The Virtual Learning Line

The Virtual Learning Learning Line

These videos have been collected over the past couple of years to support teachers with their ongoing learning. These videos have been created by NLPS teachers for NLPS teachers.

If you have an idea for a video, want to offer feedback or ask questions, email: thelearningline@sd68.bc.ca.

Technology

Many different types of technology are being used by the innovative teachers in Nanaimo Ladysmith. Below are a collection of our most popular videos:

Teams

Google

Outlook

Outlook for Beginners

Powerpoint

Assessment & Reporting

Secondary Assessment & Reporting

Reporting in a Quarter System

Elementary Reporting

Elementary Assessment

FreshGrade

Teaching & Learning

Resources for Teaching and Learning hul̓q̓umín̓um Literacy

Are you learning hul̓q̓umín̓um̓? Did you know there are lots of great resources on NLPS Learns?

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Using the ENSA to inspire an OCSL (K-3)

This video will highlight some ways to use the assessment, show classroom recording sheets and an example of an OCSL (On-going Communication of Student Learning) to share with families.

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Elevate Your Morning Message

Are you thinking about adding morning messages to your start-up? Are you looking for ways to improve on a familiar routine?

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Le livre revisité

Des idées et des stratégies pour maximiser l’apprentissage de la lecture et la compréhension en retravaillant un même livre plusieurs fois.

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Math Routines: Image Talks

Invite students to think naturally about mathematics and expand their thinking by engaging in classroom conversations

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Shared Writing

Are you looking for a way to engage reluctant writers? Do you have specific writing skills that you want to teach to your students? Try practicing Shared Writing.

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Thinking About Fluency?

Have you noticed that your students are reading word by word? Are you looking for ways to measure and teach fluency?

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Les maths à voix haute

Des stratégies et des outils pour organiser des "causeries" mathématiques visant à développer les compétences en numératie et les compétences langagières.

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Phonics Instruction - Teaching Long A and Other Tricky Vowel Combinations

Are you looking for resources related to teaching phonics? How do we talk to children about the tricky nature of long vowel combinations?

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Children As Authors... Book-Making in Early Primary

Are you an early primary teacher that has reluctant writers in your class? Are you looking for new ways to inspire writers?

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Mid-Year: Revisitng the Literacy Screener

Do you use the PARS in the Fall, but want to see how students are doing? Or want data to inform what you will be teaching next?

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Comparative Measurement: Sasquatches and Tracks Out on the Land

Are you trying to consider Indigenous perspectives when you teach Primary Math? Are you trying to adopt principles from the Early Learning Framework in your Numeracy instruction? Are you trying to spend more teaching time outdoors? This video has ideas for teaching measurement to children while exploring nature.

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Using Mentor Texts to Strengthen Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

Phonological and Phonemic Awareness skills are so important for emerging and struggling readers. This video highlights a few popular picture books used to teach these important skills.

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Literacy

Numeracy

Indigenous Perspectives

Making a Bentwood Box

Coast Salish Snuneymuxw artist Joel Good creates kerfs, then steams and and bends a yellow cedar plank in preparation for creating a bentwood box. He is one of the relatively few bringing back the art of bending boxes.

When Seagull Stole the Sun

A Coast Salish story told by Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ language teacher Squtxulenuxw (George Seymour) from Stz’uminus First Nation.

NLPS Learns

The Virtual Learning Learning Line

Technology

Assessment & Reporting

Teaching & Learning

Indigenous Perspectives

More to Think About...

Technology

Teams

Google

Outlook

Powerpoint

Assessment & Reporting

Teaching & Learning

Indigenous Perspectives

More to Think About...

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