Resources to Support the BC IRPs

This wiki provides curriculum-related resources in multiple means of representation so that students who have difficulty reading or are not engaged by the traditional textbook can access information in different ways.  

Each wiki page is based on a BC IRP and contains a variety of digital resources that support that IRP.  For each curriculum topic, a selection of the best online sites for students has been collected in a visual index using a free tool called sqworl.

Need more resources?  Here are my favourite links for curriculum planning organized on a handy sqworl page.

Social Studies 

Aboriginal Cultures: General resources with a cross-cultural focus (grades 4/5)

Aboriginal Cultures: Haida (grades 4/5)

Aboriginal Cultures: Inuit (grades 4/5)

Aboriginal Cultures: Tsimshian (grade 4/5) under construction

Continents (grade 4)

Egypt (grade 7 UDL-designed site for students by Harwin Elementary teachers)

Fur Trade (grades 4/5, 8/9)

Gold Rush (grade 5)

Provinces and Capitals (grade 5)

Vikings grade 3/4/5 Under construction 

Science

The Earth's Crust; The Rock Cycle (grade 7)

Extreme Environments: Space (grade 6)

Extreme Environments: Desert (grade 6)

Extreme Environments: Arctic (grade 6)

Extreme Environments: Volcano (grade 6)

Food Chains (grade  4)

Forces and Machines (grade 5)

Human Body:  Circulatory System (grade 5)

Human Body:  Respiratory System (grade 5)

Human Body: Bones, Muscles, Skin (grade 5)

Human Body:  Digestive System (grade 5)

Human Body:  Nervous System (grade 5)

Salmon (grade 4/5)

Solar System (grade 3) under construction

Weather (grade 4)

Language Arts

Novel Study:  To Kill a Mockingbird (UDL-designed by Maureen LaFleche)

Novel Study:  Holes (UDL-designed by Maureen LaFleche and Mallory Burton)

Poetry (K-7 UDL-designed choices for a school-wide poetry unit by Fairview Elementary teachers)

Math

BC Math Teachers Wiki (grade 8/9)

My Other Wikis

Technology Toolbelts for Students (middle and high school focus)

Technology Toolbelts for Teachers

BC UDL Wiki  (content from the BC Universal Design for Learning Project)

How Teachers are Using This Wiki:

• including students with special needs in the curriculum
• differentiating instruction by offering student choice
• alternate way to access curriculum material for students who are absent or can't read the textbook
• more practice with curriculum material for students who need more repetition
• extension activities for students who need more challenge
• showing photos, videos, or interactives on the SMARTBoard  
• in computer lab with whole class (students only need to type in the sqworl address!)
• at home for parents who want to help support their kids (just give parents the sqworl address!)

Want to Help?

Just click on the edit tab to send a request to have writing privileges on this wiki. 

Here's some information about wikis in case you want to make your own.

Test Page to practice on