Finding Classroom Resources for your

Practicum:

Math Manipulatives, Science Kits, Children’s Literature, and More!

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Pat Serafini

Monique Flaccavento

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Outcomes

By the end of today’s session, you’ll be able to find:

Classroom resources for your practicum (math manipulatives, textbooks, science kits, children’s books, and more) by searching the library catalogue

Ministry-approved textbooks by searching the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Trillium List

Outcomes, continued

Age / grade-appropriate literature for your students by searching the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

Age / grade-appropriate online newspaper and magazine articles, encyclopaedias, primary sources, and more by searching publicly licensed Knowledge Ontario databases

Catalogue Searcheshttp://www.library.utoronto.ca/oise

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

Trillium Listhttp://www.edu.gov.on.ca/trilliumlist/

Activity #1

5 minutes

Click on Research Guides

Click on Education Resources for Initial Teacher Education

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

http://www.knowledgeontario.ca/AboutYou/Education/K12

What are KO Licensed Databases?

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/cat.asp?schoolNo=9

3 Knowledge Ontario Databases

P/J -- Kids InfoBits

J/I – InfoTrac Junior

I/S -- Student Resource Centre, Canadian Edition (now called Canada in Context)

Activity

Explore Kids InfoBits, InfoTrac Junior, or Student Resource Centre.

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.

Free Canadian Online Teaching Resources

http://www.curriculum.org/csc/resources/supplementary.shtml

Questions? Contact us! We’re here to help!

Pat Serafinipat.serafini@utoronto.ca416-978-1903

Monique Flaccaventomonique.flaccavento@utoronto.ca416-978-1867