Read the front matter! Always the place to start 😊

Sonja Upton McKay Public School a TL love letter to my McKay Lions: just a few more books sent away for processing. Expanding this collection has been my joy! TL’s! Never stop advocating for authentic voices/BIPOC & LGBTQ+2iA representation in collection building! #SchoolLibraryJoy

Fluency Friday! Two poems to follow-up Wednesday's word ladder - "Summer to Fall" Enjoy. -Rehearsing & performing poetry is a great way to build reading fluency (artfully & science-based)-. ILA @ascd International Dyslexia Association The Reading League Institute for Multi-Sensory Education

Spending Saturday afternoon on the couch with my advance copy of this fantastic book from Tricia Zucker & Sonia Cabell! Review to come but it’s safe to say this one is going to get a “highly recommend”! ❤️

This episode with Stephanie Stollar talking to Anna Geiger about using MTSS data is well worth the 34 minutes (or less, if you listen @ 1.5x like me!) 🎧 Excellent info about small group instruction - who, how, what, when. Really practical stuff! 📝 open.spotify.com/episode/1yASwt…

When should we stop reading aloud to students? Can we say NEVER? Keep reading aloud, in every grade, in every subject! 📚📖

Go, go, go little readers!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Very excited to dig into this hot off the presses Wiley Blevins, EdD book!!! I feel a book club coming on… what do you think Sonja Upton Kristy Penlington ☮️ Lisa ?!?!

Courier deliveries are the best!!! Thank you Sheri Ainslie, C-SLCT; CE/OGA - can’t wait to add to the highlights 🤓

A legend 💙 Love you Eddie, we miss you already.

Being a teacher is often like being a detective- we have to find clues to help solve a problem.🕵🏼 This little kiddo has some great early literacy skills but she still has trouble decoding some of the simplest of words. Can you determine why she read “Cab” as “sad” and what

Excited to share this new resource for grade 8! Build fluency with thoughtfully written passages, plus helpful teacher tips for vocabulary & syntax instruction. Leave a comment & let us know which grade level should be next!

“The National Reading Panel did not find research supporting the use of instructional time for silent independent reading…independent silent reading may not be the most efficient use of instructional time.” Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast Literacy 50, p. 150 Scholastic Silent Reading was a

👋 Head on over to the Resource Library - animated videos featuring the embedded mnemonics are now live! onlit.org/resource/embed…

💥NEW MIGHTY EPISODE! 💥 You LOVE 7 Mighty Moves 💪 and we do, too! 🎧 Listen to Lindsay TELL ALL about 7 MM in our newest episode! 🎧 literacypodcast.com/podcast

Earlier this week, we launched the Important Canadians Read Aloud Unit. The unit and the webinar recording are now in the Resource Library! Many thanks to Kate Winn, Nellie Caruso, Leigh Fettes, Erika Chesnick, Catherine Shawana & Johnny Langmuir! onlit.org/resource/impor…

K/1 teachers… check this out!!!!!

Expect Every Child to Learn to Read 😍 📖 Read the rest of this blog post "Dear Dear Balanced Literacy Teacher: A Heartfelt Plea for Change" by Missy Purcell misspurcell.com/blog/dear-bala…

We've heard lots of great questions about screening recently! Ever wondered why screening subtests are timed? Catch this quick video from Laura Bross to explore the importance of understanding a student's accuracy AND automaticity with essential literacy skills!