What has #trust got to do with reading?EVERYTHING.

This latest episode of #SoldAStory by Emily Hanford really made me reflect on the importance of TRUST in our Education system. And how hard it can be to rebuild once it has been broken.

Parents trust teachers to teach kids to read;…

“The students that we have in front of us, their brains are ready to be multilingual and multiliterate…” Dr. Elsa Cárdenas Hagan

I have a learning partner with me this morning🐾 as I watch and learn from the amazing Dr Elsa Cardenas-Hagan how to be a more effective teacher for my…

Looking to improve your students’ writing skills? Look no further than “The Writing Revolution”, by Judith C. Hochman and Natalie Wexler.

Yesterday, I introduced the concept of “kernel sentences” and modelled how to elaborate sentences with the 5W’s: who, what, where, when and why.…

Learning to read is relatively simple compared to learning to spell! But when explicit, systematic instruction is accompanied by an explanation of patterns and rules, spelling can be a lot easier (and fun!) to learn!💚

I am so grateful for Nessy’s Improving Your…

“Reading difficulties can be prevented for at least 95% of students.” Alicia Smith

Thank you Alicia Smith for closing our LLL508 course last night with your inspiring words and motivating next steps! It has been an amazing journey teaching VIU this term but most of…

Kareem Weaver once famously said: “Our kids can’t read. What are you doing about that?” ~Kareem Weaver

This week in LLL508, we hear from Kareem J. Weaver about the inequities faced by millions of children who rely on public education to learn to read.

Then, we hear from…

“Syntax, a linguist’s word for sentence structures, is the rule system that governs how words and phrases are arranged into clauses and sentences. It has to do with the function (i.e., role) of words and phrases in a sentence.” Margie Gillis

I will be incorporating this new…

Excellent #Literacy strategy!

Literacy, Equity, and Advocacy….oh my!

We have a jam-packed agenda for our last LLL508 class VIU tomorrow night!

I’m THRILLED to share that Alicia Smith, Executive Director of #DyslexiaCanada and past-president of IDA Ontario will be sharing some inspiring words and…

Inspired yesterday’s ONlit.org #Syntax Party with Margie Gillis, I applied some of the recommended strategies in my literacy class today! Using our French Decodables from Scholastic Canada , we sorted nouns and action words/verbs! Then, using the same cards, students built their…

Inspired by yesterday’s ONlit.org #Syntax party, I did a deep dive into the Syntax Scope and Sequence and have a super cool sentence-sort activity to do with my class today!!

Thanks to Margie Gillis for the incredible resources (that can also be found on the ONLit…

I’m in mom mode this afternoon…

Today at lunch, I challenged my kids to recreate the phases of the solar eclipse using five Maple and Original Oreo cookies each! I’d say they did pretty well!! OREO Cookie ☀️🕶️ #SolarEclipse2024

I was thrilled to see ONlit.org offer a #SORLendingLibrary starter kit to conclude today’s #Syntax Party!

We’ve loved and benefited so much from our SOR Lending Library here at École Rideau PS in the last 2 years! It has created common language amongst staff, inspired lots of…

Such a pleasure to meet Krista and Paul from Scholastic Canada at the OMLTA/AOPLV conference this weekend!

I used Scholastic’s “livres décodables” in my workshop to show teachers how decodable books can be used not just for reading but for spelling instruction, too! Because…

“There can be no equity, no social justice, without literacy.” Mic drop.🎤

We are so fortunate to have literacy advocate Kareem J. Weaver join our last week of learning and share advocacy tips with VIU course participants. In this candid and very personal interview,…