When is explicit instruction essential? Holly Lane 🎯

Dr. Kay Wijekumar shares lots of excellent advice on this episode of the Literacy View! Great listening while doing chores last night and this morning!

Remind me again, who is driving the expensive cars and has profited on the backs of struggling students?!? 🤔 Lucy Calkins Fountas & Pinnell 👀

Someone asked what is the harm of using these (Beanie Babies). Well, let me tell you all in case others have the same question. It does significant harm to vulnerable students because it wires their brains to use the strategies of poor readers. Good readers do not rely on

We need a human rights inquiry to be conducted in British Columbia about reading instruction too. Our curriculum needs to be revised to include evidence-based approaches to teaching reading.

The challenge is not a lack of high quality research in all areas of teaching and learning, the real issue is our inability as a profession, to read, understand, and apply what is already known.

#BCEd 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

So many of these #dyslexia myths and misconceptions exist in #bced. It’s evident across our educational system - in our provincial curriculum, in our LD designation criteria, and teacher ed and PD. The impact of this on all students (not just those who have or present with signs

This was inspirational to listen to while driving to Alkali Lake! I was helping to graph data from spelling assessments to place students in UFLI groups. Let the data inform your decisions! Fall is here in the Cariboo!

Woo Hoo! I’m so looking forward to this book study with Kate Lyon and Erica Roberts! I’m so glad these BC educators are stepping up and sharing their knowledge and a fabulous book by Lindsay Kemeny with other BC educators. #bced

Woo Hoo! Such fabulous ProD! I wish all school districts in #bced were promoting evidence based practices! BC Principals' & Vice-Principals' Association BC Min of Education

I’m so excited to join this book study! All BC educators should consider joining Kate and Erica for this.

Great advice! #bced

Good bye British Columbia 🇨🇦! Made it to my second flight ✈️ in Calgary! Look 👀 out Nova Scotia 🇨🇦, here I come!

Cape Breton is beautiful!

Louder for the folks in the back!! ❤️

Pitting “play & discovery” against “foundational skills & knowledge” is unfortunate as it perpetuates a false dichotomy. Those who understand development and learning get this. If we (who work in education & the policy makers who impact our work) could just focus on what the

I would recommend all teachers in British Columbia, read this book. ⬇️⬇️⬇️. #bced BC Teachers’ Federation BC Min of Education