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QRcodes for ONlit Embedded Picture Mnemonic Alphabet Videos
These QRcodes allow teachers to foster a home school connection when introducing or review letter sounds with the ONlit Mnemonic Alphabet. Send home a QRcode each time you teach a letter. You can print them on labels (such as Avery 5160) or on plain paper and cut them up. The first time, you may want…
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Teaching Writing with Self-Regulated Strategy Development using thinkSRSD – Recording
Catch up on this ONlit recording featuring Ontario educators Erika Chesnick and Jordan Ingola. In this session, Erika and Jordan provided a high-level overview of the thinkSRSD approach to teaching writing, along with real-life examples from Ontario classrooms. This webinar offered educators an opportunity to deepen their understanding of thinkSRSD and shared practical strategies they…
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Grade 3 Guide
The Introduction to Grade 3 guide provides educators with a clear and comprehensive foundation for understanding the instructional priorities and literacy expectations of Grade 3. It outlines curriculum expectations and explains key components of literacy learning, including vocabulary development, increasingly complex comprehension strategies, consolidation of reading and writing skills, and the integration of media literacy….
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The Science of Reading: Defining Guides
The Science of Reading: A Defining Guide offers educators, leaders, and other stakeholders a firm definition of the “science of reading” and the research foundation that informs effective literacy instruction. The guide clarifies what the science of reading is — a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically based research about how reading and writing develop, why…
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Grade 1 Guide
The Introduction to Grade 1 guide is a comprehensive starting point for educators navigating the foundational year of literacy instruction. It clearly outlines the Grade 1 curriculum expectations, explains key components such as phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing development, and highlights practical research-supported strategies educators can use in day-to-day instruction. The guide…
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Grade 2 Guide
The Introduction to Grade 2 guide is a comprehensive foundation for educators as they navigate the instructional priorities and literacy expectations of Grade 2. It clearly outlines curriculum expectations and explains key components. The guide provides research-supported approaches and practical strategies educators can use in day-to-day instruction to strengthen students’ literacy skills and promote confident,…
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Welcome to Kindergarten!
ONlit’s Kindergarten Welcome Page provides educators and school leaders with a clear introduction to how early literacy is supported across the Kindergarten years. The page outlines the focus of literacy learning in Kindergarten, including oral communication, emergent reading and writing behaviours, and vocabulary development, and explains how these components are developed through everyday classroom experiences….
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ONlit’s Overview of the B3 Language Conventions Continuum
ONlit’s Overview of the B3 Language Conventions Continuum provides educators with a clear explanation of the role that language conventions play in effective literacy instruction. This resource outlines the essential elements of language conventions and describes how these components support fluent reading, clear expression, and precise written communication. The introduction highlights how understanding and teaching…
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Learning through Literacy
Learning Through Literacy is ONlit’s approach to integrated structured literacy instruction aligned with the Ontario Language Curriculum. Each grade level includes a selection of connected practices that show students how language, literacy, and curriculum areas work together through engagement with meaningful, Canadian content. Across the resource, educators will find features such as high-quality mentor texts,…
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Adapting Commercial Phonemic Awareness Programs
PD Slide Deck Phonemic awareness instructional programs are commonly used, but they may not always be fully aligned with research. These slides walk through several ways commercial products can be adapted, in both content and delivery, to provide the most effective phonemic awareness instruction.
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Explicit Instruction
PD Slide Deck This slide deck, developed by Dr. Andrea Fraser, walks through foundational elements of explicit instruction including elements of an explicit instruction lesson, building an effective classroom environment, and supporting active engagement through student responses.
