Resources by subject

Resources by subject

Often Occasional Teachers are called to teach a class which may not be in an area of curricular specialty. This is the section in which you will find those subject specific supports which will help you shine!

Internment and Redress: The Japanese Canadian Experience

This resource guide for teachers supports the teaching of the experiences of Japanese Canadians in internment camps in British Columbia during the Second World War.

Internment and Redress: The Japanese Canadian Experience

Digital Dialect: French Language Games

This site has easy to moderate online French games that OTs, unfamiliar with French, can use in the classroom. They will reinforce French basics and keep the class engaged.
Remember to check Board policy for using online activities.

Digital Dialect: French Language Games

Kids Health

This site offers free health resources for teachers grades K-12, as well as for parents and children. There are detailed lesson ideas, information, activities and printables. It is U.S. based site but the information provided directly relates to Ontario curriculum.

Kids Health

Drama Notebook

This site includes drama activities, lesson plans and scripts, based on various grade curriculum expectations. Many scripts and resources are free. (Some resources are accessible only through a paid membership.)

Drama Notebook

Beat by Beat Press: Drama Games for kids

This site offers teachers access to various drama games to use in the classroom. (For a fee, you can also access musicals.) Great for drama class or just to integrate into the classroom.

Beat by Beat Press: Drama Games for kids

Ontario Elementary Social Studies Teachers Association

The OESSTA has developed a range of inquiry-based learning lesson plans to support the new Social Studies, History, and Geography curriculum including environmental education, language arts, math, spatial skills, and financial literacy.

Ontario Elementary Social Studies Teachers Association

Explore Learning

This resource offers a range of online math and science simulations called “Gizmos” for use in classrooms. Access through school boards.

Explore Learning

Black History Month Resource, Toronto Star Classroom Connection

This FREE Black History Month resource will help educators and students to gain knowledge about the history and contributions of African civilizations and people of African descent in Canada while using media literacy skills as a vehicle to explore various aspects of Black history.
This guide will also help teachers and students to develop a critical understanding of the socio-historical context of the history of Black Canadians. Through an exploration of the African civilization of Nubia, aspects of Canada’s Black history, and learning about remarkable individuals who have contributed to uncovering and preserving African stories or improving the lives and outcomes of Black Canadians.

Black History Month Resource, Toronto Star Classroom Connection

Mr. Collinson’s Science Site

This site is created by Mike Collinson, a science teacher. There are full science units for grades 1-4 including lesson plans, worksheets, tests, and activities.

Mr. Collinson’s Science Site

French Video Collection for the Classroom

This site offers videos for Primary Core French and Junior Core French. Since they are intended for Primary Core or Immersion classes, they are suitable for FASL students Junior (some Intermediate).

French Video Collection for the Classroom