📖 English Language Arts · Britt Innovations

Cross-curricular support tools for Ontario Grades 4-8
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Reading. Writing. Speaking. Listening.

Reference tools and skill drills aligned to the Ontario Language curriculum. Built for students who use the French platform and want matching English support. All offline, no logins, Chromebook-ready.

By grade

the year's big ideas by strand, plus a quick check
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Reference

use these when you're stuck or proofreading
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Reading strategies

7 core strategies (predict, connect, question, visualize, infer, summarize, monitor). Each card has a when-to-use sentence, examples, and a common pitfall.
7 strategies · Ontario Language Reading strand
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Writing toolkit

The writing process (plan, draft, revise, edit, publish) plus sentence-fluency tips, paragraph structures, and ready-to-use transition lists.
5-stage process · transitions bank
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Grammar basics

Parts of speech, sentence structure, subject-verb agreement, common errors. Bilingual examples so French-platform students can map back.
Reference · scrolls and prints
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Spelling rules

i before e, doubling consonants, dropping silent e, -y → -ies, plurals. Each rule has examples and the exception list.
8 rules · exceptions called out
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Practice

do these to lock the skills in
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Parts of speech drill

Tag the noun, verb, adjective, or adverb in a sentence. 30+ sentences, immediate feedback, save errors to your notebook.
10 questions per session · MC + tag
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Sentence or fragment?

Decide whether each is a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on, with a quick reference and a fix for every wrong type. Builds the sentence sense behind clear writing.
20-item bank · 16 per round · 3-way sort
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Figurative language

Name the type (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole) or tell what an idiom really means. A quick reference at the top, then 16 questions per round with a why on each.
22-item bank · identify + idiom meaning
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Word study

Build vocabulary with prefixes (un-, re-, pre-, dis-), suffixes (-less, -ful, -able), synonyms (same meaning), and antonyms (opposites). Knowing word parts unlocks new words while reading.
24-item bank · 16 per round · MC + why
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Editing drill

Pick the correctly written sentence. Targets capitals, end punctuation, commas, subject-verb agreement, spelling, and tricky homophones (their/there/they're, your/you're, its/it's). 16 per round with a why on each.
20-item bank · proofreading skill
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Comma drill

Where does the comma go? 6 common patterns (lists, intro phrases, FANBOYS, names, dates, dialogue). 20+ sentences.
6 patterns · context-locked
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Reading comprehension

6 leveled passages (animals, environment, Canadian heroes, science, persuasive). Read, then answer with instant feedback and a why for each.
Grades 4-7 · 5 questions each · MC + main idea + inference
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Paragraph builder

Drag sentences into the right order. Topic sentence, supporting detail, concrete example, transition, conclusion.
5-sentence frame · 10 paragraph topics
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