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Inclusive Lesson Plans resource

Elsie Boateng — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 07:05:54 +0000

The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation is excited to connect our educator community to a fantastic resource built and developed in partnership with the Critical Thinking Consortium! Below you will find links to 8 different lesson plans grouped by grade range (K-3 and 4-8) that we hope will help students think deeply about important concepts around inclusion and develop the thinking tools they need to make meaning from, and also challenge what they are reading and learning. Embedded in the lesson plans themselves are 42 suggested expert book recommendations for each grade range selected by Canadian-based educators invested in anti-oppressive and anti-racist education.

INTRODUCTION TO THE RESOURCE

To help introduce you to the lesson plans we have included a link to a Powerpoint presentation narrated by the Executive Director of the Critical Thinking Consortium, Usha James, who will help to provide you with a walk through of the lessons themselves.

The introductory narrated powerpoint resource can be downloaded HERE.

INCLUSIVE LESSON PLANS

1. Digital files: these files are editable and can be downloaded to your computer desktop/laptop

· Full grade K-8 version: can be downloaded HERE

· Gr. K-3 compiled lesson plans: can be downloaded HERE

· Gr. 4-8 compiled lesson plans: can be downloaded HERE

2. Printable files: these files are optimized to be printed out for classroom use

· Full grade K-8 printable version: can be downloaded HERE

· Gr. K-3 compiled lesson plan printable version: can be downloaded HERE

· Gr. 4-8 compiled lesson plan printable version: can be downloaded HERE

Real-life games to help teach math

Taylor Oake — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 17:48:43 +0000

The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation and educators from the Love of Reading community partnered with IndigoKids to host Indigo Teacher Talk to help parents who need a little extra help with their home school questions.

https://dev-love-of-reading-foundation.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Indigo-Teacher-Talk-Real-life-games-to-help-teach-math.mp4

Educator: Lesley Johnson

Grade: K-7; Teacher-Librarian

Province: British Columbia

Favourite Book: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

How to Raise a Reader

Taylor Oake — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:44:10 +0000

Helping your child learn to read is not only a joyful, connecting experience, but is also incredibly important in inspiring their lifelong love of reading.

When you raise a reader, that love of reading helps develop and strengthen their literacy skills—critical for educational success—beyond reading comprehension, including stronger self-discipline, longer attention span, and better memory retention.

Here at the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, we want to share tips for how to help your child along their reading journey.

Is your child between the ages of 2 to 4?

You may notice that your child’s attention span is getting longer and they are following storylines. Now is a good time to introduce stories that deal with emotions. Here are some more reading tips:

Who doesn’t love reading a book with a rhyme? It is helpful for learning and is such a fun time!

Not only will it help your child with understanding the content of the story, but it also is a great way to build bonds over the books you are reading together.

You never know when a good reading moment will pop up! Keep a book handy for some impromptu reading that will also encourage your child to be an anytime reader.

Getting your child involved in the activity is an important part to building their confidence towards reading.

Here are some great titles to check out that touch on emotional themes.

Be sure to check back at loveofreading.org as we share more reading tips and resources. Thanks to our friends at Indigo Books & Music for providing some of these great ideas!