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There are currently 275 learning activities in this database. Each learning activity links Essential Skills and work habits to some sample courses in the Ontario curriculum and provides examples of how people use these skills in specific occupations or in everyday life. The activities can be searched by course or other features, including Essential Skill or Occupation. Educators are invited to adapt these activities to meet the needs of their learners.

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» Everyday Life/Financial Literacy/Skill-Building Activities

Resources made available in this sample activity database are created by Ontario teachers for Ontario teachers and students. Each activity links Essential Skills and work habits to some sample courses in the Ontario curriculum. Sample activities are currently available for some courses and pathways including:

• Non-credit
• English
• Mathematics
• Guidance
• Technological Education
• Career Studies
• Science
• Business
• Geography
• Physical Education

Educators are invited to use A Guide to Linking Essential Skills and the Curriculum to learn the 2-step method of connecting instruction to Essential Skills to create resources to meet their learner needs.

Select a course title or course code and click the "Search" button.
Course Title:
Course Code:
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	Change the number of activities that are displayed in a search result by selecting 10, 15 or 20 in the pull down menu (right side).
	Changing the display number will result in a new search.

Educators can search for activities where learners can demonstrate a specific Essential Skill, skill level or work habit.

For example, teachers may choose 'Reading Text' and 'Level 2' from the drop down menus. This search displays all activities that have one or more Essential Skills tasks for this Essential Skill and skill level.

Essential Skills
We use Essential Skills every day in our roles as learners, workers, and members of the community. Essential Skills tasks are real tasks used in daily life and in the workplace, such as reading a brochure to learn about a fitness class, writing a note to a co-worker, or deciding which route to take to get from one part of the city to another.

Select an Essential Skill, skill level and/or work habit and click the "Search" button.
Essential Skill:		Skill Level:
Work Habit:
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Educators may search for activities linked to a NOC code, occupation or Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM). Please note that this is a sample activity database so not all NOC codes, occupations or SHSMs have associated activities.

Educators are invited to use A Guide to Linking Essential Skills and the Curriculum to learn the 2-step method of connecting instruction to Essential Skills to create resources to meet their learner needs.

Select a search method below.

	Occupation		National Occupational Classification		Specialist High Skills Major

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Everyday Life/Financial Literacy/Skill-Building Activities

Educators may search for activities linked to everyday life, financial literacy or skill-building activities. Please note that this is a sample activity database.

Educators are invited to use A Guide to Linking Essential Skills and the Curriculum to learn the 2-step method of connecting instruction to Essential Skills to create resources to meet their learner needs.

Select one of the following: Everyday Life, Financial Literacy or Skill-Building Activities and click the "Search" button.

Everyday Life

Financial Literacy

Skill-Building Activities

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	Changing the display number will result in a new search.

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