For principals: this study concluded that principal knowledge about dyslexia & the internal PD they received explained a significant amount of variation in school-based level of appropriate intervention for students w dyslexia. 8 recommendations below. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Even MORE wisdom from the brilliant Pamela Snow ❤️

An exciting time here at the Catholic Education Centre as we welcome Early Childhood Educators for a day of literacy learning!

Just put together a code pack of the UFLI scope and sequence and sample words to decode and encode for some of my students (also a video to explain how to use it for families). Here’s the link if you’re interested: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Had a great time at When Faith Meets Pedagogy! I especially loved it when Fr. Richard Leonard started teaching us about the etymology of the word “sacrificial”. The joy of literacy learning is everywhere!

Happy Halloween! Holly Lane UF Literacy Institute   

Students who struggle to read by the end of third grade face significant long term challenges…they are less likely to attend college or secure a living wage job.” EAB District Leadership Forum A must-read for all district leaders. Soecial thank you to AngieHanlin for sharing:

Lots of learning happening at Niagara Catholic DSB with the amazing Jordan Sloan! Principals, system wide, engaged in deep, powerful research and analysis as they continue to create the conditions for evidence based instruction and assessment with Acadience Acadience Learning Online!

Dyslexia Canada & Kyndryl are gifting free decodable books from Strong Nations to Canadian classrooms! The Cedar School series follows students learning on the land & exploring Mi'gmaw teachings. Educators, apply for a free set of 20 books: dyslexiacanada.org/en/blog/decoda…

Oh boy have we ever had so much fun this week modelling Stephanie Stollar ‘s Repeated Reading Implementation Guide which led to our incredible students participating in Paragraph Shrinking and Partner Reading! Fluency and Comprehension are the outcomes!

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Thank you Zach Groshell for joining us tonight! Your enthusiam and knowledge are invaluable for our Ontario educators! Laura Bross

Thank you to the SWIS Workers who came to speak with our MLL teachers today on all of the services they offer our students and their families! We are so thrilled to participate in hosting the SWIS Wellness team in our schools!

Join us for a session tailored for intermediate & secondary educators exploring structured literacy to support students struggling with reading! #LitLearn2025 We’ll showcase a grade 9 intervention class focused on decoding, fluency, morphology, and syntax. We'll share the

"That is our mission and that is your superpower." 🦸 Thank you Dr. Anita Archer! 💥 What's your favourite Archerism?

“The most courageous child in your classroom is the dyslexic child”-Dr. Pam Kastner. Showing up to school daily, knowing you can’t read and fearing that you might never learn how. Thank you Dr Pam Kastner, for leading the way, as we continue on our learning journey. Pam Kastner

Meet Malvina. Her writing helps her to navigate big feelings. She eloquently spoke about distorted perceptions and wove the theme into her work. Learning to read didn’t come easy to her. With patience and practice, she mastered the foundations and her love of writing grew!

Such a pleasure having @MmeLockhartLDSB present a wealth of information, research, and practical advice to help bring Structured Literacy to our secondary MLL teachers and students! The science behind Scarborough's Rope is making it's way through secondary!

As teachers, we are often told WHAT to teach but not always HOW to teach it! Effective teaching includes retrieval practice (recalling information), interleaving (mixing different topics rather than teaching topics in “blocks”), scaffolding (providing temporary supports) and so