Book lists for IDA Ontario's #ReadingRoadTrip Season 1: onlit.org/resource/readi… Season 2: onlit.org/resource/readi… Season 3: coming soon!!

Don’t let Structured Literacy scare you in Kindergarten. Let Kate Winn support your thinking and help you navigate this very important shift in our teaching. All children must get the instruction they need to be fluent readers 💕 See you there!

🌟Inspiring new episode! 🌟Huge respect for Evergreen School Division superintendent Scott Hill. Learn how they improved math & reading (won an award from Dyslexia Canada). Strong leadership + data-informed decisions + high expectations = student success. podbean.com/eas/pb-vpzf8-1…

Want to learn more about MTSS and reading interventions from a trusted source? Check out this EDVIEW360 episode with Stephanie Stollar - and also consider signing up for Dr. Stollar’s Reading Science Academy - I learn SO much from it! open.spotify.com/episode/3XnCR8…

It may not be the “cocktail hour conversation” but it will work. We learned this in reading and yet are so slow to implement in other areas. The research is real! Let’s do better. Listen to this amazing episode Amanda VanDerHeyden #readingroadtrip open.spotify.com/episode/6VBNNc…

When an episode is so good that now I don’t even need to cover the same topic on my show - it’s all here! Everything you need to know about teaching handwriting as Anna Geiger interviews Shawn Datchuk! open.spotify.com/episode/6Lso9q…

"Prior knowledge had a significant effect on learning, especially in discovery learning. Everyone benefited from explicit instruction, but only students with a lot of prior knowledge benefited from discovery learning." #equity (K age students, science topic: sinking/floating)

Looking for free resources to support your students’ early literacy skills? LIFTER provides educators with a wealth of tools–including video models, eLearning, and worksheets–for the development of students’ handwriting skills. ✏️📖 irrc.education.uiowa.edu/lifter

Registration is OPEN for IDA Ontario #LitLearn2025 - and check out this keynote speaker! You don’t want to miss this conference! Stephanie Stollar conference.idaontario.com/purchase/

Diagnostic assessments in reading aren’t just to inform remedial instruction. I completed the CORE Phonics assessment with an advanced student to see just how high we can start! (I thought you’d be proud of me Amanda Nickerson, Ed.D.!)

Used this fabulous lesson on Terry Fox from HeeJae Kim (Important Canadians) with a few grade 1 classes today!Thank you Kate Winn Nellie Caruso Leigh Fettes Erika Chesnick 🙌 We cleared up some misconceptions, as one Ss thought that he lost his leg from a shark attack 🤣 🦈

Our Curriculum Assistance Team has received lots of great questions about planning a language block. Join Laura Bross to unpack key elements to consider when planning a language block in grade 2/3! 🗓️ Tuesday, October 1 at 7 p.m. 💻 Register: onlit.org/event/language…

When kids receive structured literacy instruction in Year 1 kindergarten, this is what screening data can look like in Year 2. 😍 🔵 above benchmark 🟢 at benchmark 🟡 below benchmark 🔴 well below benchmark

The Instructional Hierarchy. When we learn something new, we move through a series of predictable stages. We are most effective when our instruction matches the student’s current level of proficiency. Learn more from this helpful handout created by Laura Bross ONlit.org

Looking for resources about Terry Fox? Check out the K/1 Important Canadians Unit - one of the lessons focuses on Terry Fox. It includes a slide deck and read-aloud text, plus comprehension questions and explicit vocabulary instruction. onlit.org/resource/impor…

🫶 October 1 marks the start of #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth. IDA Ontario celebrates with the #ReadOctober fundraiser read-a-thon. Help spread awareness about #Dyslexia and raise money for decodable books for your community library. Fundraise (and win!) or donate. Learn more

Huge thank you to Superintendent Sandra Singh for inviting us to present this 4-part literacy series, based on Lindsay Kemeny’s book “The 7 Mighty Moves” to educators NewWestSchools in beautiful British Columbia! We are excited to share our knowledge, experience and the next

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Shouldn’t we be screening for reading comprehension? ONlit.org has the answer (which might surprise you) in the first of a series of short videos on screening FAQs! youtube.com/shorts/c95ABy0…

Registered Early Childhood Educators at PVNCCDSB connecting and unpacking Strive For Five Conversations, Tricia A. Zucker & Sonia Q.Cabell! Indigenous written story the Sharing Circle-Theresa “Corky” Larsen-Jonasson provides the provocation. #ONLit #Pvnclearns