These fluency grids, aligned with the UFLI Foundations scope and sequence), provide additional practice for students as they build proficiency in using grapheme-phoneme correspondences to decode words. Thank you to Avon Maitland DSB for sharing!
The wonderful Jenni vanRees created this brief video, highlighting how to access the books used in ONlit book studies in the OCT Library. Thanks, Jenni!
Ces fiches d’information décrivent le quoi et le comment de l’enseignement de la littératie structurée. Leurs éléments sont interreliés selon un modèle axé sur les résultats, de IDA (2020) et de Smartt et Glaser (2023). Lorsque l’enseignement incorpore les notions fondamentales avec les méthodes indiquées […]
Cet outil explique pourquoi l’évaluation de la lecture ne doit plus se produire à l’aide des fiches d’évaluation ou d’observations individualisées qui proviennent des trousses de livres nivelés ou gradués. La Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne, dans son Rapport sur l’enquête du droit […]
This book, from the Literacy How Professional Learning Series, covers relevant research, knowledge that educators need, activities, assessment and information on selecting and using texts to support syntax instruction in the classroom. Classroom educators from K-3 and those who provide intervention for older learners would […]
In Reading For Life, author Lyn Stone holds nothing back when sharing research and best practices for literacy instruction, and outlining why some past beliefs and practices have to go for the sake of our students and their reading and writing development. Section 1 covers […]
In Brain Words, the authors share information about the reading brain, and how teachers can support its development. The book includes science-based, practical classroom activities for the teaching and assessment of reading and writing (including the helpful “Monster Test” which helps to determine a student’s […]
This infographic provides a comprehensive visual guide to structured literacy, an evidence-based approach to teaching language and literacy. By illustrating both the « how » and « what » of structured literacy, the infographic serves as a valuable resource for educators committed to fostering strong foundational literacy skills in […]
Maya’s Book Nook is a website created by Speech-Language Pathologist Dr. Lakeisha Johnson. The Behind the Book section houses a bank of materials to accompany a diverse, culturally relevant children’s book. Equally useful for both parents/caregivers and educators, these handouts include target vocabulary words, as well as questions […]
Children’s books reflect the attitudes in our society about diversity, power relationships among different groups of people, and various social identities (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, economic class, sexual orientation, and disability). The visual and verbal messages young children absorb from books (and other media) heavily […]
Dr. Lakeisha Johnson, Speech-Language Pathologist, highlights the importance of shared book reading with diverse, culturally relevant texts in this PaTTAN webinar.
This article highlights practical activities to support structured instruction of writing, including word-, sentence-, and paragraph-level techniques.
