BC’s Family Literacy Week 2019 is January 20th – 27th. This year’s theme is “Let’s Make It!”.
Below are some resources that are sure to keep children engaged, inspire fun, and build literacy skills!
Make It! Write It! Read It!
by Wendy M. L. Libby
Zephyr Press, 2015 /
ISBN 978-1-61373-030-0 (sc)
$16.95, 112 pp., teachers’ resource
chicagoreviewpress.com
As the title suggests, this book provides step-by-step instructions for a number of simple bookmaking projects. Appropriate for students from Kindergarten to Grade 7, these books require only the most common of classroom supplies: paper, scissors, glue, a stapler and a variety of coloured pencils, crayons and felt pens. Read more HERE.
Alphabet Zoo!
This fun-filled 50-page activity book is perfect for young learners!
Available on the Canadian Teacher Marketplace! Find it here: https://marketplace.canadianteachermagazine.com/product/alphabet-zoo/
Four Ways to Get Your Students Writing
In this article, from a previous issue of Canadian Teacher Magazine, educator Heather Wright shares four writing resources that she has found to be very successful in the classroom and in writing workshops. Read the entire article HERE.
Visit https://www.decoda.ca/support-us/events/family-literacy-week/ for more information on Family Literacy Week, including resources.
