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Word Power Lab – Morphology, Vocabulary, and Style

Word Power Lab – Morphology, Vocabulary, and Style is a three‑lesson Grade 7 ELA mini‑unit that helps students understand how words are built and how powerful word choices shape meaning and voice. Students learn to break complex words into meaningful parts (prefixes, roots, and suffixes), explore connections between morphology and word meaning, and use precise, interesting vocabulary in their own speaking and writing.

Grade 7

Voice Lab

Voice Lab is a three‑lesson Grade 7 ELA unit designed to help students discover and develop their emerging writer/creator identity. Grounded in the Big Ideas of Expression, Craft, and Process, this unit invites students to explore how writers make choices with tone, rhythm, diction, perspective, and sentence flow. Students analyze voice‑rich mentor texts, experiment with language through guided craft explorations, and reflect on how their experiences, identities, and worldviews shape the way they write.

Grade 7

Stories That Shape Us

Stories That Shape Us is a three‑lesson Grade 7 ELA unit that helps students understand how stories influence identity, worldview, and emotional connection. Students examine how authors use key narrative elements—character, emotion, powerful moments, and theme—to create meaningful texts.

Grade 7

Reading the World – Critical Consumers of Text & Media

Reading the World: Critical Consumers of Text & Media is a three‑lesson Grade 7 ELA unit that helps students examine how media messages influence what we notice, think, and believe. Students engage with a variety of modern texts—advertisements, headlines, social media posts, and short news or informational pieces—to explore how creators use visual design, language, and structure to capture attention and shape perspective.

Grade 7

Our School, Our Story: Creating an AI‑Generated Song & Music Video

In this unit, students explore how language, visuals, and sound can work together to tell a meaningful story about their school community. Working collaboratively, they create an AI‑generated school song (with the teacher acting as the responsible AI operator) and then plan, film, and edit a short music video that represents the identity, values, and spirit of their school.

Grade 7

A Different Angle: Exploring Point of View

A Different Angle: Exploring Point of View is a three‑lesson Grade 7 ELA unit in which students explore how perspective shapes meaning, emotion, and interpretation in storytelling. Instead of all students working from the same scene, filming groups are randomly assigned one of three short, teacher‑created dramatic scenarios, each written from a different perspective.

Grade 7

Scientific Inquiry

A complete 10 lesson learning sequence for Grade 3 science (30 minutes each) that explicitly integrates the skill descriptors, achievement indicators, global competencies, and hands-on inquiry provided in the NB Holistic curriculum. Lessons focus on the local natural world (weather, habitats, plants, animals) and emphasize communication, data collection, analysis, and reflection.

Grade 3

Indigenous Paths to Math

This resource package focuses on math with Indigenous culture and traditional teachings.
Lessons follow the same format daily and students can work within the two-digit numbers that they are capable of working with. These lessons follow the Wabanaki framework and the New Brunswick curriculum.

Grade 3
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Grade 5

Grab and Go: Whacky Baseball

This grab and go outlines a high‑energy striking and fielding game where batters hit a foam ball off a tee and run around multiple bases while fielders work to quickly place the ball on a central cone to stop the runners.
Assessment emphasizes striking accuracy, adjusting force and direction when passing or throwing, teamwork, and positive communication as learners cooperate and persist through rapid gameplay.

Grade 3

Grab and Go: Container Ball

This grab and go describes a fast‑paced team game where learners combine running, throwing, and strategic movement to get balls into their team’s container on the opponent’s side while avoiding being tagged and managing jailbreak scenarios.
Assessment focuses on learners’ ability to adjust passing distance and force, evade defenders, intercept passes, and cooperate effectively with teammates using positive communication and shared strategy.

Grade 3

Grab and Go: Mat Ball

This grab and go outlines a team passing game where learners work together to complete passes to a catcher on a mat, with successful passers joining the mat until the whole team makes it there.
Assessment focuses on strategic movement, adjusting passing force and direction, intercepting passes, and demonstrating positive teamwork and encouragement.

Grade 3

Grab and Go: Garbage Collector

This grab and go features a fast‑paced team game where learners throw foam balls across a divided space and collect any they manage to catch in their team’s “garbage bin,” promoting tactical thinking and cooperative play.
Assessment focuses on learners’ ability to adjust passing force and direction, intercept throws, move strategically, and encourage teammates while working toward a shared goal.

Grade 3