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Nelson Education > School > Elementary Social Studies > Product Information >  The Great Canadian Adventure
 

The Great Canadian Adventure

The Great Canadian Adventure is an engaging collection of informational social studies texts that promote social studies skills and processes. These student-friendly resources match curriculum demands in social studies and language arts for Canadian classrooms.

Features:
Books are grouped in sets with a strong emphasis on Canadian geography
Full-colour, information texts encourage reading in the content areas and help students master crucial critical thinking and problem solving skills while building a repertoire of nonfiction reading strategies
Teacher’s Guide provides comprehensive strategies and plenty of graphic organizers and assessment tools
Laminated task cards are ideal for use in activities, projects, learning centers or independent learning situations

 

Tools for Learning for Kids

Tools for Learning for Kids is an excellent, accessible student handbook that can be used daily for building process and strategy skills. Students gain confidence by learning problem solving strategies, critical thinking skills, and understanding how to use graphic organizers. Learning a variety of reading comprehension strategies enables students to transfer their learning to other subject areas – summarizing, predicting, inferring, understanding the main idea, and questioning techniques.

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