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This is an unprecedented teachers’ resource featuring reading strategies for both elementary and middle school students. Focusing on six Aboriginal texts that are rich in imagery and contain distinctive Aboriginal themes, the resource recognizes the values, beliefs, traditions, history and language of Aboriginal peoples as demonstrated through Shared Learnings: Integrating BC Aboriginal Content K-10.

For use by classroom teachers, resource teachers and support staff.

Use this new Grade 1-2, FULL COLOUR spelling book to support your literacy goal.

YOUR STUDENTS WILL:

• become self-sufficient as they use I’m Spelling Now!
  find the 800 most common words in English.
• ask you for less help as their personal word lists grow.
• build theme lists for Social Studies, Science, or Language Arts.
• alphabetize quickly (a lifetime research skill).
• use handy specialized lists for numbers, colours, etc.
• learn common contractions and homonyms.

ESL STUDENTS will find it invaluable.
PARENTS value spelling – and may keep the book as a memento of their child’s first literacy experience.

THIS IS A BOOK RENDERED IN STUNNING COLOR that is a learning resource and activity book involving eight different nursery rhymes. It is structured so that each rhyme has a literacy, numeracy, fine arts, and extra connections component. There are dozens of activities in each section, as well as blackline masters. And that’s not all. The resource includes a CD featuring song and instrumental versions of each nursery rhyme, sentence strips, as well as additional resources such as books, puppets and felt boards that can be ordered separately.

Compiled by six kindergarten teachers who have shared their knowledge and expertise to create this one-of-a-kind resource, it is a must-have for kindergarten and ESL teachers.

Within the 250 pages are the following nursery rhymes:

• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Humpty Dumpty
• Eensy Weensy Spider
• Little Miss Muffet
• Hey Diddle Diddle
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
• Hickory Dickory Dock
• Wee Willie Winkie

DO YOUR STUDENTS have difficulty finding good information efficiently? Do they know what to do with it when they find it? These critical 21st century skills are the centre of this comprehensive new resource.

Here’s an INFORMATION LITERACY plan based on the IRP with a K-7 sequence of skills plus many suggested activities for each learning outcome.

Try out some engaging, easily prepared strategies for teaching students how to find their way around the library; how to gather and process information; and how to prepare a bibliography.

The Guide is carefully designed and broken down into library skills according to grade levels, covering Library Basics, Gathering Information, Processing Information, and Bibliography.

Literature & Information Strategies

Interactive reading, writing and thinking strategies provide a framework for using quality children’s literature as part of a balanced literacy program. This publication includes dozens of strategies to promote understanding and comprehension, as well as student response blackline masters.

Restorative Action in Elementary Schools

TALKING PEACE is a practical classroom resource that conveys the values and principles of Restorative Justice through fun activities and exercises. This simple, accessible booklet is perfect for engaging elementary students in ways that will encourage them to build a safer, more respectful community in the classroom.

Talking Peace was developed by the combined efforts of Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives Association (CJI) and the Langley School District #35 through the Education for Peacebuilding program.

A new resource for teachers and administrators.

Whether you are a novice teacher or an experienced one, a principal or a district administrator, this carefully crafted manual ensures that expectations for the role of teacher are understood by all. Use it as a guide for mentoring novice teachers, or for peer coaching among experienced teachers. Administrators can use it to aid in supervision and to identify areas of growth development for their staff. And, use it as an effective assessment tool — one that provides a fair and consistent means of evaluation.

ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

How do we describe the work of school administrators? How do we assess their performance? What do you do to help administrators reflect on their performance? And, what guidelines do school administrators in your district adhere to when setting plans for improvement?

The Langley School District has crafted the Principal & Vice-Principal Performance Standards, a publication unprecedented in British Columbia.

The 150 page document was developed to provide a description of the desired behaviours of administrators within five areas, including:

• Educational Leadership
• Management
• School Climate
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personal & Professional Growth

The publication is clearly divided into sections and includes sample surveys, response sheets and questionnaires.