finding classroom resources for your practicum feb 2013
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Finding Classroom Resources for your
Practicum:
Math Manipulatives, Science Kits, Children’s Literature, and More!
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Pat Serafini
Monique Flaccavento
Outcomes
By the end of today’s session, you’ll be able to find:
Classroom resources for your practicum (manipulatives, textbooks, kits, curriculum units, lesson plans, children’s books, and more)
Ministry-approved textbooks by searching the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Trillium List
Outcomes, continued
Age / grade-appropriate literature for your students by searching the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database
Age / grade-appropriate online newspaper and magazine articles, primary sources, lesson plans, and more by searching free and licensed online resources
http://oise.library.utoronto.ca
Trillium Listhttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/trilliumlist/
Activity #1
5 minutes
Licensed UofT databases
Kids InfoBits
InfoTrac Junior (Graphic Interface)
Canada in Context
Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database
Teen Health and Wellness
OPHEA Health and Physical Education
Career Cruising
Spelling Bee Visual Thesaurus
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/cat.asp?schoolNo=10
Activity
Choose one resource and answer the following:
1. What is included in this database?
2. How could you use this database with your students?
Please be prepared to share your observations with the group.
Activity #2
10 minutes
Ontario Educational Resource Bank (OERB) & Learn360
https://resources.elearningontario.ca/
Activity #3
5 minutes
A few other free online teaching resources
Curriculum Services Canadahttp://www.curriculum.org/csc/resources/supplementary.shtml
TVOKids Teacher Zonehttp://tvoparents.tvo.org/tvokidsteacherzone
CBC Digital Archives for Teachershttp://www.cbc.ca/archives/teachers/
TeacherTubehttp://teachertube.com/videos.php
MediaSmartshttp://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources
Also, make sure to check professional teacher organizations for lesson plans and other great resources.
For example,
The Ontario Music Educators’ Associationhttp://www.omea.on.ca/resources.php
Ontario Association for Mathematics Educationhttp://www.oame.on.ca
