1. Finding Classroom
Resources for your
Practicum:
Math Manipulatives, Science
Kits, Children’s Literature, and
More!

2. Monique
Flaccavento
Pat
Serafini
http://bitstrips.com

3. By the end of today’s session, you’ll
be able to find:
 Classroom resources for your practicum
(manipulatives, textbooks, kits, curriculum
units, lesson plans, children’s books, and
more)
 Ministry-approved textbooks by searching the
Ontario Ministry of Education’s Trillium List
Outcomes

4.  Age / grade-appropriate literature for your
students by searching the Children’s
Literature Comprehensive Database
 Age / grade-appropriate online newspaper
and magazine articles, primary
sources, lesson plans, and more by
searching free and licensed online
resources
Outcomes, continued

5. http://oise.library.utoronto.ca

6. Trillium List
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/trilliumlist/

7. 5 minutes
Activity #1

8.  Kids InfoBits
 InfoTrac Junior (Graphic Interface)
 Canada in Context
 Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database
 Teen Health and Wellness
 OPHEA Health and Physical Education
 Career Cruising
 Spelling Bee Visual Thesaurus
Licensed UofT databases

9. http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/cat.a
sp?schoolNo=10

10. Choose one resource and answer
the following:
1. What is included in this database?
2. How could you use this database with
your students?
Please be prepared to share your
observations with the group.
Activity

11. 10 minutes
Activity #2

12. https://resources.elearningontario.ca/
Ontario Educational Resource
Bank (OERB) & Learn360

13. 5 minutes
Activity #3

14. Curriculum Services Canada
http://www.curriculum.org/csc/resources/supplementary.shtml
TVOKids Teacher Zone
http://tvoparents.tvo.org/tvokidsteacherzone
CBC Digital Archives for Teachers
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/teachers/
TeacherTube
http://teachertube.com/videos.php
MediaSmarts
http://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources
A few other free online teaching
resources

15. Also, make sure to check professional teacher
organizations for lesson plans and other great
resources.
For example,
The Ontario Music Educators’ Association
http://www.omea.on.ca/resources.php
Ontario Association for Mathematics Education
http://www.oame.on.ca

16. Pat Serafini
pat.serafini@utoronto.ca
416-978-1903
Monique Flaccavento
monique.flaccavento@utoronto.ca
416-978-1867
Questions? Contact us!
We’re here to help!