TGIF…because it’s almost the weekend AND, more importantly, because a new episode with Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast has just been released!

The amazing Stephanie Stollar speaks with Melissa and Lori about #MTSS , what it is, what it is NOT, and why it requires a collaborative system-wide approach…

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What’s requested by one, may be good for all!!

I’ve had a lot of requests lately for the list of resources I share at my Family Literacy Workshops! So instead of sharing one by one, I’m sharing with everyone!!

Here are my top recommendations to support families:…

New to the Science of Reading?
Just starting out on your #SOR learning journey?

These books are a great place to start! 👇🏼 @suchmo83 @meredithliben Lyn Stone

When you love a book so much, you just have to buy 2 copies incase you lose one!! Natalie Wexler
#knowledgeMatters #Vocabulary #BackgroundKnowledge Knowledge Matters Campaign

Resources are great…but they don’t teach kids how to read and write! Explicit instruction does!✏️✏️

What kid doesn’t love these fun magnetic letter activities?! However, hours of this activity can reinforce poor, incorrect pencil grip & letter formation that can take years to…

Helpful infographic for the instructional hierarchy. I really wish this was talked about more. Also curious how others feel this is understood/approached in their setting.. mtss4success.org/sites/default/…

Letter tiles, alphabet mat, sky-grass-ground strips…..oh my!

Un grand merci à #AlphaGraphe pour les ressources incroyables qui soutiennent le développement de la lecture et de l'écriture de mes élèves École Rideau PS!!!

Huge thanks to AlphaGraphe for the incredible resources…

Inspired by this past weekend’s researchED Canada conference and the common theme of retrieval practice for student learning, today in #Kindergarten we reviewed the names body parts in FRENCH before singing our song!

Students in L2 programs need constant retrieval practice to…

What a great idea!!

I love this SOR series from Scholastic and would love to add “Big Words for Young Readers” to my collection!! Thank you Melanie Brethour!💙💙💙

Just because we taught it, doesn’t mean they learned it.🤯

This was one of my favourite presentations this weekend at the researchED Canada conference. Carl Hendrik opened my eyes to a whole new world of research and was generous enough to share this knowledge with those who were…

“I taught it but they still don’t know it!!!” Sound familiar?

Inspired by this weekend’s researchED Canada conference that focused on the #ScienceOfLearning , I am doing a deep dive into cognitive psychology as it relates to student learning and the evidence-based instructional…

Finally, someone said it.

What a wonderful weekend of learning at the researchED Canada conference!

After listening to Carl Hendrick, Paul A. Kirschner Daniel Willingham, and Anna Stokke I am more eager than ever to learn more about the #ScienceOfLearning as it applies to reading, writing and math.

Key takeaways:…

Students have different “learning styles”. True or false?

I love how Anna Stokke isn’t afraid to tackle hot topics like this in her podcast episode with Daniel Willingham.

Answer- FALSE (although more than 90% of teachers believe this may be true, there is no data to support that…

“Good teaching isn’t about making learning easy.” Carl Hendrick

I loved this quote because I’m always telling my students, hard work is hard. And that’s ok! No one ever said hard work was easy!

So many great takeaways from Carl Hendrik and Paul A. Kirschner in the…