“Primary” in the UK corresponds approximately to K-6 in Ontario, and Junior teachers may especially appreciate chapters on Extended Reading, Close Reading and Fluency Reading routines in the classroom. School leaders will also benefit from tips on broader implementation of an evidence-based approach to reading.
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!
Catch up with the recordings from our 6-part book study on Harnessing the Science of Learning: Success Stories to Help Kickstart Your School Improvement by Dr. Nathanial Swain. This series is designed to bring together the world of classroom practice, school leadership, and scientific research in an enthusiastic and uplifting atmosphere. Throughout the series, host Laura Bross,…
This series is designed to be: a launching point for anyone in education a group of simple visuals or one-page summaries to get learning started not an exhaustive or absolute collection. We must be prepared for and willing to embrace new learning as the research evolves.
Catch up with the recordings from our 6-part book study on Teaching Skills for Complex Text by Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer. This series is designed to deepen close reading practices in the classroom, with a strong focus on exploring instructional routines to support students’ reading comprehension. Grounded in Strand C of the revised Ontario Language curriculum, this…
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…
With chapters covering the science of reading, effective literacy teaching (as well as mathematics), cognitive load theory, and knowledge-rich curricula, this book can inform and inspire all educators, and with its focus on improving instruction at the school level, it’s particularly valuable for school and system leaders with decision-making responsibilities.
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 –…
Catch up on our Strive for Five book study! Hosted by Melissa Monette Smith, this book study explores a framework for extending conversations with students from Kindergarten through Grade 8 to accelerate language comprehension and support academic growth.
The tracker is a spreadsheet that calculates all the Acadience Screener Results after educators input their data. It displays them in an easy to read format so that educators can analyze a class set of data to inform planning for reading interventions.
These labels were created for SyllaSense Decodable Texts. The labels include the grapheme/phoneme correspondences (from their Scope and Sequence) which are introduced in each title. These were created to aid teachers in finding the decodable texts needed for students who may need extra practice aligned with the skills taught in a Tier 1 program.
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