Like a good wine and cheese, some podcasts are better when paired with a good book!🍷🧀

I’ve created #PodcastPairings , pairing my favourite podcasts with books, articles and resources around the same topic!

Want to learn more about #OralLanguage instruction? Check out these

Such an honor to be in this #PodcastPairings Mme Lockhart and with such a seminal spelling article and book, thank you! Humbly, I am also adding the recent podcast I conducted with Anna Geiger on spelling inventories. I am a bit obsessed with spelling, :) remember my new

Because sometimes a podcast just isn’t enough…

I’ve created #PodcastPairings , pairing my favourite podcasts with books, articles and resources around the same topic!

Want to learn more about #Spelling instruction? Check out these Podcast Pairings:

🎧Pam Kastner on

Sometimes a podcast just isn’t enough…

I’ve created #PodcastPairings , pairing my favourite podcasts with articles, books and resources around the same topic!

Want to learn more about #ReadAlouds ? Check out these Podcast Pairings:

🎧Molly Ness on Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast

“If our goal is to model advanced language that prepares students for reading, we need to have longer, more substantive conversations that contain opportunities for students to push their thinking.”

Even if you have not had time to read the amazing new “Strive For Five” book,

“The research suggests that we CAN distinguish between limited language skills and learning disabilities in young children.”

“Teaching Reading to Early Language Learners” by Esther Geva and Russell Gersten is a great place to start if you teach Multilingual (MLL) learners!

Is anyone else thinking, “I just don’t want this weekend to end!”

Long weekends should be a mandatory 4-day minimum!! ☕️📚🏃‍♀️🚲 #CoffeeReadRunBikeRepeat

Day 2 of the long weekend…

- husband is putting⛳️
- kids are swimming with friends🤿
- puppy is napping🐶
- I am reading 📚 and preparing for upcoming presentation using #StriveForFive in the #FSL classroom!

The sun is shining and everyone is happy!😎
Sonia Cabell The Mentoree

My 3-day weekend “Strive-For-Five” conversation goes something like this:

Husband: What do you want to do this weekend?
Me: Nothing.
Husband: By nothing, do you mean clean-up the gardens, do some weeding, vacuum the pool, take the kids for a bike ride, walk the dog & clean the

As a Second Language (L2) teacher, this resonates with me so much.💙

Our additional language learners (L+) students do NOT come to school with the vocabulary they need to understand instructions and express themselves like their L1 peers. Additionally, they need to learn an

As programs for students with Learning Disabilities and #Dyslexia are being dissolved across the province, there has never been a more important time than now to build teacher knowledge of the reading research, use a system-wide #MTSS framework, and strengthen Tier1 instruction.

After listening to Stephanie Stollar on the Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast, I signed up for her FREE resources and *WOW*! It’s like walking into a treasure chest of golden resources! 👑⭐️

As I continue to explore how to most effectively use read alouds to teach vocabulary and build content knowledge