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Real mermaids don't wear toe rings

Boudreau, Hélène.


Title proper from title frame. Fourteen-year-old Jade's life takes an unexpected turn when she gets into a warm bath after an exhausting, embarrassing day and turns into a mermaid.
Date Published:2010

The circle

Vermette, Katherena, 1977-


The day that Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally come: her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison. Phoenix’s release causes a ripple effect through the community. M, the young girl whom she sexually assaulted, is triggered by the news. M’s friends and family have her back no matter what—and all feel the threat of Phoenix’s release. When Phoenix is seen lingering outside the school to catch a glimpse of her son, Sparrow, the police get a call to file a report—but the next thing they know, she has disappeared. M’s cousin Jake is believed to have hurt or killed Phoenix and is arrested while they search for her. Meanwhile, Phoenix’s uncle, Ship, makes violent plans to exact his revenge and law enforcement fails the community at every turn. Cedar and her and Phoenix’s mother, Elsie, continue down different paths of healing, while everyone in their lives form a kind of circle of power amidst the chaos, calm within the storm, and beauty in the darkness. Fierce, heartbreaking, and profound, Vermette’s The Circle is the third and final companion novel to her bestsellers The Break and The Strangers. Told from various captivating and intimate perspectives, it considers what it means to be abandoned by the very systems that claim to offer support, to gain a sense of belonging, and to protect those you love most—even if that means letting them go.
Date Published:2024

The day that Cedar Sage Stranger has been both dreading and longing for has finally come: her sister Phoenix is getting out of prison. Phoenix’s release causes a ripple effect through the community. M, the young girl whom she sexually assaulted, is triggered by the news. M’s friends and family have her back no matter what—and all feel the threat of Phoenix’s release. When Phoenix is seen lingering outside the school to catch a glimpse of her son, Sparrow, the police get a call to file a report—but the next thing they know, she has disappeared. M’s cousin Jake is believed to have hurt or killed Phoenix and is arrested while they search for her. Meanwhile, Phoenix’s uncle, Ship, makes violent plans to exact his revenge and law enforcement fails the community at every turn. Cedar and her and Phoenix’s mother, Elsie, continue down different paths of healing, while everyone in their lives form a kind of circle of power amidst the chaos, calm within the storm, and beauty in the darkness. Fierce, heartbreaking, and profound, Vermette’s The Circle is the third and final companion novel to her bestsellers The Break and The Strangers. Told from various captivating and intimate perspectives, it considers what it means to be abandoned by the very systems that claim to offer support, to gain a sense of belonging, and to protect those you love most—even if that means letting them go.

Date Published:2024

Journey to literacy : no worksheets required : kindergarten literacy centres that motivate young learners to succeed

Flemington, Krista.



Date Published:2011

100 kids vote on how hopeful they feel about the future


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. In a show called Hope or Nope, CBC Kids News asks 100 kids to take a stand — literally — on how they feel about their futures. Do they have hope? Are they unsure? Or maybe they firmly say ‘nope.’ Kids and teens from the greater Vancouver area, British Columbia, share their perspectives. These students also hear from three experts: Simon Donner, a climate scientist and professor at the University of British Columbia; Christine Woodington, an accountant and financial literacy expert; and Angelica Lim, an artificial intelligence roboticist and professor of computer science at Simon Fraser University.
Date Published:2026

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. In a show called Hope or Nope, CBC Kids News asks 100 kids to take a stand — literally — on how they feel about their futures. Do they have hope? Are they unsure? Or maybe they firmly say ‘nope.’ Kids and teens from the greater Vancouver area, British Columbia, share their perspectives. These students also hear from three experts: Simon Donner, a climate scientist and professor at the University of British Columbia; Christine Woodington, an accountant and financial literacy expert; and Angelica Lim, an artificial intelligence roboticist and professor of computer science at Simon Fraser University.

Date Published:2026

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration


In the same way as batteries can store electrical energy, the green plants around us can store solar energy. The process when green plants store energy from the sun is called photosynthesis. When we then eat something and use the glucose from photosynthesis, the glucose is converted back into energy again. Nothing is lost in this process, only transformed. This process is called cellular respiration. This film is about how this procedure takes place. You will find out that green plants constantly produce oxygen through photosynthesis, and that almost all living organisms use glucose as fuel in their cells, and also that we breath out the carbon dioxide and water produced in the cellular respiration.
Date Published:2020

In the same way as batteries can store electrical energy, the green plants around us can store solar energy. The process when green plants store energy from the sun is called photosynthesis. When we then eat something and use the glucose from photosynthesis, the glucose is converted back into energy again. Nothing is lost in this process, only transformed. This process is called cellular respiration. This film is about how this procedure takes place. You will find out that green plants constantly produce oxygen through photosynthesis, and that almost all living organisms use glucose as fuel in their cells, and also that we breath out the carbon dioxide and water produced in the cellular respiration.

Date Published:2020

Polar vortex

Mootoo, Shani,


Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque Countryside town. What Alex doesn’t know is that, in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to Prakash have been successfully severed, decides it’s once more safe to establish an online presence. In no time, Prakash finds Priya and contacts her. Impulsively, inexplicably, Priya invites him to visit her and Alex in the country, without ever having come clean with Alex about their relationship—or its tumultuous end. Prakash’s reentry into Priya’s life reveals cracks in her and Alex’s relationship and brings into question Priya’s true intentions.
Date Published:2020

Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque Countryside town. What Alex doesn’t know is that, in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to Prakash have been successfully severed, decides it’s once more safe to establish an online presence. In no time, Prakash finds Priya and contacts her. Impulsively, inexplicably, Priya invites him to visit her and Alex in the country, without ever having come clean with Alex about their relationship—or its tumultuous end. Prakash’s reentry into Priya’s life reveals cracks in her and Alex’s relationship and brings into question Priya’s true intentions.

Date Published:2020

Morpheme magic : lessons to build morphological awareness for grades 4-12

Glaser, Deborah R.,


Fifty-three lessons, covering suffixes, prefixes, roots, and Greek combining forms, share a systematic routine that draws from the research on how we develop deep word knowledge.
Date Published:2024

Moon of the crusted snow : a novel

Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979-


Title proper from title frame. After a winter storm cuts off all contact and supplies from a small community, people begin to panic when the death toll starts rising. A group of friends turn to the Anishinaabe traditions in hopes of helping their community.
Date Published:2018

O.K., K.O., O.K. v. 2 no. 1.


Description based on volume 2, issue 1, June 2023. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.
Date Published:2023

Description based on volume 2, issue 1, June 2023. O.K., K.O., O.K. is a magazine of work by writers and artists from secondary schools in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The young people who contributed to this magazine were asked to submit work that is personally authentic; that challenges and disrupts past and present colonial narratives; and that inspires increasingly responsible relationships between Métis, Inuit, and First Nations Peoples and non-Indigenous communities now and into the future.

Date Published:2023

Start with joy : designing literacy learning for student happiness

Cunningham, Katie Egan, 1978-


Unlimited users Start with Joy is a guidebook describing ways teachers can make joy and purpose the center of their teaching and students' literacy learning. Organized by seven pillars, based on the science of happiness, this book offers reasons why students' happiness matters now more than ever, providing lessons, strategies, resources, and children's literature suggestions for how to make sure joy and purpose are at the heart of all instruction.
Date Published:2019

Unlimited users Start with Joy is a guidebook describing ways teachers can make joy and purpose the center of their teaching and students' literacy learning. Organized by seven pillars, based on the science of happiness, this book offers reasons why students' happiness matters now more than ever, providing lessons, strategies, resources, and children's literature suggestions for how to make sure joy and purpose are at the heart of all instruction.

Date Published:2019

The power of a rich reading classroom

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education,


Part 1 -- Choosing High Quality Literature in the Primary School Classroom Chapter 1: Texts for Early Readers Chapter 2: Reflecting the realities of readers and the world Chapter 3: Fiction texts in the primary school Chapter 4: Non-fiction texts in the primary school Chapter 5: Poetry in the primary school Chapter 6: Picture books across the primary school Part 2 -- Essential teaching approaches for a rich reading curriculum Chapter 7: The reading environment Chapter 8: A read aloud programme Chapter 9: Drama and Storytelling Chapter 10: Art and Illustration Chapter 11: Modelling reading and writing Part 3: Using High Quality Literature across the Primary School -- how it works Chapter 12: Developing a rich reading approach in Early Years Chapter 13: Developing a rich reading approach in Key Stage One Chapter 14: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Three and Four Chapter 15: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Five and Six . Starting with a section on choosing texts, the book goes on to explore a variety of essential teaching approaches from a read aloud programme, to drama and storytelling, art and illustration. This is a practical resource that provides teachers and schools ideas to support the embedding of text experience and deliver a reading rich curriculum that leads to higher student attainment and working at greater depth.
Date Published:2020

Part 1 -- Choosing High Quality Literature in the Primary School Classroom
Chapter 1: Texts for Early Readers
Chapter 2: Reflecting the realities of readers and the world
Chapter 3: Fiction texts in the primary school
Chapter 4: Non-fiction texts in the primary school
Chapter 5: Poetry in the primary school
Chapter 6: Picture books across the primary school
Part 2 -- Essential teaching approaches for a rich reading curriculum
Chapter 7: The reading environment
Chapter 8: A read aloud programme
Chapter 9: Drama and Storytelling
Chapter 10: Art and Illustration
Chapter 11: Modelling reading and writing
Part 3: Using High Quality Literature across the Primary School -- how it works
Chapter 12: Developing a rich reading approach in Early Years
Chapter 13: Developing a rich reading approach in Key Stage One
Chapter 14: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Three and Four
Chapter 15: Developing a rich reading approach in Year Five and Six
. Starting with a section on choosing texts, the book goes on to explore a variety of essential teaching approaches from a read aloud programme, to drama and storytelling, art and illustration. This is a practical resource that provides teachers and schools ideas to support the embedding of text experience and deliver a reading rich curriculum that leads to higher student attainment and working at greater depth.

Date Published:2020

Teaching drama to little ones

McCuiston, Jessica.


"Over 70 fun activities" "Teaching theatre to very young children is a completely different experience than working with older kids. Their attention spans are shorter and they require games that are simple, short and active...but also provide them with the skills necessary to grow as an actor. Teaching Drama to Little Ones is packed with activities that do just that. It includes 12 lesson plans specifically designed for kids age 3-7 that you can implement today. It also includes guides on how to adapt a script and rehearse a show with this age group"--Publisher's description.
Date Published:2015

"Over 70 fun activities" "Teaching theatre to very young children is a completely different experience than working with older kids. Their attention spans are shorter and they require games that are simple, short and active...but also provide them with the skills necessary to grow as an actor. Teaching Drama to Little Ones is packed with activities that do just that. It includes 12 lesson plans specifically designed for kids age 3-7 that you can implement today. It also includes guides on how to adapt a script and rehearse a show with this age group"--Publisher's description.

Date Published:2015

Astronomy


Teacher's guide and student worksheet available under Additional info tag. What can you see in the night sky? Stars, planets - even a galaxy or two! It's all covered here as students learn about constellations, star movement and how scientists have studied celestial bodies throughout history. Includes a hands-on activity ideal for science fair project ideas.
Date Published:1999

All about light


Teacher's guide and student worksheet available with DVD or under Additional info tag. Also available VHS# 800918. Learn how light travels in waves, as well as how those waves behave, including an introduction to the three main characteristics of light waves: amplitude, wavelength and frequency. Discover the connection between light and colour, and learn why we stay cooler when we're out in the sun by wearing lighter-coloured clothes.
Date Published:2000

Teacher's guide and student worksheet available with DVD or under Additional info tag. Also available VHS# 800918. Learn how light travels in waves, as well as how those waves behave, including an introduction to the three main characteristics of light waves: amplitude, wavelength and frequency. Discover the connection between light and colour, and learn why we stay cooler when we're out in the sun by wearing lighter-coloured clothes.

Date Published:2000

Light


Teacher's guide and student worksheet is available under Additional info tag. Students will learn how light travels in waves, and about wavelength, amplitude and frequency. A series of fun, real-life demonstrations explore the behaviour of light waves, including reflection, absorption and refraction.
Date Published:2000

All about monsters

Miller, Carey.



Date Published:1977

Moon of the crusted snow : a novel

Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979-,


A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. The community leadearship loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve. Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision. Blending action and allegory, Moon of the Crusted Snow upends our expectations. Out of catastrophe comes resilience. And as one society collapses, another is reborn.
Date Published:2018

A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. The community leadearship loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve. Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision. Blending action and allegory, Moon of the Crusted Snow upends our expectations. Out of catastrophe comes resilience. And as one society collapses, another is reborn.

Date Published:2018

The chosen and the beautiful

Vo, Nghi,


A Tom Doherty Associates book. "Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society-she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how. Nghi Vo's debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice"--
Date Published:2022

A Tom Doherty Associates book. "Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society-she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how. Nghi Vo's debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice"--

Date Published:2022

Lord of the flies : the graphic novel

Golding, William, 1911-1993.


Subtitle from cover. A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors, a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches. By night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast and of what they've lost. Orphaned by society, they must forge their own; but it isn't long before the group is split, and their innocent games take a dangerous turn.
Date Published:2024

Ableism in education : rethinking school practices and policies

Parekh, Gillian, 1977-


Unlimited users How we organize children by ability in schools is often rooted in ableism. Ability is so central to schooling--where we explicitly and continuously shape, assess, measure, and report on students' abilities--that ability-based decisions often appear logical and natural. However, how schools respond to ability results in very real, lifelong social and economic consequences. Special education and academic streaming (or tracking) are two of the most prominent ability-based strategies public schools use to organize student learning. Both have had a long and complicated relationship with gender, race, and class. In this... guide, Dr. Gillian Parekh unpacks the realities of how ability and disability play out within schooling, including insights from students, teachers, and administrators about the barriers faced by students on the basis of ability. From the challenges with ability testing to gifted programs to the disability rights movement, Parekh shows how ableism is inextricably linked to other forms of bias
Date Published:2023

Unlimited users How we organize children by ability in schools is often rooted in ableism. Ability is so central to schooling--where we explicitly and continuously shape, assess, measure, and report on students' abilities--that ability-based decisions often appear logical and natural. However, how schools respond to ability results in very real, lifelong social and economic consequences. Special education and academic streaming (or tracking) are two of the most prominent ability-based strategies public schools use to organize student learning. Both have had a long and complicated relationship with gender, race, and class. In this... guide, Dr. Gillian Parekh unpacks the realities of how ability and disability play out within schooling, including insights from students, teachers, and administrators about the barriers faced by students on the basis of ability. From the challenges with ability testing to gifted programs to the disability rights movement, Parekh shows how ableism is inextricably linked to other forms of bias

Date Published:2023