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I’ve been working with SK students a lot more this year doing digital literacy as part of my prep delivery. I’ve been enjoying it but had to adapt to them not having 1:1 devices. When I posted the Google Slides Template – Crée ton extraterrestre activity on Twitter I had a few private messages asking […]
Empower your French immersion students with free digital books and online reading resources! Dive into our latest blog post, ‘Free Digital Books and Online Reading for FSL,’ curated specifically for educators. Explore valuable resources to enhance language learning in the classroom! **EDITED FEBRUARY 2024!!** Edit: March 2021 With the recent developments around the COVID-19 virus […]
FSL Pink Day Lesson Plan – La journée rose FSL Pink Day Lesson Plan – French Immersion, Health *Can be modified to any grade level. Grade 4/5 French Immersion Overview & Purpose In this lesson, students will explore and learn about the 4 different types of bullying and compare and contrast them with cyberbullying in […]
Last year I decided to move my word wall online using Google Slides. Having a digital word wall or class dictionary online made it easy to manage and not to mention there was less cutting and pasting and words were instantly on our shared word wall–not just by myself but by students as well! See […]
Google Drawings is one of my favourite G Suite tools for getting creative with students. I love using it to create easy to use templates for my classes, especially at the beginning of the year or in the early years when they need some motivation to get their work started. Google Drawings Templates are easy […]
**EDIT: March 2020 Please note that the Flippity add-on for Google Sheets is no longer available. More info on that here. That being said you can still use the templates…PHEW…I know, right?! Here’s a quick step-by-step to walk you through the new process to using Flippity: 1) Visit https://flippity.net/ 2) Choose your template and click […]
Want a fun activity for your class that promotes communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving and creativity? Check out BreakoutEDU Digital* Online Escape Games! What is it exactly? An online digital escape game co-founded by Justin Birckbichler and Mari Venturino Based on the BreakoutEDU kit educational games from James Sanders & Mark Hammons All is organized and played on one website […]
With the updates to the FSL curriculum in Ontario, we now have Listening and Speaking as two separate strands instead of the previous stand-alone “Oral” strand. For the Listening portion of the curriculum, I’ve found TFO’s Idéllo platform to be a great place for students to watch controlled content videos and for teachers to find ample […]
