These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each deck highlights an important literacy topic and follows a practical, easy-to-use structure: Complete with speaker notes to support presentation delivery, these short slide decks are an effective way to build educator knowledge, strengthen instructional capacity, and spark meaningful professional learning conversations….
Discover how embedded mnemonics can make letter-sound learning more memorable and engaging for students. This Five-Minute Focus slide deck provides practical strategies and classroom-ready examples to help educators strengthen early literacy instruction with ease. These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each deck highlights an important literacy topic and…
This webinar is the first in a 3-part series hosted by IDA Ontario. In this webinar, Emily Moorhead demonstrates and discusses ways to support young learners as they begin to use letters to blend and segment for reading and spelling. She models how this leap from oral to print can be explicitly taught, guided, and…
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…
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….
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…
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,…
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….
La graphomotricité correspond à l’ensemble des habiletés qui permettent de produire l’écrit avec précision, fluidité et efficacité. Elle mobilise des dimensions motrices, visuospatiales, cognitives et linguistiques et se développe progressivement dès la petite enfance. Lorsque les habiletés graphomotrices sont bien installées, la charge cognitive liée au geste d’écriture diminue, ce qui permet aux élèves de…
Le Survol de la littératie en 1re année constitue un point de départ solide pour le personnel enseignant qui accompagne les élèves au cours de cette année charnière du développement de la littératie. Il présente clairement les attentes du programme-cadre de la 1re année et explicite les composantes clés de l’apprentissage, notamment la conscience phonologique,…
Le Survol de la littératie en 2e année constitue une base solide pour le personnel enseignant appelé à composer avec les priorités pédagogiques et les attentes en littératie propres à la 2e année. Il présente clairement les attentes du programme-cadre et explique les composantes clés de l’apprentissage. Le guide propose des approches appuyées par la…
Le Survol de la littératie en 3e année offre au personnel enseignant une base claire et complète pour comprendre les priorités d’enseignement et les attentes en littératie propres à la 3e année. Il présente les attentes du programme-cadre et précise les composantes clés de l’apprentissage en littératie, notamment le développement du vocabulaire, l’utilisation de stratégies…
