This article offers a collection of interactive activities for students to become more involved in the stories that they read.
103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading
Text Feature Scavenger Hunts
Going on a text feature scavenger hunt is an engaging way to have students practice looking for and analyzing text features based on the needs of your classroom. This website lists 3 possible ways to set up a text feature scavenger hunt in your classroom, as well as provide a scavenger hunt printable.
25 Pop Songs to Use with Students
This website lists 25 fun, recognizable pop songs that have a positive message that could be used in your classroom.
Drama and Language Activities based on Picture Books
This site describes drama and language activities prompted by pictures books.
Visual Writing Prompts
Interesting pictures with captions to prompt writing, organized by division, subject or genre.
Step-by-step Forms of Poetry Worksheets
This website lists 17 different types of poems. Each worksheet first walks you through writing a poem in a certain style followed by prompts to writing your own poem in the same format.
Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – First Nations, Inuit and Métis 2007
This food guide is tailored to reflect traditions and food choices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis, and is a complement to the 2007 Canada’s Food Guide. It recognizes the importance of traditional and store-bought foods for First Nations, Inuit and Métis today.
Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – First Nations, Inuit and Métis 2007
A Math Dictionary for Kids
A Math Dictionary for Kids is an animated, interactive online math dictionary for students which explains over 600 common mathematical terms and math words in simple language and pictures.