“The research suggests that we CAN distinguish between limited language skills and learning disabilities in young children.”

“Teaching Reading to Early Language Learners” by Esther Geva and Russell Gersten is a great place to start if you teach Multilingual (MLL) learners!

Is anyone else thinking, “I just don’t want this weekend to end!”

Long weekends should be a mandatory 4-day minimum!! ☕️📚🏃‍♀️🚲 #CoffeeReadRunBikeRepeat

Day 2 of the long weekend…

- husband is putting⛳️
- kids are swimming with friends🤿
- puppy is napping🐶
- I am reading 📚 and preparing for upcoming presentation using #StriveForFive in the #FSL classroom!

The sun is shining and everyone is happy!😎
Sonia Cabell The Mentoree

My 3-day weekend “Strive-For-Five” conversation goes something like this:

Husband: What do you want to do this weekend?
Me: Nothing.
Husband: By nothing, do you mean clean-up the gardens, do some weeding, vacuum the pool, take the kids for a bike ride, walk the dog & clean the

As a Second Language (L2) teacher, this resonates with me so much.💙

Our additional language learners (L+) students do NOT come to school with the vocabulary they need to understand instructions and express themselves like their L1 peers. Additionally, they need to learn an

As programs for students with Learning Disabilities and #Dyslexia are being dissolved across the province, there has never been a more important time than now to build teacher knowledge of the reading research, use a system-wide #MTSS framework, and strengthen Tier1 instruction.

After listening to Stephanie Stollar on the Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast, I signed up for her FREE resources and *WOW*! It’s like walking into a treasure chest of golden resources! 👑⭐️

As I continue to explore how to most effectively use read alouds to teach vocabulary and build content knowledge

While some language & literacy elements may be cross-linguistic, phonics skills are NOT!

Letter-sound associations such as i, e, h, j, oi, and au are NOT the same in both English and French! Students have to master both sets of code to be proficient readers AND spellers in both

Some resources are just meant to be shared…and this is one of them!!

Check out this “Top 10 Ways to Improve Tier 1 Instruction” from Stephanie Stollar!

As a Tier 1 and Tier 2 teacher, I will be enlarging this and hanging it in my classroom for all to see today!!! #MTSS

Emotional literacy has become an important focus in #Kindergarten this year…

…because little people can have BIG feelings!

Students don’t always have the words to name their feelings, such as anxious, nervous, or excited. It’s especially difficult for L2 learners who are

All good things must come to an end.😢

I have tremendously enjoyed this 10-Part Learning series with #FSL educators from Holliston Schools and am so sad to see our learning journey come to an end.

In our final session together, I shared the research, instructional strategies and