This newly updated book (Third Edition) is a great resource for teachers of all grades looking to support their students’ reading comprehension. It’s particularly helpful for instructing students who have learning difficulties, but is a valuable read for all educators. The book includes chapters on […]
Talk Moves are sentence starters and gestures that teachers and students can use to invite everyone into the conversation and encourage academic thinking. Learn how to create a classroom culture of talk and incorporate talk moves in your class through this Talk Moves PD Series. […]
This template can be used for daily review of alphabet formation and weekly progress monitoring. This can be used as a tool for students who to review phonics skills and practice sky, ground, grass letter formation.
Whether using something new, successful implementation takes intentional planning and time. Implementation is not an event but a process involving multiple decisions and actions. Although implementation can take longer than we hope or anticipate, its process and trajectory can be predicted and shaped using a […]
Why do we need to screen – don’t we already know which students are having difficulty with reading? Watch this brief video that unpacks how screening data help us build systems the set all students up for success.
Laura Bross, a grade 2/3 teacher in the Avon Maitland District School Board, maps out sample literacy blocks for a grade 2, 3 or 2/3 class. In the document, she highlights different possible configurations, and links to additional resources that she uses to plan effective […]
Learning a new skill or strategy follows a predictable sequence known as the Instructional Hierarchy. As students build proficiency with a skill, it’s important to consider how we can build purposeful opportunities for practice. In this video, learn how grade 2/3 teacher Laura Bross uses […]
These posters highlight a decoding strategy adapted from the IES Practice Guide Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9. Two versions are available – a double sided 8.5 x 11 copy with sample educator language for modelling the strategy, and a larger 24 x […]
Fluency is essential for skillful and motivated reading, but is often misunderstood. Fluent reading is NOT fast reading! Jan Hasbrouck defines reading fluency and clarifies the link between fluency and comprehension.
This printable template, with boxes for each syllable, can be used to support students in spelling multisyllabic words.
This printable template, with clear lines to support good handwriting, can be used for sentence dictation.
This recorded webinar highlights the importance of spelling to literacy development and how it can be analyzed to inform instruction and intervention. The integration of phonology, orthography, and morphology can be used to analyze student spelling inventory results. Dr. Pam Kastner analyzes classroom and individual […]
