This resource is a digital tracking sheet designed for teachers using the Acadience Reading 7–8 assessment with Grade 7 and 8 students. It automatically calculates gate scores based on raw data, saving teachers time and reducing the chance of error. It’s especially helpful for Special Education Resource Teachers, Literacy Leads, or classroom educators who support…
Morphology is the study of the structure of words, focusing on the smallest units of meaning—morphemes—rather than just syllables or sounds. Teaching morphology to students is a powerful tool for enhancing their reading, writing, and comprehension. As students gain awareness and understanding of morphemes, they can decode and understand unfamiliar words more effectively, expanding their…
This is a collection of passages designed to be used for fluency instruction in grade 7. Developed by Lisa Rogers, Laura Bross, Ayesatta Conteh, Marissa Griese, Teresa Oud, and Catherine Shawana, each passage focuses on a topic associated with a curriculum expectation across content areas. Content was carefully considered to ensure that it shares perspectives…
These brief videos are short and sweet – giving you “just the facts” on a variety of topics. From decodable text to the instructional hierarchy, these videos dig into what you “literacy” need to know to get started on your learning!
In this webinar, Melissa Monette Smith demonstrates how she uses screening and diagnostic data to plan and organize her Grade 1 literacy block. She walks through her processes for building small groups, using a scope and sequence to guide instruction, and setting up her long-range plans.
Printing Like a Pro was developed by Sunny Hill Health Centre out of British Columbia. Printing Like a Pro! is a cognitive approach to teaching printing to primary school-age children, at home and in the classroom. The website includes free, downloadable resources and printable worksheets.
This series of videos was developed by Dr. Robert Savage from York University. The video series unpacks elements of Strand B of the revised Language Curriculum, building educator knowledge. Stay tuned for more videos to come!
These morpheme cards can be used with the Multisyllable Word Reading posters to highlight prefixes and suffixes when breaking down longer words. With both black and white and coloured options, these cards can be printed 4 to a page for easy assembly.
The Building Competent and Engaged Readers in French Immersion resource presents educators with supports to provide an equitable, inclusive, responsive and comprehensive literacy program, based on the Science of Reading, that utilizes assessments and instructional practices to ensure every student has the fundamental right to learn to read. This resource includes planning for literacy instruction…
English has a reputation of being overly complicated. It is complex – but there is a predictable structure! This reference sheet gives an overview of some of the “tendencies” in English that explain why words are spelled the way they are. Note that this chart is not designed to be used directly with students –…
This resource features a set of flowcharts that can help Kindergarten, grade 1 and grade 2 educators identify student skill reading needs in phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency based on universal screening data. Once the needs are identified, the flowcharts direct educators toward evidence-based instructional practices that can be used to provide reading acceleration targeted…
In this video series, Martha Kovack highlights tips and tricks for teaching spelling, including orthographic conventions like -ck, -tch, and -dge.
