Long Range Plans - This resource can be used as a template to help with creating long range plans for the school year. Educators can save a copy of the document and alter it to their needs.

Classlist with Abbreviations and Pictures - This is a helpful resource designed to support educators at the start of the school year. It includes sections to add each student’s photo, nickname, and space for personalized comments or notes. This tool not only helps educators learn their students more quickly but also serves as a useful reference for occasional teachers entering the classroom, promoting consistency and student recognition.

Weekly Schedule - Stay organized throughout the week with this weekly schedule. This resource can be used digitally or printed as a hard copy. This resource can also be used to take daily notes as an easy way to stay organized with everything in the same place.

Meet the Teacher s a resource designed to help educators introduce themselves to students and families in a welcoming and engaging way. It can be shared digitally or printed as a hard copy, offering flexibility for different classroom needs. This tool provides a fun and informative format for teachers to share details about their background and interests, helping to build connections and ease the transition into a new school year.

Visual Daily Schedule - This is a classroom resource that uses both words and pictures to represent the daily routine, helping students understand what to expect throughout the day. By including images - especially photos of students in the class modeling the expected activities - this tool promotes a sense of comfort, predictability, and independence. It supports all learners, particularly those who benefit from visual cues and structured routines.

WorksheetWorks - This resources offers downloadable worksheets in a variety of different subjects. They offer some customizable worksheets, such as writing practice worksheets which allow educators to input relevant text. These are great for practicing spelling words, and working on improving printing and handwriting skills. This resource is great for occasional teachers as it offers different puzzle worksheets for students.

Tools for Educators - Downloadable worksheets in a variety of different subjects. It also has many downloadable and customizable games.

​Worksheet Zone - This resources offers downloadable worksheets in a variety of different subjects including downloadable and customizable workbooks. Educators can create workbooks for units and never have their students losing their papers again! They also have an option to make digital interactive worksheets and workbooks to avoid wasting paper.​​

Super Teacher Worksheets - Downloadable worksheets in a variety of different subjects including graphic organizers and reading comprehension worksheets.

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Our Planet Educational Resources - This resource from WWF offers various educational resources that educators may find helpful as an extra resource, as an occasional teacher, or in supporting science curriculum lessons.

CANSkip offers a dynamic and engaging way to take a break from traditional sports-based activities in physical education, providing educators with free resources to help students develop their skipping skills. The resource includes instructional videos that teach various skip rope jumps, along with downloadable "progress booklets" to track and encourage students' growth. Students are motivated to learn different jumping techniques while having fun in the gym. This resource supports the Ontario curriculum expectations for Active Living (B) and Movement Competence (C) in Health and Physical Education. CANSkip is an exciting opportunity to get students moving, while promoting skill development and independence.

Bouncy Balls - This is an excellent tool to aid in managing classroom noise levels.

The Highly Engaged Classroom - Dr. Marzano - This resource provides educators with tips that have been developed to help keep students engaged. It offers free resources for educators and has a focus on High Reliability Teacher (HRT) and student-teacher relationships.

20 Student Engagement Strategies for a Captivating Classroom - This resource has easy to identify tips and brief descriptions for each of the engagement strategies. It also provides student assessment recording sheets, and a variety of free supports, such as classroom resources, professional development, and more. However, there is only a 30 day free trial before you need a paid account. It does not cover differentiated engagement for students or supports for ELL students.

HMH - This resource provides 10 strategies to keep students engaged within the classroom. It also provides a brief description to support each strategy and recommends resources that you could use for some of the strategies. However, it does not provide strategies for accessibility and multilingual students.

ClassDojo - This resource offers ways to document, manage, and boost behaviour, learning, and communication. It helps students stay on track with their behaviour and it is a great way to gamify your classroom. Students can document and display their learning by taking photos, videos, messages or even voice recordings. It fosters student independence as they can share their own work by scanning a QR code. Educators can use as a reward system by providing students or groups with points to motivate students as they complete work. Student and class progress can be reviewed in the reports section.

All About Me - This resource is a fun activity to get to know your students, this activity is made for students to be able to share things about themselves at the beginning of the year. This activity allows educators to learn a little about each student so the educator has something to go off of when trying to figure out who their students are as people. 

Fun First Day of School Activities - This resource from SplashLearn gives educators fun ideas to make the first day of school exciting for students and easier for educators. These activities can help students become more comfortable with one another and their new teacher and classroom.

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Word Cloud - This is a fun resource where students can create word clouds with words that represent them. This can help teachers get to know students and their interests in the beginning of the school year.

​Ice Breaker Games - This resource from Twinkl provides educators with different ice breakers, which act as a great way for educators to get to know thier students, and for students to start building relationships with their peers in the class. This resource can also be used to pass time and start off the beginning of the year fun!

Classroom Procedures Students Should Know - This resource from TeachThought helps educators to create a positive classroom culture, a safer space, and set boundaries and expectations. 

​All About You Activities For the First Day of School - This resource is great for the start of the school year and will help set the tone for fun and engaging activities that will continue throughout the year. This resource provides engaging "get to know you" activities.

​Growth Mindset Activities - This resource from The Brown Bag Teacher provides educators with ideas for activities to do in the beginning of the year to promote a growth mindset for students.

First 20 Days of Math - This resource provides educators with daily math lessons or the first 20 days of school.  These lessons are taught explicitly through Strand A (SEL and the mathematical processes), this allows students and educators to start the year right, and help to build a positive outlook around math (good for all grade levels). It is a comprehensive guide for educators and provides Google Slides, available in both French and English. It works to promote collaboration, has hands on activities, and is interactive to get students engaged in the learning. This resource is aligned with the Ontario 2020 Math Curriculum. This resource was created by the Simcoe County District School Board.

​First Year Teacher Tips - This resource from Waterford provides helpful strategies for first year teachers as they prepare for the school year.