This three part lesson is perfect for promoting emotional understanding and empathetic behaviours in the classroom as a means of developing your young students’ theory of mind. A link to the detailed lesson plans is included along with examples of each lesson. Note*: The lessons are aligned with the Ontario Grade 2 Language Arts, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Curriculum Expectations (The specific strands are included in the PDF).

This retrieval practice activity can be used in your Spanish language classroom to allow your students to review vocabulary related to sports and activities in Spanish.

This vocabulary quiz can be used as a warm up retrieval activity at the beginning of your Spanish lesson, allowing students to review words related to talking about their home. Quiz and answer key provided.

This oral comprehension activity can be used in your French classroom to promote your students´ listening skills. Students will watch two videos about two different people describing their houses and people they live with (vocabulary about parts of a house, rooms, and family members is covered.) Youtube links to the videos are provided on the worksheets. The answer key is provided. This activity is aligned with the IB MYP Emergent level curriculum expectations.*

This lesson will allow your students to learn more about the impacts of their actions on the environment and teach them to calculate their ecological footprint. This lesson can be used in French Immersion or French classrooms (Social Studies / Science) in French. Instructions for the activities are included on the slides and the links to the activities are also provided.

This SEL activity will allow your students to learn about the differences between having a fixed and growth mindset. Instructions: Put students in small groups or have them work in partners to classify the statements provided (the coloured squares with the statements can be cut out).

This interactive lesson will allow your students to learn about the relationship that Indigenous people share with water. They will also understand the importance of advocating for water protection and promoting sustainable change for future generations. Note: Full lesson plan outline is included in the presentation which contains links to the videos and worksheets. Aligned with Ontario Grade 4 Language Arts and Social Studies Curriculum Expectations.

This fun Math game will allow your young learners to practice their addition and subtraction skills. Note* This is aligned with Ontario Curriculum expectations for Grade 3 students. The specific steps of the game and how to set it up are provided on the document. Materials 1 standard deck of playing cards. Cards labelled 10-30. Spoons (other materials can be substituted) (*Note: the number of spoons should be 1 less than the number of players in order to eliminate 1 player every round). X-1 = # of spoons, where ‘X’ = number of players. Some sort of surface (e.g. table, carpet) Ontario curriculum expectations: Strand B: Number Math Facts “B2.2 recall and demonstrate multiplication facts of 2, 5, and 10, and related division facts” (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2020, Section Math Facts). Mental Math “B2.3 use mental math strategies, including estimation, to add and subtract whole numbers that add up to no more than 1000, and explain the strategies used” (OME, 2020, Section Mental Math). Addition and Subtraction “B2.4 demonstrate an understanding of algorithms for adding and subtracting whole numbers by making connections to and describing the way other tools and strategies are used to add and subtract” (OME, 2020, Section Addition and Subtraction). Game Instructions Objective: Be the first player to get a sum of a number between 10-30 as shown on the card displayed in the middle of the table. Players have to decompose the number shown on the card using a combination of up to 4 numbers (up to 4 cards) as fast as possible. (E.g. If the number shown in the middle is “12,” players can choose to represent that with 2 cards of ‘6,’ or 3 cards of ‘2,’ ‘6,’ and ‘4’ or ‘3,’ ‘4’, ‘2,’ and ‘3.’)

This reading comprehension activity will get your students thinking about how they can be more enviornmentally sustainable by saving water at their school and home. This is aligned with the Ontario curriculum expectations for Grade 5 Social Studies. It includes a reading comprehension text, questions, key vocabulary and definitions, and a culminating summative task (a letter to Indigenous activist, Autumn Peltier). A sample of the letter and success criteria are provided.

This starter activity can be used in your French classroom to help your beginner students practice grammar (Ex. tu vs. vous, putting sentences in the correct order, putting questions in the inverted form, and translating basic sentences from English to French and vice versa).

This cross-curricular social studies unit aims to inspire responsible citizenship in promoting environmental sustainability. By integrating the social studies inquiry process with the language, visual arts, science, and mathematics curriculum, students can develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence in taking responsible action and participating in environmentally sustainable practices within their school community and beyond. This unit consists of eleven engaging lessons organized into two sections - awareness and action. The purpose of the first six lessons is to have students reflect on their perspective of and relationship to the environment. The awareness section also focuses on building a collective awareness of the principles of environmental sustainability. The remaining five lessons are structured to mobilize students to take action on an environmental issue of interest that was explored at the beginning of the unit (see Unit Overview Chart). Note: The lessons in this unit plan are aligned with the Ontario Curriculum expectations.*

These series of short lessons will allow your students to learn about how to use the imperative tense in French and practice it through fun and engaging games and activities.

This mini quiz out of 10 will allow your students to review common expressions used in the French language classroom.

This grammar worksheet will allow your students to practice conjugating regular -ER verbs in French. It comes with an answer key.

This vocabulary sheet will allow students in your Spanish language classroom to learn useful expressions used in everyday Spanish.

This activity is perfect for teaching your students in your Spanish language classroom how to introduce themselves. They will learn to talk about their nationality, age, favourite foods, hobbies, school subjects, and the languages they speak. Vocabulary sheets, visual aids, examples, and evaluation rubrics are provided. (The links are included in the Powerpoint).

The learning goal of this lesson is to enable students to learn how to explore and share a part of their identity through the creation of a refrain that will be presented alongside an instrumental that they feel connects to this part of their identity.

This SEL (socio-emotional learning activity) morning message activity incorporates socio-emotional learning by targeting students’ mental well-being, inner voice, and writing skills. Perfect for primary-aged students.

This worksheet activity can be used in your French classroom to help your students practice using the rule BANGS with adjectives in French.

This activity aims at promoting students´ intercultural awareness of French cultural norms. They can make comparisons with their own country or city´s cultural norms.