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Grade 4: Language: Organization Tips & Ideas

A collection of activities, websites and resources to help support the Ontario, Grade 4 Language curriculum. Includes tips for parents too!

Homework and Organization Help

Through Your Child’s Eyes - simulation
It’s one thing to read about learning and attention issues. It’s another thing to see them through your child’s eyes. Experience firsthand how frustrating it is when your hand won’t write what your brain is telling it to. Or how hard it is to complete a simple task when you have trouble focusing. Use these unique simulations and videos to better understand your child’s world. ~ understand.org

(www.understood.org)

Backpack Makeover

7 Tips to Improve Homework Skills

6 Tools to Get Organized

At a Glance: 7 Ways to Teach Your Middle-Schooler Organization Skills
In middle school, kids have to learn how to deal with more homework and a busy social calendar. Learning organizational skills and how to prioritize time is important. Here are some ways to teach those skills.

At a Glance - 7 Ways Poster

Homework.Project Tips - Articles for Parents
Here's a handful of articles offering expert advice to make homework less of a hassle.
Teach Organization Skills to Students at Home
Help Your Child Get Organized
Most kids generate a little chaos and disorganization. Yours might flit from one thing to the next — forgetting books at school, leaving towels on the floor, and failing to finish projects once started.
Organizational Skills - Ontario Teachers' Federation
ADHD: Communicating with your child's school

Games:

Tech Finder: find an App or Assistive Tech:
Expert-approved apps & games for your student.

Anxiety....

Anxiety Resources:

Organize your ideas:

What is Mind-Mapping?

Mind mapping is a way to organize your ideas. It is used to help you brainstorm ideas. Brainstorming is just thinking of creative ideas to help you answer a question or solve a problem.

Mind Mapping Tools for You:

Inspiration software

Don't forget Inspiration and Kidspiration software found on all UCDSB computers. This program is for visual learning:

graphic organizers, concept mapping, mind mapping, outlining, webbing, and plots and graphs.