Teacher Planning Resources

Inquiry Based Lesson Design

Basic Structure of a Lesson

Instructional Approaches (Ontario Ministry of Education)

Differentiated Instruction

How to structure setting up small groups

Ensuring Equity and Celebrating Diversity -TVDSB

Gradual Release Design (Scaffolding over 5 days) 

Link to all Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum Documents

Learning for All: A Guide to Effective Assessment and Instructions for All Students, Kindergarten to Grade 12 

3 part lesson design

Teaching the 7 Mathematical Processes -Edugains

Spiralling Guide - Math

Graham Fletcher -videos on all  Mathematical Progressions

Concrete Representational Abstract (CRA) Approach overview and examples

Building Thinking Classrooms

Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics -video

14 Essential Practices of BTC

Number Talks

What is a Number Talk - Jo Boaler

How to get started with Number Talks -example

More videos of Number Talks at different grade levels - Inside Mathematics website

Link to Sherry Parrish video on Number Talks

Link to Math (2020) Curriculum

Scarborough's Reading Rope Explained (Video)

Understanding the key components of reading (oral language, phonemic awareness, decoding, orthographic mapping, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing) from Reading Rockets

Structured Literacy Instruction -IDA

Sequential order of teaching cursive writing

Media Literacy Essential Components -OTF

Link to Language (2023) Curriculum