Related to BC Curriculum for Intermediate Grades

This wiki provides resources in multiple means of representation so that students can access information related to the B.C. curriculum in a variety of ways.  The wiki was created to support several students in intermediate classrooms who have difficulty accessing the regular textbook but anyone is welcome to use this wiki.

Each wiki page is based on a BC IRP (our curriculum standards) and contains a variety of digital resources that support that IRP.  

How teachers are using This Wiki

• include students with special needs in the curriculum
• differentiate instruction by offering student choice
• alternate way to access curriculum material
• for students who need more practice or repetition
• extension activities for students who need more challenge
• showing photos, videos, or interactives on the SMARTBoard  
• in computer lab with whole class
• at home for students who are absent
• at home for parents who want to help 

Need more resources? 

I rarely do a general Google search for curriculum planning.  Instead, I head straight to a number of excellent sites that have already identified educational materials.  Here are my favourite links for curriculum planning organized on a handy sqworl page.  If the topic you need is not listed below, also try searching on the main sqworl page to see if a page of links has already been created.

Social Studies 

Aboriginal Cultures: General with 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)

Science

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

Energy (grade 5)

Electricity (grade 6)

Extreme Environments: Space (grade 6)

Extreme Environments:  Ocean (grade 6)

Extreme Environments:  Desert (grade 6)

Extreme Environments: Polar Regions (grade 6)

Extreme Environments: Volcanoes (grade 6) planned

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)

The Earth's Resources: Resources and Conservation (grade 5 under construction March 2012)

The Earth's Resources: Energy (grade 5) under construction March 2012

The Earth's Resources: Salmon (grade 4/5)

The Earth's Resources: Forests (grade 5)

The Earth's Resources: Water (grade 5)

The Earth's Resources: Mining (grade 5)

Solar System (grade 3)

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)

Other UDL and Technology 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)

Paul's UDL4All wiki and Free Resources from the Net for Every Learner blog

Ruth's Apps and other istuff wiki

James Hollis Teachers Love SMARTBoards blog (great ideas and tutorials)

Kelly Tenkley's iLearn Technology blog  (great classroom ideas for using tech)