Aug. 19 & 20 Benchmark Assessment PD
New Teacher Orientation Presentation and Resources
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Summertime reading Suggestions
Over the past year, we have been adding some wonderful new titles to the Teacher’s Professional Library in Resource Services.
Each of you is most welcome to create an account with Resource Services, in order to borrow from the library.
Enjoy some of these new titles; perhaps there is something here to inspire you!
On Reconciliation and Racism
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Highway of Tears
Braiding Sweetgrass
White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Me and White Supremacy
So You Want to Talk About Race
On Restorative and Trauma-Informed Practices
Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
Relationship, Responsibility and Regulation: Trauma-Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners
Restorative Practices in School
Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management
Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community
On Organizational and Personal/Professional Development
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less – and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
Atomic Habits
The Infinite Game
Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You
Open to Think: Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
Wolfpack
Dare to Lead
Thanks for the Feedback
Getting to Yes
The Coaching Habit
Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Speaking
….and so many more! Come by to take a look, create an account, and be inspired this summer!
Each of you is most welcome to create an account with Resource Services, in order to borrow from the library.
Enjoy some of these new titles; perhaps there is something here to inspire you!
On Reconciliation and Racism
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Highway of Tears
Braiding Sweetgrass
White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Me and White Supremacy
So You Want to Talk About Race
On Restorative and Trauma-Informed Practices
Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
Relationship, Responsibility and Regulation: Trauma-Invested Practices for Fostering Resilient Learners
Restorative Practices in School
Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management
Circle Forward: Building a Restorative School Community
On Organizational and Personal/Professional Development
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less – and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined
Atomic Habits
The Infinite Game
Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You
Open to Think: Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
Wolfpack
Dare to Lead
Thanks for the Feedback
Getting to Yes
The Coaching Habit
Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Speaking
….and so many more! Come by to take a look, create an account, and be inspired this summer!
Personal Development Opportunity: Stillness Workshop
Online Professional Development Opportunity
Fountas & Pinnell Levelled Literacy Intervention System
January 14th and 15th. Please contact nikki.krocker@gov.yk.ca for more information.
Online Professional Development Opportunity
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System 2 (Grades 3-8, Levels L-Z).
Interested in learning more about student instructional and independent reading levels? This PD opportunity is a must for teachers/principals who will be utilizing this resource in order to learn more about student reading levels, classroom assessment and teaching practice.
Please join Pearson consultants for their Professional Development workshop on
- Monday November 23rd from 12:30 – 3:30
- Tuesday November 24th from 12:30 – 3:30
A meeting link will be sent out closer to the date.
For those who require a substitute teacher, you will need to submit an application through the Yukon Teachers’ Association at
https://firstcontact.formstack.com/forms/application_for_funding_to_participate_in_local_event
If you do not require a substitute teacher please contact nikki.krocker@gov.yk.ca
SAVE THE DATE NOV. 20TH
Upper Elementary Place Value Games and Activities Grades 4-7 Nov. 20th 8:45 - 9:45 am
Come prepared to play upper elementary place value games that incorporate the use of cards, regular dice, place value dice and number lines. concepts covered include whole number to the millions, decimals, rounding, expanding and comparing numbers, identifying values and number patterns. Ideas for whole class, virtual teaching, small group/centres will be shared. Differentiation strategies will be provided so you can meet the needs of all students in your classroom.
YOU WILL NEED: regular six sided spotted dice, a deck of cards, a 1-100 number line or yardstick (optional), ten sided place value dice (optional) as well as a printout of the pdf handout, dice tray (optional)
*Sign up ahead of time at nikki.krocker@gov.yk.ca and receive an Upper Place Value Math Kit
Come prepared to play upper elementary place value games that incorporate the use of cards, regular dice, place value dice and number lines. concepts covered include whole number to the millions, decimals, rounding, expanding and comparing numbers, identifying values and number patterns. Ideas for whole class, virtual teaching, small group/centres will be shared. Differentiation strategies will be provided so you can meet the needs of all students in your classroom.
YOU WILL NEED: regular six sided spotted dice, a deck of cards, a 1-100 number line or yardstick (optional), ten sided place value dice (optional) as well as a printout of the pdf handout, dice tray (optional)
*Sign up ahead of time at nikki.krocker@gov.yk.ca and receive an Upper Place Value Math Kit
Math Games and Activities for Grades 5-9: Probability, Statistics and More
Nov. 20th 10:00 - 11:30 am
Come prepared to play games and learn activities to explore the following concepts: chance, probability, recording data using charts and graphs. In this session you will learn strategies to help students understand the relationship between chance and probability, as well as the relationships between charts and graphs. Games and activities will incorporate the use of dice and other easily found manipulatives. Ideas for differentiation will be shared throughout.
YOU WILL NEED: regular six sided spotted dice, a deck of cards, a 1-100 number line or yardstick (optional), ten sided place value dice (optional) as well as a printout of the pdf handout, dice tray (optional)
*Sign up ahead of time at nikki.krocker@gov.yk.ca and receive a Probability and Statistics Math Kit
Nov. 20th 10:00 - 11:30 am
Come prepared to play games and learn activities to explore the following concepts: chance, probability, recording data using charts and graphs. In this session you will learn strategies to help students understand the relationship between chance and probability, as well as the relationships between charts and graphs. Games and activities will incorporate the use of dice and other easily found manipulatives. Ideas for differentiation will be shared throughout.
YOU WILL NEED: regular six sided spotted dice, a deck of cards, a 1-100 number line or yardstick (optional), ten sided place value dice (optional) as well as a printout of the pdf handout, dice tray (optional)
*Sign up ahead of time at nikki.krocker@gov.yk.ca and receive a Probability and Statistics Math Kit
How to Access Intermediate Yukon Educators Team
Looking for information on Professional Development, Resources and a way to connect with Yukon Educators? Look no further! You can find all of this in Intermediate Teachers Teams
If this is your first time logging into Rapid Identity, you can follow the instructions here and here.
If this is your first time logging into Rapid Identity, you can follow the instructions here and here.
New Teacher Orientation
August 12, 2020
Scavenger Hunt
Welcome to the Scavenger Hunt Activity for New Teacher Orientation 2020.
Please consider using one or more of the apps on the iPad/iPhone such as pages, Everything Explained, iMovie, Clips to demonstrate your learning.
Consider the questions written below. Feel free to answer as many as you can and in any order you choose.
August 12, 2020
Scavenger Hunt
Welcome to the Scavenger Hunt Activity for New Teacher Orientation 2020.
Please consider using one or more of the apps on the iPad/iPhone such as pages, Everything Explained, iMovie, Clips to demonstrate your learning.
Consider the questions written below. Feel free to answer as many as you can and in any order you choose.
- When did Yukon become a territory?
- Identify an Elder in the community you will be teaching at.
- Name 2-3 Yukon First Nations artists.
- Provide a creation story from the area you will be teaching at.
- What Yukon First Nation language(s) is spoken in the community you will be teaching at?
- Who led the group who visited the Prime Minister in 1972? What was the purpose of this trip?
- Name something significant about the community you will be teaching in?
- How many Yukon First Nations languages are there?
- What traditional territory will you be teaching on?
- Complete the quote, "Resilience is …."
- Is there a cultural centre located in the community you will be teaching at? What is it named?
- When was the construction of the Alaska Highway completed?
- Say a welcome phrase in a Yukon First Nation language.
- How many Yukon First Nations are there in Yukon?
- What is the meaning of Kwanlin? Or Dakwakada?
NEW! Safety lesson Grades 4-9 (Click below)
In order to teach about health and safety you need to feel healthy and safe. There are some ideas teachers can use as they transition back to the classroom. Students can learn about germs through activities and videos and can consider how their actions around hand washing and physical distancing can help take care of themselves as well as the other people around them in their classroom, homes and community.
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Using Free Resources - Are you sharing your students' Personal Information (PI)?
More information can be found from the Privacy Compliance Powerpoint
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Continuity of Learning
Continuity of Learning Resources
http://msnider.yukonschools.ca/continuity-of-learning-resources.html
http://msnider.yukonschools.ca/continuity-of-learning-resources.html
Learning Continuity Toolkit
https://v2yesnet.wordpress.com/learning-continuity-toolkit/
https://v2yesnet.wordpress.com/learning-continuity-toolkit/
Online Opportunities
Free Online Literacy and Numeracy Webinars by Pearson
Pearson Canada invites you to a series of free webinars on Fountas & Pinnell Classroom ™ and Mathology. Everyone who registers will receive a recording of the webinar.
Fountas and Pinnell Classroom Webinars
During the information session, we will introduce you to how Fountas & Pinnell Classroom ™ promotes the joy of reading, expands children’s vocabulary, helps advance students into more challenging texts, and enhances their ability to process books with fluency and comprehension.
To Register:
Go to: https://www.pearsoncanadaschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS3dP2
Mathology.ca Webinars
Mathology.ca is a carefully curated on-line resource of curriculum focused K-3 Math lessons that supports engaging and powerful teaching and learning.
These webinars on Mathology.ca provide fun and engaging lessons on:
To Register:
Go to: https://www.pearsoncanadaschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS3cId
We hope that you can join us.
Please share this invitation with anyone you know who may be interested in attending.
Fountas and Pinnell Classroom Webinars
During the information session, we will introduce you to how Fountas & Pinnell Classroom ™ promotes the joy of reading, expands children’s vocabulary, helps advance students into more challenging texts, and enhances their ability to process books with fluency and comprehension.
To Register:
Go to: https://www.pearsoncanadaschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS3dP2
Mathology.ca Webinars
Mathology.ca is a carefully curated on-line resource of curriculum focused K-3 Math lessons that supports engaging and powerful teaching and learning.
These webinars on Mathology.ca provide fun and engaging lessons on:
- Early Fractions
- Subtraction
- Fluency in Mathematics
To Register:
Go to: https://www.pearsoncanadaschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS3cId
We hope that you can join us.
Please share this invitation with anyone you know who may be interested in attending.
Yukon Schools
Muskrat Camp Kluane Lake School
Self-Assessment of Muskrat Study from Kluane Lake School
Core Competencies and Student Self Assessment at F.H. Collins Jan. 17, 2020
Selkirk Singers with the Jerry Granelli Trio at Yukon Arts Centre, Nov. 28, 2019
Grant Hartwick and his singers did not disappoint. What a wonderful evening of singing and an exceptional performance by the Jerry Granelli Trio.
Grades 4-7 Socials Studies Resources
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Ideas for integrating and localizing Yukon First Nations Ways of Knowing and Doing
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Yukon Foundation Skills Assessment Fall 2019 Important Dates
The Yukon Foundation Skills Assessment (YFSA) runs from Sept. 30 – Nov. 8, 2019. If you would like classroom assistance administering the YFSA please contact Nikki.Krocker@gov.yk.ca. I am happy to come and help.
There will be online YFSA refresher sessions from 3:30 – 4:30 PM
- for teachers: Tuesday September 17 or Tuesday September 24
- for administrators: Thursday September 19 or Thursday September 26
Our meeting will be online using Zoom and you can join by clicking the link below:
https://zoom.us/j/322695224
The 2019/120 YFSA administration in schools will take place between September 30 - November 8, 2019S. Schools should receive their YFSA supplies parcel by the middle of September.
The YFSA Assessment Description and Specifications, describes how reading, writing and numeracy will be assessed, and is available on the Ministry of Education Website to help educators prepare for administration this fall. The sample YFSA provides teachers and students with a preview of the sample online questions, sample student booklet and sample collaboration activity.
YFSA Important Dates
Sept. 17 OR 24, 2019
Online after school training refresher session for all teachers 3:30-4:30 pm
Sept. 19 OR 26, 2019
Online after school training refresher session for all principals 3:30-4:30 pm
November 13-14, 2019
Train the trainer session
November 18-19, 2019
Collaborative Marking
November 22, 2019
Score entry deadline
December, 2019
Booklets sent back to schools
January, 2019
Standard setting session
February, 2019
Final student results
Due to the timing of the YFSA, both DART and SWW for grades 4 and 7 are now optional for schools in both the fall and the spring.
Grades 3 – 8 educators interested in an opportunity to gather with colleagues from across the territory in a standards-based collaborative marking session of the YFSAs on November 18-19, 2018 are encouraged to sign up at YFSA Collaborative Marking Session.
If you have any general questions about the FSA please contact Nikki Krocker: Nikki.Krocker@gov.yk.ca or 332-0631