There are many teacher supports as well. There are sections on how to link outcomes with students’ prior knowledge, ways to support effective reading & writing, includes questions for discussion, assessments and rubrics, ways to teach with a cross-curriculum and technology, and many other resources are provided.

An “info spot” is included for each chapter of the accompanying textbook. In this “info spot” teachers can look up a lot of relevant background information pertaining to the chapter. I would use this in the beginning of making a unit plan so I would have an idea of what I am teaching.  Other ways that I would specifically use this resource includes using it to plan unit/lesson plans. This is a great starting area to plan as it aligned with the curriculum. I would not necessarily follow every activity given in the resource though, as it may not be a great fit for your students all the time and/or you may have a different idea that you could use.

Although this resource has many strengths, I would modify it by including a section just for the program of studies where each outcome is listed and have this section show where in the textbook/activities provided where this outcome is covered. I would include in this a section where the teacher can check off the outcomes that have already been completed in order to keep track of these easily. 

 

Cox, S. (2006). Voices of Alberta: People, places, and possibilities Teacher Resource. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.