Hello Amazing Fellow Educators!
I´m Danicka. I graduated with a teaching specialization in French as an Additional Language from the University of Toronto in June 2022. I am currently an IB French Teacher for the Middle Years and Diploma Programs. I bring extensive experience in teaching French to diverse learners. My resources aim to make students´ learning of the French and Spanish languages authentic and fun, emphasizing the essential skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Hello Amazing Fellow Educators!
I´m Danicka. I graduated with a teaching specialization in French as an Additional Language from the University of Toronto in June 2022. I am currently an IB French Teacher for the Middle Years and Diploma Programs. I bring extensive experience in teaching French to diverse learners. My resources aim to make students´ learning of the French and Spanish languages authentic and fun, emphasizing the essential skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
This fun spooky spelling bee challenge Halloween activity can be used in your English or ESL language classrooms to get your students to practice their spelling skills all while having fun!
This worksheet activity can be used with your beginner students in your Spanish language classroom to help them recall basic expressions and questions in Spanish.
This listening comprehension activity can be used with your intermediate/advanced students in your French class to promote their oral comprehension skills by having them practice listening to sentences in the past tense (le passé composé). They will also have the opportunity to practice writing sentences using the passé composé.
Comes with an answer key.
This spooky spelling bee activity can be used in your French language classroom to allow your students to practice spelling Halloween words in French all while having fun!
This worksheet can be used as a warm up activity to get students in your English speaking classroom to brainstorm and reflect on the meaning of respect.
This can also be used in lessons focused on socio-emotional learning.
This Halloween-themed worksheet can be used in your French language classroom to allow your beginner students to practice making simple sentences in French.
This character analysis worksheet can be used in your Spanish language classroom to accompany novel study activities by having your student talk about a character from a literary work.
This fun and interactive “Would you rather game?” can be used in your English language classroom to get your students speaking about what they would rather choose from a list of different scenarios.
This character portrait worksheet can be used in your English language classroom to help your students analyze a character of their choice from a literary work they are reading.
This activity will allow your students to practice using the verbs être and avoir in the present tense through forming logical sentences.
Pictures are used as a support to help students put together the words in the right order to form a logical sentence.
Students in your French classroom will be able to apply their knowledge of the past tense (Le passé composé) with auxiliary avoir and être through this oral comprehension activity.
The activities in this lesson are ideal for your Primary French students. This Spring-themed lesson will help them to practice their phonemic awareness and listening and reading comprehension skills.
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.
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 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 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 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).