Examine the key differences between explicit instruction and discovery learning and their impact on student learning outcomes. This Five-Minute Focus slide deck highlights how explicit instruction supports clarity, reduces cognitive load, and helps students build knowledge and skills more efficiently and confidently. These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind….
Learn practical, evidence-informed approaches for teaching students how to read and decode multisyllabic words with confidence. This Five-Minute Focus slide deck explores instructional routines and strategies that support word reading, fluency, and overall reading comprehension. These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each deck highlights an important literacy topic…
Explore how Partner Reading and Paragraph Shrinking can strengthen fluency, comprehension, and student engagement through structured peer collaboration. Because this topic includes multiple routines, this Five-Minute Focus slide deck is larger than usual and will require more time to work through. These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each…
Discover how the Instructional Hierarchy can help educators match instruction to students’ stages of learning for greater success and independence. This Five-Minute Focus slide deck highlights teachers can support students as they move from acquisition to fluency, generalization, and adaptation. These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each deck…
Learn how the GIST summarization strategy helps students identify key ideas and synthesize information in a clear, concise way. This Five-Minute Focus slide deck provides practical classroom tips for teaching the GIST across a variety of texts and subject areas. These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each deck…
Explore the power of Tier 2 vocabulary in strengthening students’ comprehension, communication, and academic success across subjects. This Five-Minute Focus slide deck offers practical strategies for teaching, and reinforcing high-utility words in everyday instruction. These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each deck highlights an important literacy topic and…
A strong start to the school year begins with thoughtful planning. At Camp ONlit 2026, Melissa Monette Smith shared practical approaches to instructional routines and schedules, screening, long-range planning, and classroom systems, with ideas for simplifying planning and creating a strong foundation for instruction across the year.
Explore how ONlit’s Learning Through Literacy writing resources could come to life in primary classrooms. In these recordings from Camp ONlit 2026, Laura Bross, Erika Chesnick, and Jordan Ingola shared classroom examples, practical instructional ideas, and considerations for using the resources to support explicit writing instruction and help students develop increasingly independent writing skills.
The Indigenous Education Team from the Avon Maitland District School Board has created three tools to help students develop their ecological literacy and knowledge of the land.
Cette ressource présente la routine QSAPV, une structure de communication orale conçue pour favoriser la participation active et l’engagement de tous les élèves. En combinant des questions ouvertes, des amorces de phrases, des échanges structurés et une vérification de la compréhension, cette approche aide à développer le langage oral, à réduire l’anxiété liée à la…
Cette ressource propose un répertoire d’amorces de phrases pouvant être utilisées pour soutenir la communication orale en classe. Organisées selon différentes intentions de communication, ces amorces aident les élèves à structurer leur pensée, à répondre en phrases complètes et à développer un langage scolaire plus précis. Elles constituent un soutien particulièrement utile pour favoriser la…
Cette ressource présente une routine de classe et un modèle de tableau d’ancrage conçu pour soutenir la participation active des élèves plurilingues apprenant le français. En enseignant explicitement des questions d’appui à utiliser lorsqu’une réponse n’est pas immédiatement accessible, elle favorise l’autonomie, l’engagement et le développement du langage oral. Le document comprend des exemples de…
