers to use a more lock-step approach and hinder teacher responsiveness and student creativity. Teachers should be cautioned that this is not a “stand alone” program; students will need opportunities for choice, reading for pleasure, and diverse writing opportunities. Teachers will need to consider aspects of this resource in relation to their planning.

Moving Up With Literacy: Grade 4
















Nelson Literacy Publisher : Nelson Education Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This Canadian resource is theme-based and represents the integrated nature of literacy learning. The resource supports the teachers in providing opportunities for students to engage in meaningful, authentic experiences. To assist in this, the resource includes quality Canadian literature of various genres and formats. The learning experiences encourage and support exploration, inquiry, and higher order thinking skills. There are suggestions for scaffolding and extending learning. The resource integrates social studies, visual arts, mathematics, and Aboriginal education. Cautions and Considerations: For the Kindergarten Units, teachers will want to use this resource in relation to Manitoba’s ELA curriculum and Manitoba’s Kindergarten support document, A Time for Learning, A Time for Joy, in order to promote learning through purposeful play when


using the play and exploration portion of the resource. Teachers will want to consider this resource in relation to their planning as opposed to a program on its own.

Nelson Literacy K Exploring the Arts Kit

Author(s): Miriam P. Trehearne Edition: 1st Year: 2012 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780176518158 Format: Kit



This kit contains: Anchor Resource Kit: 978-0-17-651808-0 (from Poster) 978-0-17651809-7 (from Packaging) 4 Canadian Read-Aloud Story Books: Drumheller Dinosaur Dance- 978-1-55337-982-9 Music from the Sky - 978-1-554498-128-1 James the Dancing - 9780887766190 Picturescape - 978-1-894965-65-1 12 Photos Cards - 9780176518103 1 Audio CD - 978-0-17-651811-0 1 Digital Resources CD - 978-0-17-651812-7 1 Teacher's Resource with CD - 978-0-17-651812-7 1 e-Source http://www.nelson.com/literacy/K/esource

Nelson Literacy K Math in My World Kit


Audience: Student, Teacher Suggested Use(s):


This kit contains: Anchor Resource Poster Kit: - 978-0-17651801-1 (from Packaging) 978-0-17-651800-4 (from poster) 4 Canadian Read-Aloud Story Books: Goodnight Sweet Pig - 978-1-55453-383-1 Counting on Snow - 978-0-88776-985-6


Hannah's Collections - 9780887766909 Time is When - 978-0-88776-870-5 12 Photo Concept Cards - 9780176518028 1 Audio CD - 978-0-17-651803-5 1 Digital Resources DVD - 978-0-17-651804-2 1 Teacher's Resource (with CD 978-0-17-651805-9) - 978-0-17-651805-9 1 Teacher e-Source: http://www.nelson.com/esource

Nelson Literacy 1 Storytelling Kit




This kit contains: Literacy Shared Reading Cards Storytelling 139780176551285 (from package) 978-0-17-655127-8 (from poster) 4 Canadian Read-Aloud Story Books: The Giving Tree (with CD) 978-0-920915-90-5 Chuck in the City - 978-1-894778-81-7 Meshom and The Little One - 9781894778350 A Walk on the Tundra - 978-1-926569-43-7 12 Photo Concept Cards 978-017655129-2 1 Teacher's Resource with CD - 978-0-17-655132-2 1 Digital Resources CD - 978-0-17655131-5 1 Audio CD - 978-0-17-655130-8 1 Storytelling Photo Cards 1 e-Source http://www.nelson.com/literacy/K/esource - 978-0-17-655133-9

New PM Library Publisher : Cengage Learning Australia Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


This resource can be used to support focused small group reading instruction. It has four leveled book sets (18 different titles) with text reading from levels 3-14. Each set includes a CD with teaching lesson plans, student worksheets and reading records. There are three key emphasis in the text (non-fiction, families and narrative) which are explored through a variety of genres (procedure, narrative, information report, recant and descriptive). Cautions and Considerations: This resource is limited in scope and can be used as one component or tool in teachers’ larger literacy planning. The resource can compel teachers to use a very lock-step approach to small group reading instruction. Assessing students’ reading using unfamiliar texts in unsupported and decontextualized contexts can negatively affect student performance. Teachers must use their professional judgment based on learners’ needs to determine if and which aspects of this resource might be appropriate and what other forms of information and ways of collecting it would be necessary. Although this resource provides supports for focused assessment in some aspects of reading (i.e., fluency, decoding, and basic comprehension), it does not assess all aspects of reading. Some educators may also be compelled to attach reading levels to students, rather than analyzing the reading behaviours of students in relation to texts. Outputs from this benchmark assessment should not be recordings of distinct levels at which students read. Rather, outputs should reflect descriptions of the range of reading behaviours of students as they engage with different texts and different levels of complexity. The text gradient provided in the resource does not reflect the developmental nature and learning expectations for kindergarten learners in Manitoba and use of this system would not cohere with Manitoba’s play-based philosophy in Kindergarten. This resource is not intended to be used as a summative assessment and is not intended for reporting purposes. Teachers will want to use the materials that enhance and support their responsive and focused instruction and assessment. Teachers should consider omitting other materials within the resource. Pre-printed reading records, as opposed to teachers’ own running records, are limited in space and cannot capture all the observable behaviours that readers demonstrate and do not promote teachers’ deep analysis. The inclusion of printable fill-in the blank worksheets may encourage a narrow focus on language as a system rather than supporting the exploration and enrichment components in the teaching notes. This narrow approach would not provide reliable information about students as readers. Teachers would want to consider supplements to the set of books in order to reflect Canadian multicultural and Indigenous content, cultures, and ways of knowing. While the use of photographs is engaging for students, some of technology focused texts may become quickly outdated.

New PM Library Blue Single Copy Set

Author(s): Audience: Student, Teacher



Publisher: Cengage Learning

Australia Distributor: Nelson Education Ltd.

Includes 18 Titles ( 3 copies each): Tiny Owl the Prickly Plant Go Away, Socks! The Snow Bus Pokey and the Slipper Jolly Roger and the Turtles The Big Jar of Butter Track and Field Cameras and Photos Horses Murals Dad and Jazz Painting Faces The Face Painter A Guide Dog A Lion’s Hideaway Big Animals That Hide Bird Watching on my Holidays Birds That Migrate

New PM Library Blue Teachings Notes and Activites CD

Author(s): Edition: 1st Year: 2012 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9780176530365 Format: CD-ROM




New PM Library Green Single Copy Set






Includes 18 Titles (3 copies each): Jolly Roger and the Clever Green Parrot More! More! More! The Birthday Boy The House of Bricks Why Bears Have Short Tails Sally and Red Boy A Photo Slideshow A Dinosaur Mural Looking After a Bird Running Races Clifton Market Roads Markets Bicycle Safety A Firefighter A Map of Sunny Hill Treasure on Crocodile Island Fire at the Farm

New PM Library Green Teaching Notes and Activites CD





New PM Library Red Single Copy Set






Includes 18 Titles (3 copies each): Harry and the Little Robot The Big Ball Lily’s Apple Baby Lion Jet, the Little Robot Where Is Socks? Dinosaur Day at School Looking for Tigers and Monkeys Playing with Jip The Race Down at the River Mailboxes Making a Sun Hat Making a Big Sand Castle My School Bus Our Sunhats Sandcastles The Bus Ride

New PM Library Red Teaching Notes and Activities CD





New PM Library Yellow Single Copy Set

Author(s): Edition: 1st






Includes18 Titles (3 copies each): Josh’s Store Monkey’s Skateboard Jet is Naughty Sit Down, Socks Pokey is Sick Jolly Roger and the Coconuts Anna’s Family Cam’s Family Kris’ s Family Meg’s Family Looking for Frogs Making a Toy Telephone Our Vegetable Garden Small Animals That Hide Telephones The Big Ship The Town Garden Making a Little Raft

New PM Library Yellow Teaching Notes and Activites CD






PM Benchmark Reading Assessment Resource Kit Publisher : Cengage Learning Australia Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This benchmark assessment system can be used, alongside other methods and tools, to gain information about certain aspects of students’ reading processes, namely fluency and basic comprehension. Its purpose remains focused on only these aspects of reading. Proposed comprehension questions are stronger for the higher grades, thus potentially providing more insight into and depth of comprehension. Although the system allows opportunity for younger students to retell stories, teachers would need to supplement the comprehension questions in order to move beyond decoding and basic comprehension to better determine the depth of students’ understanding. The resource contains books that represent a variety of topics, themes, and ideas and have quality illustrations. Teachers would need to supplement these books with other text to extend the range of selections and to respond to the various linguistic and cultural needs of students, particularly for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives. Although this benchmark system is not intended to be used as summative assessment or for reporting purposes, information learned using it can support teachers’ planning. The texts in the system have been analyzed for their level of complexity, but teachers would need to gain clear understanding about text complexity and implications for teaching and learning before using these resources. Educators would need to focus their learning on how to summarize, analyze, and interpret the data which will help them analyze reading behaviours and processes, rather than focusing only on levels. The teacher resource book is accessible and helpful and the DVDs contain modeled assessment processes. This assessment system proposes a less complicated administrative process and a clear organization which makes it easier for educators to use. PM Benchmarks is also available in French. Cautions and Considerations This resource can compel some educators to use a very lock-step and narrow approach to the assessment of reading. Assessing students’ reading using unfamiliar texts in unsupported and decontextualized contexts can negatively affect student performance, particularly if students do not have adequate background knowledge of topics presented in the texts. Teachers must use their professional judgment based on learners’ needs to determine if and which aspects of this resource might be appropriate and what other forms of information and ways of collecting it would be necessary. Although this resource provides supports for focused assessment in some aspects of reading, it does not assess all aspects of reading. For example, teachers would need to supplement with other processes and/or questions to prompt for metacognition and metacognitive conversation and to prompt for evidence of deeper comprehension of text.


The resource is not intended to be used with all students, particularly in the older grades. Some educators may be compelled to attach reading levels to students, rather than analysing the reading behaviours of students in relation to texts. Outputs from this benchmark assessment should not be recordings of distinct levels at which students read. Rather, outputs should reflect descriptions of the range of reading behaviours as the students engage with different texts and different levels of complexity. This resource is not intended to be used as a summative assessment and is not intended for reporting purposes. A very fine gradient of difficulty is used to differentiate levels which may not be necessary for students in classroom contexts.

The “age” levels are displayed on the front cover and are, therefore, visible to students. There is only a single narrative text for levels 1-14 and one narrative and one informational for levels 15-30. Teachers will want to consider supplementing, replacing, and adding to the sets of books in order to expand the range of text types and topics, as well as to reflect Canadian, multicultural, and Indigenous content, cultures, and ways of knowing. Inappropriate strategies for administration of this assessment include tasking educational assistants with it or tasking resource teachers or other specialists with the administration without teacher involvement.

PM Benchmark Reading Assessment Resource Kit

Author(s): Annette Smith, Elsie Nelley, Debbie Croft





46 Levelled Texts Teacher's Resource Book and CD

Remix Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

Remix Complete Topic Pack (print only) ISBN # - 9780328928719 Remix Complete Topic Pack (e-text only) ISBN # - 9780321931245


Remix Complete Topic Pack( print and e-text) ISBN # - 9780133261653 Explore Pack - ISBN # 9780133253702 Each separate topic pack is available in print only or print and e-text Although this resource is designed to support “struggling” adolescent learners in Grades 7 and 8, its informational texts and topics may also be suitable for some readers needing more supports in senior years. This resource may be used to investigate complex moral and ethical issues and conflicts in science, social studies, history, geography and English language arts. The resource supports critical thinking through the embedded design of essential questions. Vocabulary development, reading comprehension and the use of reading strategies are scaffolded within the text sets. The text sets are grouped with 3 titles in each series. There are eight series that explore and connect to global issues that address social justice, and current events found throughout the world. The visuals within the text sets are highly engaging. Pictorial support is done through a variety of photographs that capture the concepts related to the essential questions. The visual aspects of the text include intriguing photographs which support student engagement with the print text and with critical thinking and visualization. The resource has an online instructive digital component that is accessible by mobile device or computer. An e-text version with audio, in which words are highlighted as students read, is also available with this resource. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers should not use this resource as an isolated, “stand alone” program. Rather, teachers can use this resource to support literacy learning in English language arts and other subject areas. Teachers will want to consider supplementing and adding to the set of books to reflect Indigenous and other cultural and linguistic content and perspectives. Although the texts are visually appealing, some contain very limited content and very simple language and structures which, at first glance, might seem supportive and appropriate for learners who need more support with print text. Ultimately, however, the gaps in content and the very simple language and structures can make text difficult to read and understand. Teachers will need to carefully consider how texts will be used and the scaffolds that they will put in place for student to further develop and deepen their reading and engage with more complex texts. The teacher’s guide alludes to assessment practices; however, it does not provide assessment tools, methods, or processes to support teachers. Remix: Unsolved Mysteries: Are We Alone?

Author(s): Jack Booth Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586598 Format: Print

Audience: Student, Teacher Suggested Use(s): Social Studies, English as

an Additional Language, Health Education



Remix: Unsolved Mysteries: Mysterious World





Remix: Unsolved Mysteries: Vanished!





Remix: Brave New World: Cyber World

Author(s): Deborah Halverson Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586666 Format: Print




Remix: Brave New World: Meltdown






Remix: Brave New World: Robotic World





Remix: Change: A Better World

Author(s): Reena Devani Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586758 Format: Print




Remix: Change: New Canadians

Author(s): Reena Devani Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586772 Format: Print




Remix: Change: Revolution

Author(s): Reena Devani Year: 2013 Pagination: unp.






Remix: Explore: Fuelling the Future





Remix: Explore: Passport to Adventure





Remix: Explore: World of Wonders





Remix: Living Well: One Hundred Plus


Author(s): Sandra Quan D’Eramo Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586734 Format: Print




Remix: Living Well: Tune Up!





Remix: Living Well: Vicious Vanity





Remix: Medical Horrors and Marvels: Deadly Diseases






Remix: Medical Horrors and Marvels: Medical Frontiers





Remix: Medical Horrors and Marvels: Medical Mistakes And Triumphs





Remix: Outside the Box: Game Changers

Author(s): Robert Piotrowski Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586703 Format: Print




Remix: Outside the Box: Out of this World






Remix: Outside the Box: Weird and Wonderful





Remix: Sports: Action Sports

Author(s): Brain Arleth Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586604 Format: Print




Remix: Sports: Against The Odds

Author(s): Brain Arleth Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781770586628 Format: Print




Remix: Sports: Intense Competition

Author(s): Brain Arleth Year: 2013 Pagination: 32 p






Remix: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Douglas Fisher Et al., Jeffrey D. Wilhelm Et al.

Year: 2013 Pagination: 180 p ISBN: 9781770587267 Format: Kit

Audience: Teacher Suggested Use(s): Social Studies, English as



Sankofa Black Heritage Collection Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This Canadian resource can be used as a rich supplement to classroom literacy programming. It includes a wide range of empowering activities that build understanding and address a variety of social justice issues. This system could be used as an effective addition to a classroom library for teachers looking to incorporate authentic black heritage themes and activities. The student texts are visually appealing with effective illustrations, visuals, and varied forms and genres. The written text includes factual pieces, narratives, biographies, fiction, poetry and historical or contemporary content. Built into the students texts are ways to encourage students to use prior knowledge and make connections as well as scaffolding questions to encourage deeper thinking related to various topics. The texts also include connecting activities to help students extend understanding of a topic. The system features both rural and urban settings as well as global and Canadian perspectives and leaders. An author of African descent has written each title. The readability level of the system ranges from grades 4-8. Teachers may use this resource to make cross-curricular connections including to English language arts, social studies, and science. Lessons, experiences, and processes correlate strongly with the ELA curricular practices and to four of the six strands in the Manitoba ELA curriculum.


Cautions and Considerations: Teachers may want to make use of this resource to enhance or support their literacy programming, with a multi-cultural black Canadian perspective. It will require careful planning by the discriminating teacher to appropriately implement the use of the resources. Teachers must not use this as a “stand-alone” item to support an anti-racism theme. In addition to this resource, teachers will want to include a variety of series and systems in order to develop a well-rounded social justice experience.

Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: African Diaspora



Publisher: Rubicon Publishing Distributor: Rubicon Publishing

Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Belonging

Author(s): Natalie Hodgson Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588271 Format: Print



Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Early Civilizations

Author(s): Adrienne Shadd Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588295 Format: Print




Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Firsts




Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Freedom

Author(s): Adrienne Shadd Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588318 Format: Print



Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Heroes

Author(s): Regine Grand-Pierre, Alisha Mohammed




Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Hopes and Dreams

Author(s): Nicole Ricketts Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588325 Format: Print




Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Media

Author(s): Nadia L Hohn Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588349 Format: Print



Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Music

Author(s): Nadia L Hohn Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770589452 Format: Print



Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: On Stage

Author(s): Raquel Walker, Abeer Mohammed




Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Rights and Equality

Author(s): Tisha Nelson Year: 2015





Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Science and Technology

Author(s): Jody Nyasha Warner Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588332 Format: Print



Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Sporting Life

Author(s): Philip Gibson Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588264 Format: Print



Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: The Business World

Author(s): Lorraine Bailey Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588240 Format: Print




Sankofa Black Heritage Collection: Traditions and Celebrations

Author(s): Nicole Ricketts Year: 2015 Pagination: 48 p ISBN: 9781770588257 Format: Print



Stepping Up With Literacy P lace Publisher : Scholastic Canada Ltd. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

Stepping up is a resource to support inquiry learning in the ELA classroom. The book club units support diverse learning needs and units are scaffolded to support student independence. The program includes benchmark reading assessments as well as numerous teacher assessment and student self–assessment tools. The inquiry based units would be appealing to the intended grade levels. Cautions and Considerations: This resource should be used as an additional support for the ELA curriculum rather than a program or a plan. The resource does not specifically represent the Manitoba context and has very limited First Nations, Métis and Inuit representations. Although the publisher designates single grade levels to each kit, they can be used across the intended grades to support diverse purposes and learners.

Stepping Up With Literacy Place Grade 7 (6 units)






Stepping Up With Literacy Place Grade 8 (6 units)





Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: Grade 1-6 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales Complete pack (6 of each title)

ISBN# - 978-1-4430-4239-0 This resource is designed to support guided reading; however, it may be used in a multitude of ways across English Language Arts, Social Studies, Aboriginal Education, and Science curricula. This resource and its tales provide insight into how Indigenous peoples explained their worlds. Educators are urged to make use of the "Guided Reading Teacher plans" to extend and enhance learning, with the understanding that plans need to be responsive to students’ learning needs. Cautions and Considerations: Guided reading must be responsive to the instructional needs of students, rather than represent a lock-step program. Teachers will want to consider this resource, its books, and suggested plans in relation to their students’ needs and their planning.

Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: Chi-Jean and the Long Winter (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, Karole Dumont-Beckett




Publisher: Rubicon Publishing Inc. Distributor: Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: Chi-Jean and the Red-Headed Woodpecker (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: The Great Spirit and the First Animals (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: The Hunter and the Lost Child (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: The Hunter and the Wolf (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, KArole Dumont-Beckett




Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: The Rougarou and the Fire (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: The Seagulls and the Whisky Jacks (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Chi-Jean and Other Métis Tales: The Tamarack Trees (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Grades 1-6 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Gloosclap Tales complete pack ISBN# - 978-1-4430-4235-2

This resource is designed to support guided reading; however, it may be used in a multitude of ways across English Language Arts, Social Studies, Aboriginal Education, and Science curricula. This resource and its tales provide insight into how indigenous peoples explained their worlds. Educators are urged to make use of the "Guided Reading Teacher plans" to extend and enhance learning, with the understanding that plans need to be responsive to students’ learning needs. Cautions and Considerations: Guided reading must be responsive to the instructional needs of students, rather than represent a lock-step program. Teachers will want to consider this resource, its books, and suggested plans in relation to their students’ needs and their planning.

Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Glooscap and Ableegumooch (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, Gerald Gloade





Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Glooscap and Mikcheech (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Glooscap and Nukumi (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Glooscap and the Brothers (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz , Gerald Gloade




Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Glooscap and the Ice Chief (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Glooscap and the Warrior (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Glooscap and Wuchowsen (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Glooscap Tales: Gloosclap and the Giant Beavers (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Grades 1-6 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Iktomni Tales: Complete pack ISBN # 978-1-4430-4238-3

Trickster Tales This resource is designed to support guided reading; however, it may be used in a multitude of ways across English Language Arts, Social Studies, Aboriginal Education, and Science curricula. This resource and its tales provide insight into how indigenous peoples explained their worlds. Educators are urged to make use of the "Guided Reading Teacher plans" to extend and enhance learning, with the understanding that plans need to be responsive to students’ learning needs. Cautions and Considerations: Guided reading must be responsive to the instructional needs of students, rather than represent a lock-step program. Teachers will want to consider this resource, its books, and suggested plans in relation to their students’ needs and their planning.

Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: How Iktomni Came to Be (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, Dovie Thomason




Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Iktomni and Berries (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Iktomni and Coyote (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Iktomni and Muskrat (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Iktomni and the Buffalo (Includes Teaching Plan)


Year: 2015 Pagination: 32 p ISBN: 9781443037938



Format: Kit


Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Iktomni and the Offering (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Iktomni and the Skull (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Iktomni Tales: Iktomni and the Villager (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Grades 1-6 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Nanabozho Tales Complete Pack ISBN # - 9781443042345


Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho and Buffalo (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, Duke Redbird




Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho and the Geese (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho and the Great Serpent (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho and the Great Wabasso (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho and the Keeper of Fire (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho and the Thunderbirds (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho and the Turtle Shell (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Nanabozho Tales: Nanabozho Colours the World (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: Grades 1-6 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Tales from the Six Nations Complete Pack ISBN # - 9781443042369


Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: Bear’s Race with Turtle (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz , Kay (Ionataiewas) Olan




Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: How Bear Lost His Tail (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, Kay (Ionataiewas) Olan





Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: How Birds Found Their Songs (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz , Kay (Ionataiewas) Olan




Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: How Birds Got Their Feathers (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: How Chipmunk Got Stripes (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: How Rabbit and Owl Got Their Looks (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: The First Game (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Tales from the Six Nations: The Racoon and the Little Crayfish (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Grades 1-6 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade


K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales complete pack ISBN# - 978-1-4430-4237-6


Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: The Hunter and the Promise (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz , Angus Icewalker




Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Tulugaq and the Colourful Dream (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Tulugaq and the First Light (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, Angus Icewalker




Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Tulugaq and the First People (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Tulugaq and the Fox (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Tulugaq and the Snow Geese (Includes Teaching Plan)


Author(s): Chris Kientz, Angus Icewalker




Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Tulugaq and the Snowy Owl (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Tulugaq and Other Inuit Tales: Tulugaq and the Whale (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Grades 1-6 Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade


K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts


Wesakachak Complete pack complete pack ISBN# - 978-1-4430-4232-1


Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: How Wesakechak Got His Name (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz, Joseph Naytowhow




Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Wesakechak and Mouse (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Wesakechak and Sky World (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz , Joseph Naytowhow




Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Wesakechak and the Ducks (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Wesakechak and the Earth (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Wesakechak and the Fire (Includes Teaching Plan)






Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Wesakechak and the Story of Life (Includes Teaching Plan)





Trickster Tales: Wesakachak Tales: Wesakechak and Weasel (Includes Teaching Plan)

Author(s): Chris Kientz , Joseph Naytowhow




Turtle Island Voices Publisher : Rubicon Publishing Inc. Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aboriginal Education

English Language Arts


Turtle Island Voices: Grade (1) One Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132670401

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (1) One Library Pack (10 books; 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 9780132670371 This Canadian resource can be used by an experienced or novice teacher to effectively infuse Indigenous perspectives into their literacy programming. This system could be used as an effective addition to a classroom library in order to incorporate authentic Indigenous themes. It provides an appropriate representation of First Nations, Métis and Inuit values and beliefs as well as the diversity that exists within the various Indigenous groups. The first portion of each teacher’s guide provides a considerable amount of information in order to better develop an understanding of Indigenous perspectives, including the seven sacred teachings. At each grade level, a teacher’s guide has clearly laid out directions to help support reading instruction. The system provides various written forms and genres. Each grade level includes books at different readability levels. A CD-Rom is included for each grade level, to be projected on the wall for whole class reading and discussion. The resource includes both Manitoban and Canadian content. Suggestions for English as an Additional Language learners as well as extensive teacher graphic organizers are included at all levels. Information technology suggestions are included. An experienced teacher could very easily extend or differentiate the learning experiences suggested in the teacher’s guide. Elements of the system are designed to be used for independent, small, and large groups of students. The system provides students with varieties of opportunities to read, write, listen, and speak while maintaining a focus on Indigenous perspectives. The primary mode of instruction is guided or shared reading with a culminating Turtle Island Circle activity. The reproducibles are specific to the book studied. Teachers may use this resource to make cross-curricular connections including ELA, social studies, Aboriginal perspectives, and science. Cross-curricular connections are clearly laid out in the teacher’s guides. Lessons, activities and processes correlate strongly with the ELA curricular practices and four or the strands in the Manitoba ELA curriculum. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers will want to consider this resource in relation to their planning as opposed to a program on its own. Grades 7 to 8 teachers will need to consider the most appropriate ways to use the resource. It can be used for a large group, shared reading experience with a focus on specific skills, strategies, and processes. Teachers will need to carefully consider how these texts can be used alongside others and the scaffolds that they will put in place for students to further develop and deepen their reading and engage with more complex text.


Although the publisher designates single grade levels to each resource, they can be used across grade bands to support diverse purposes and learners.

Turtle Island Voices: Grade One: Teacher’s Guide

Author(s): Robert Cutting Et al. Year: 2011 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781770581142 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Grade One: CD-ROM

Year: 2011 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781770581173 Format: CD-ROM



Turtle Island Voices: Bear Listens

Author(s): Robert Cutting Year: 2011 Pagination: 16 p ISBN: 9781770580206 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Beaver and Porcupine

Author(s): David Bouchard Year: 2011 Pagination: 16 p ISBN: 9781770580251 Format: Print


Publisher: Rubicon Publishing Inc.



Turtle Island Voices: Buniq’s Boots




Turtle Island Voices: Coyote’s Trick




Turtle Island Voices: Fawn Gets Her Spots




Turtle Island Voices: Hummingbird and the Fire

Author(s): David Bouchard Year: 2011 Pagination: 16 p





Turtle Island Voices: Our Reserve




Turtle Island Voices: That’s Awesome!




Turtle Island Voices: The New Girl




Turtle Island Voices: What Do You Do?





Turtle Island Voices: Grade (2) Two Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132670418

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (2) Two Library Pack (10 books; 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 9780132670388

Turtle Island Voices: Teacher’s Guide: Grade Two


Audience: Teacher


Turtle Island Voices: Grade Two CD-ROM




Turtle Island Voices: Anisha’s Dance

Author(s): Robert Cutting Year: 2011 Pagination: 16 p





Turtle Island Voices: Around the World




Turtle Island Voices: Grade Two: Buffalo Learns Respect




Turtle Island Voices: Exploring Art



Turtle Island Voices: HELP!





Turtle Island Voices: Just Joking!




Turtle Island Voices: Little Bear




Turtle Island Voices: Night and Day





Turtle Island Voices: The Sash




Turtle Island Voices: Time to Celebrate!




Turtle Island Voices: Grade (3) Three Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132670425

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (3) Three Library Pack (10 books; 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 9780132670395

Turtle Island Voices: Teacher’s Guide: Grade Three


Audience: Teacher


Turtle Island Voices: Grade Three CD-ROM





Turtle Island Voices: Download!




Turtle Island Voices: Drummer Boy




Turtle Island Voices: Helping Hands





Turtle Island Voices: Koluskap and the Baby




Turtle Island Voices: Little Fish

Author(s): Joan A. Nelson Year: 2011 Pagination: 24 p ISBN: 9781770580466 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Outstanding

Author(s): Joan A. Nelson Year: 2011 Pagination: 24 p ISBN: 9781770580473 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Raven and Whale





Turtle Island Voices: The Great Flood




Turtle Island Voices: The Hunt




Turtle Island Voices: Where do You Live




Turtle Island Voices: Grade (4) Four Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132951197

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (4) Four Library Pack (10 books, 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 978013295556


Turtle Island Voices: Teacher’s Guide: Grade Four




Turtle Island Voices: Grade Four CD-ROM




Turtle Island Voices: Connected

Author(s): Robert Cutting Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583283 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Deer and Cougar

Author(s): David Bouchard Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583092 Format: Print




Turtle Island Voices: Eagles on Ice

Author(s): Robyn Michaud-Turgeon Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583184 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Get Moving!

Author(s): Courtney Currie Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583061 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Kirima Okpik Master Inventor




Turtle Island Voices: Making Music

Author(s): Emilie Corbiere Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583290 Format: Print




Turtle Island Voices: Sarah and the Bully

Author(s): Emilie Corbiere Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583191 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: First Corn




Turtle Island Voices: The Gift of the Red River Jig

Author(s): Wilfred Burton Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583115 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: The Mystery of the Mist

Author(s): Robert Cutting Year: 2012



Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583177 Format: Print


Turtle Island Voices: Grade (5) Five Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132951203

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (5) Five Library Pack (10 books, 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 9780132941136

Turtle Island Voices: Teacher’s Guide: Grade Five


Audience: Teacher


Turtle Island Voices: Grade Five CD-ROM




Turtle Island Voices: Eagle Girl





Turtle Island Voices: Game On!




Turtle Island Voices: Helping Mother Earth

Author(s): Joan A. Nelson Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583313 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: House and Home




Turtle Island Voices: Making Things Right

Author(s): Robyn Michaud-Turgeon Year: 2012



Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583221 Format: Print


Turtle Island Voices: Night Danger

Author(s): Jacqueline Guest Year: 2012 Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 9781770583276 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: The Big Dark




Turtle Island Voices: The Case of the Mysterious Paw Prints

Author(s): Courtney Currie Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583207 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: The One Who Watches Over


Author(s): Eileen Marthiensen, Ella

Nasogaluak-Brown Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583122 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: The White Deer




Turtle Island Voices: Grade (6) Six Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132951210

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (6) Six Library Pack (10 books; 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 9780132961820

Turtle Island Voices: Teacher’s Guide: Grade Six


Audience: Teacher


Turtle Island Voices: Grade Six CD-ROM





Turtle Island Voices: Close to Home




Turtle Island Voices: Contact




Turtle Island Voices: Danger!





Turtle Island Voices: Glooscap Stops the Wind




Turtle Island Voices: Let’s Dance

Author(s): Jessica Athlueetuk Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583344 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Nothing Scares Me!

Author(s): Wilfred Burton, Calvin Racette

Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583153 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Stories of Thunderbird





Turtle Island Voices: The Boy Who Told Tales




Turtle Island Voices: The Mystery at Lake Laberge




Turtle Island Voices: Unexpected Friends

Author(s): Jacqueline Guest Year: 2012 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781770583085 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Grade (7) Seven Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132951234

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (7) Seven Library Pack (10 books; 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 9780132961738


Turtle Island Voices: Teacher’s Guide: Grade Seven


Audience: Teacher


Turtle Island Voices: Grade Seven CD-ROM




Turtle Island Voices: Action!

Author(s): Jessica Athlueetuk Year: 2012 Pagination: 48 p. ISBN: 9781770583382 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: Marvelous Machines





Turtle Island Voices: Protecting The Planet

Author(s): Amy Farrell Year: 2012 Pagination: 48 p. ISBN: 9781770583399 Format: Print



Turtle Island Voices: There For You

Author(s): David Bouchard, Robert Cutting, Robyn Michaud-Turgeon




Turtle Island Voices: Grade (8) Eight Classroom Pack includes 6 copies of each title; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN# - 9780132951241

Turtle Island Voices: Grade (8) Eight Library Pack (10 books, 10 titles, 1 copy each) ISBN# - 9780132945868

Turtle Island Voices: Teacher’s Guide: Grade Eight


Audience: Teacher



Turtle Island Voices: Grade Eight CD-ROM




Turtle Island Voices: In Tune




Turtle Island Voices: Making Choices

Author(s): Robyn Michaud-Turgeon, Robert Cutting, David Bouchard




Turtle Island Voices: Media Matters

Author(s): Joan A. Nelson Year: 2012 Pagination: 48 p. ISBN: 9781770583429 Format: Print




Turtle Island Voices: Our Voices

Author(s): Robyn Michaud-Turgeon, Robert Cutting, David Bouchard




Well Aware Publisher : Pearson Canada Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

Well Aware: Grade 4 Classroom Pack 4 copies of each book; 1 copy of Teacher Resource ISBN# 9780133855326

Well Aware: Grade 4 Classroom Add-On Pack 1 copy of each book ISBN# 9780133855326 Well Aware: Grade 5 Classroom Pack: 4 copies of each book; 1 copy of Teacher's Resource - ISBN # 9780133855333 Well Aware: Grade 5 Classroom Add-On Pack: 1 copy of each book ISBN # 9780134122243 Well Aware Grade 6 Classroom Pack: 4 copies of each student book; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN # 9780133851076 Well Aware Grade 6 Classroom Add-On Pack: 1 copy of each student book ISBN # 9780134122243 Well Aware: Grade 7 Classroom Pack: 4 copies of each student book; 1 copy of teacher's resource - ISBN # 9780133851083


Well Aware: Grade 7 Classroom Add-On Pack: 41copies of each student book ISBN # 9780134122267 Well Aware: Grade 8 Classroom Pack: 4 copies of each book; 1 teacher's resource ISBN # - 9780133851090 Well Aware: Grade 8 Classroom Add-On Pack: 1 copy of each book ISBN # - 9780134122274 This Canadian resource engages Grades 4-8 students in authentic literacy experiences related to mental health topics. Students are invited to connect, reflect, and make applications to the text. Learning experiences focus on developing students’ appreciation and use of social and emotional functions of language. There is a strong oral language component and a focus on critical literacy. Western Canadian and Indigenous perspectives are included. The teacher’s guides include comprehensive background information on the mental health topics addressed in the text and how to support conversation on these topics in the classroom. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers will want to consider the students’ and their community needs in relation to the texts and topics. Some of the Grade 6-8 texts address issues of violence and sensitive issues that teachers will want to be prepared to discuss and support. This resource should be used to support larger learning experiences and teacher plans, as opposed to a program on its own. Although the publisher designates single grade levels to each resource, they can be used across grade bands to support diverse purposes and learners. Teachers will need to examine the texts to determine if and when they might be appropriate.

Well Aware: Grade 4: 19 Things: A Book of Lists for Me

Author(s): Alison Acheson Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855166 Format: Print

Audience: Teacher, Student Suggested Use(s): Social Studies, Health

Education, Physical Education, Aboriginal Education


Well Aware: Grade 4: 3 Plays

Author(s): Deborah Ellis Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855173 Format: Print





Well Aware: Grade 4: Creepy Crawley

Author(s): Steve Pitt Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855203 Format: Print




Well Aware: Grade 4: Get Real!





Well Aware: Grade 4: Teacher’s Resource

Author(s): Dr. Linda M. Cameron, Linda Millar


Audience: Teacher Suggested Use(s): Social Studies, Health



Well Aware: Grade 5: My Best Friend...NOT!

Author(s): Mahtab Narsimhan Year: 2015






Well Aware: Grade 5: Sink or Swim

Author(s): Marty Chan Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855241 Format: Print




Well Aware: Grade 5: Striking a Balance

Author(s): Kevin Sylvester, Teddy Katz






Author(s): Linda Millar, DR. Linda M. Cameron

Year: 2015 Pagination: 75 ISBN: 9780133865912 Format: Print





Well Aware: Grade 5: Welcome to the Circle

Author(s): Larry Loie, Constance Brissenden





Well Aware: Grade 6: Art Works

Author(s): Kevin Sylvester, Laura Carlin





Well Aware: Grade 6: Minding Nana

Author(s): Tanya Lloyd Kyi Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 ISBN: 9780133875782 Format: Print





Author(s): Dr. Linda Cameron, Linda Millar






Well Aware: Grade 6: The Blue Raven

Author(s): Richard Van Camp, Steve Keewatin Sanderson





Well Aware: Grade 6: Todd on the Edge

Author(s): Deborah Ellis Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855258 Format: Print




Well Aware: Grade 7: Always Even

Author(s): Don Aker Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133851038 Format: Print




Well Aware: Grade 7: Castaway Club

Author(s): Jacqueline Guest Year: 2015






Well Aware: Grade 7: Not Guilty

Author(s): Rukhsana Khan Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133875805 Format: Print





Author(s): Dr. Linda M. Cameron, Linda Millar





Well Aware: Grade 7: The Only One

Author(s): Rosemary Sadlier Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855289 Format: Print






Author(s): Dr. Linda M. Cameron,

Linda Millar Year: 2015 Pagination: 75 p ISBN: 9780133855364 Format: Print




Well Aware: Grade 8: The Red Carnation

Author(s): Deborah Ellis, Alicia Raimundo





Well Aware: Grade 8: Upside Down: A Family’s Journey Through Mental Illness

Author(s): Clem Martini Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855296 Format: Print




Well Aware: Grade 8: Villainous

Author(s): Marty Chan Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133851052 Format: Print



Publisher: Pearson Canada



Well Aware: Grade 8: Whistle

Author(s): Richard Van Camp Year: 2015 Pagination: 30 p ISBN: 9780133855319 Format: Print




What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K-2 Publisher : Capstone Classroom Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This resource provides focus for strategic instruction on persuasive writing and opinion pieces. The texts provided in the kit are all mentor texts. The big book is used for shared reading and Read Aloud. The lap books are used for guided and independent reading. This resource can be used for whole class programming, for small group or independent instruction. The authentic texts and illustrations found in each lap book act as exemplars for students. Teachers may use this resource to make connections between reading and writing. These resources provide scaffolding for students for modeling the reading/viewing and writing/representing connection. The teacher’s guide is clearly laid out and includes reproducibles. Lessons, experiences and processes provide opportunity for students to use curricular practices and all six strands in the Manitoba ELA curriculum. This resource supports a gradual release of responsibility for learners. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers will need to correlate the resource with Manitoba curriculum since these expectations are designed to fit the American Common Core Standards framework. Teachers will want to consider supplementing, replacing and adding to the sets of books in order to reflect Canadian, multicultural, and Indigenous content, cultures and ways of knowing. Some of the materials and some approaches do not represent or respond to the needs of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit People in Manitoba.


What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K: Big Book

Author(s): Lynnette Brent, Tony Stead


Audience: Student, Teacher Suggested Use(s): Science, Health Education

Publisher: Capstone Classroom Distributor: Oxford University Press

Canada

What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K: How You Can Be a Good Friend

Author(s): Tony Stead Year: 2015 Pagination: 16 p ISBN: 9781625218117 Format: Print



Canada

What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K: Taking Care of Yourself Is Important




Canada

What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K: Teacher’s Resource Guide

Author(s): Lynnette Brent, Tony Audience: Teacher


Stead Year: 2014 Pagination: 16 p ISBN: 9781625218148 Format: Print

Suggested Use(s): Science, Health Education


Canada

What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K: What Is the Best Pet?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K: Which Game Is the Best?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade K: You Should Read This Book!





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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 1: Big Book





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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 1: Should We Squash Bugs?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 1: Teacher’s Resource



Audience: Teacher Suggested Use(s): Science, Health Education



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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 1: What Rules Should We Have in Our Classroom?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 1: Which Season Is the Best?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 1: Why Should We Keep Our Classroom Clean?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 1: Why Should You Eat Healthful Foods?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 2: Big Book





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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 2: Letter to the Principal: We Would Really Like...




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 2: Should Schools Serve Only Healthful Lunches?

Author(s): Tony Stead Audience: Student, Teacher



Suggested Use(s): Science, Health Education


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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 2: Should We Have Longer Recess?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 2: Teacher’s Resource





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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 2: What Is the Best Place to Visit?





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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 2: Why Should We Recycle?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 3-5 Publisher : Capstone Classroom Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This resource can be used as a supplementary resource to target thinking critically about arguments and opinions. Each lesson in the teacher’s resource guide provides opportunities for speaking and listening, analysing opinions and writing opinions. Supplemental lessons are provided to target small group instruction in response to student need. Trade books are written and illustrated by students and promote student engagement and opportunity for response in all the ELA strands. Cautions and Considerations: While the resource provides a range of books on topics universally appropriate for children, Canadian, multicultural and Indigenous content are not explicitly addressed. Teachers may want to consider discussing impact of culture and viewpoint as a component of persuasive argument. Teachers should be mindful of socio-economic bias in the student texts. Teachers will need to correlate this resource with Manitoba curriculum since this resource is designed to fit the American Common Core Standards framework.


What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 3: How Much Television Should We Watch?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 3: Should Children have Homework?

Author(s): Tony Stead Year: 2015 Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 9781625218742 Format: Print



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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 3: Should We Wear School Uniforms?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 3: Teacher’s Resources

Author(s): Tony Stead, Hillary Wolfe





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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 3: We Need to Save Energy!




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 3: Why Is It Important to Exercise?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 4: How Can We Help Out in Our Community?





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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 4: Should Children Be Paid to Go to School?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 4: What Item Would You Put into a Time Capsule?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 4: Why Should We Save Water?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 5: Bullying: It Has to Stop!




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 5: Cell Phones at School: Yes or No?

Author(s): Tony Stead Year: 2015 Pagination: unp. ISBN: 9781625219046 Format: Print

Audience: Teacher, Student Suggested Use(s): Science, Health Education


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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 5: Explorers: Friends or Foes?



Audience: Teacher, Student Suggested Use(s): Science, Health Education


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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 5: How Much Time Should Kids Spend Online?




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What’s Your Point? Reading and Writing Opinions: Grade 5: What Would Improve Our Hometown?

Author(s): Tony Stead Year: 2015 Pagination: 32 p





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Wonder Readers Publisher : Capstone Classroom Subject / Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English Language Arts

This resource provides a wide range of colourful, engaging, levelled non-fiction texts with the purpose of supporting guided reading. The resource includes a comprehensive teacher’s guide. Each single page lesson plan has “before”, “during” and “after”reading strategies as well as extension ideas and a graphic organizer for each title. In addition, 9 big books are available for shared reading to facilitate whole-class instruction. The resource includes a quick decoding diagnostic tool which provides a rapid assessment of a student’s instructional reading level. Additionally, it contains student oral reading records, designed to support teachers in determining progress in students’ oral reading fluency and decoding accuracy in order to effectively plan for instruction. Teachers may use this resource to make cross-curricular connections including science, social studies, and mathematics. Teachers will want to supplement and or add to the sets of books in order to reflect First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers should keep in mind that this is a resource to supplement/support the ELA curriculum and should not be used as a “stand-alone” program, nor be considered a comprehensive ELA curriculum and reading assessment tool. Guided reading is a strategic response to teachers’ observations of students’ reading in order to focus instruction, rather than a set program or merely a way of grouping students by level. Teacher will want to use aspects of this resource to support their instructional planning. Teachers will, therefore, need to use the diagnostic tools and records with caution and ensure that information from these is combined with other information about reading behaviours and needs. Although the publisher designates single grade levels to each resource, they can be used across grades to support diverse purposes and learners.

Wonder Readers: Complete Add-To Package

Author(s): Audience: Teacher, Student



Suggested Use(s): Science, Social Studies, Mathematics


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Wonder readers Includes: 37 blue titles: A Tiger Club Counting Crayons My family Making money Making maple syrup Subtracting Our sun Measuring Clothes around the world Moving fast Toys in the past Fun days! Watch out! Hot and cold Things in space Apple trees Patterns everywhere Counting at the parade Animals everywhere What is water? Taking care of a pet Numbers are everywhere! Keeping us safe Farms Counting to ten Circles everywhere A zoo full of birds Insects Big and small animals All kinds of signs Al kinds of sounds At the beach Animals in the forest Life in a desert The flag Old and new schools I can help

38 purple titles Tiling shapes Lend a hand Everybody moves Odd and even Computers All about snakes and lizards Where people live Welcome to north America Oh baby! Parks of the U.S.A. Leading the way What scientists do To fly in the sky Save the animals If the shoe fits Oranges: from fruit to juice Divided by Built from stone Welcome to Mexico! The story of corn The moon book Look and learn Finding patterns Dollars and cents Desert seasons Big, bigger, biggest Too much snow! The right place Measure by measure History rocks! Forest doubles Amazon adventures All about boats From 1 to 100 Then and now It’s a dog’s life Taking shape Share and be fair 43 green titles: Harvest Season


Healthy Eating How things move We need money Fractions Estimating Counting money Celebrations around the World Graphs Adding Animals Pushes and Pulls Oceans Looking at Rocks Find out about Farming Changing the Land Matter is everything! Both Sides are the Same All About Mammals Team Work Structures Trees Patterns in Nature Wings Getting There Bread Around the World All About Homes A firefighter’s Day The Rain Forest Measuring Time Shapes in the City Shapes The Park Places to Work You Can Count! Staying Warm Your Five Senses Where Do People Work? We All Have Shadows Let’s Communicate We All Need Plants Wants or Needs Sports Rules Sorting

Wonder Readers: Program Assessment Handbook

Year: 2012 Pagination: 288 p


Mathematics


ISBN: 9781429685627 Format: Kit


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Wonder Readers: Teacher’s Guide and Program Overview: Lesson Support for Emergent, Early and Fluent Readers

Author(s): Adria F. Klein Et al. Year: 2012 Pagination: 248 p ISBN: 9781429685610 Format: Kit


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This guided reading resource provides a wide range of colourful, engaging non-fiction texts for readers at levels A-M. The resource includes a comprehensive teacher’s guide. Each single page lesson plan has before, during and after reading strategies as well as extension ideas and a graphic organizer for each title. In addition, 9 big books are available for shared reading to facilitate whole-class instruction. The resource also includes a program assessment handbook. The quick decoding diagnostic tool provides a rapid assessment of a student’s guided reading level. Additionally, it contains student oral reading records, designed to support teachers in determining progress in students’ oral reading fluency and decoding accuracy in order to effectively plan for instruction. Teachers may use this resource to make cross-curricular connections including Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics. Teachers will want to supplement and or add to the sets of books in order to reflect First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. Cautions and Considerations: Teachers should keep in mind that this is a resource to supplement/support the ELA curriculum and is that appropriate as a “stand-alone”, comprehensive ELA curriculum and assessment tool.


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