Registration for the TDSB Reading AQ, Part 1 (Early Years Focus) is now full! Thank you to everyone who registered.

📚 The teaching of foundational reading skills happens in purposeful and meaningful contexts, where students are immersed in rich literacy experiences that cultivate joy. Here are a few ways you can support your child’s reading development at home: bit.ly/3UlTx2k

We had a “ball” hosting friends from Crescent Town ES to Room 113 Friday. Awesome teamwork and sharing of best practices. We will visit you soon Janice Chisholm NadiraPersaud-FOS14/LC2 Liz Holder

Launching #ScienceofReading PLC today, considering disproportionate outcomes & how we can truly make a difference in Reading for all! Bonus: assessment tools, decodable texts, & TDSB Early Years’s companion to the Guide to Early Reading. Thx Ms. Hart, Ms. Koromilos, Ms. Rabeb!

Happy International Women’s Day

We are so proud of our Junior Bordenball team who won the TDESAA South Conference Championship today! These players and team coaches did an incredible job representing Secord. Now we are off to City Finals on Oct 16th! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Many thanks to the team at UFLI for adding our full collection to their Decodable Text Guide! We've added a link to their guide on our website. With their permission, we've posted a version that just includes SyllaSense resources. Thank you UFLI!!! syllasense.com/pages/scope-an…

Our Grade 4 & 5 students have done a great job capturing events around the school as part of a newly formed Student Media Club and the leadership of Ms. Butson, Mr. Moore, Ms. Patel & Ms. Alexander. Bravo! 👏🏼

I moved away from traditional booklogs to this home support package for my intervention groups. I made a few changes, but thank you to Jenni vanRees and ONlit.org for sharing these fabulous resources for free for teachers!

Another REALLY GREAT resource from Really Great Reading! Research indicates that phonemic awareness instruction is more effective when practiced with graphemes/letters. (Brady, S. 2021). This Letter Tile Free Play is the perfect tool to help build students’ blending, segmenting,

Please join us at this fantastic opportunity!

Join us for an inaugural event Indo-Caribbean Educators Network (I-CEN) - Thurs, May 16th (5:00 - 7:00 pm at Peckham Centre) - for an in-person leadership meeting! Seeking those who are interested in an affinity space for Indo-Caribbean educators across Ontario! #ICEN

A lot of excellent resources here!

Kicking off the weekend with a visit to the East End Kids Pride Parade & Celebration at Dentonia park. Proud of the Secord community members & organizers for planning and executing this incredible event.

📚 Unlock the magic of reading early! From phonics to comprehension, we've created a roadmap to help every child develop a solid foundation in reading. Explore our guide: tdsb.on.ca/earlyliteracy

📚 Unlock the magic of reading early! From phonics to comprehension, we've created a roadmap to help every child develop a solid foundation in reading. Explore our guide: tdsb.on.ca/earlyliteracy

Calling Ontario principals! This new ONlit.org resource on early reading screening is for you - and there’s an upcoming webinar too! onlit.org/event/screener…