AMDSB Indigenous Education Cards
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.
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Effective Language and Literacy: Diagnostic Interventions in French Immersion – Recording and Slides
This presentation focused on the essential practices and interventions needed to support effective language and literacy development for students in French Immersion programs. It began by establishing a foundation of high-leverage language and literacy practices that support successful learning. The presentation then addressed evidence-based screening, assessment, and intervention practices tailored to the French Immersion context….
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Handwriting: The ABCs of Explicit Instruction and Assessment -Recording
This webinar was hosted by Dr. Shawn Datchuk. Participants learned how handwriting supports both writing and reading, examined evidence-based approaches to explicit handwriting instruction, and gained guidance on administering and interpreting brief handwriting assessments.
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Intensifying Reading Intervention: Session Recordings
This series explores how strong core instruction lays the essential foundation for all readers, while recognizing that some students will still require intensified support through tier 2 and tier 3 intervention. Hosted by Ines Bijl and Dr. Una Malcolm, the series examines what it means to provide meaningful intervention beyond the core, and how educators…
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Teaching Writing with Self-Regulated Strategy Development using thinkSRSD – Recording
Catch up on this ONlit recording featuring Ontario educators Erika Chesnick and Jordan Ingola. In this session, Erika and Jordan provided a high-level overview of the thinkSRSD approach to teaching writing, along with real-life examples from Ontario classrooms. This webinar offered educators an opportunity to deepen their understanding of thinkSRSD and shared practical strategies they…
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Grade 3 Guide
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….
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The Science of Reading: Defining Guides
The Science of Reading: A Defining Guide offers educators, leaders, and other stakeholders a firm definition of the “science of reading” and the research foundation that informs effective literacy instruction. The guide clarifies what the science of reading is — a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically based research about how reading and writing develop, why…
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ONlit’s Overview of the B3 Language Conventions Continuum
ONlit’s Overview of the B3 Language Conventions Continuum provides educators with a clear explanation of the role that language conventions play in effective literacy instruction. This resource outlines the essential elements of language conventions and describes how these components support fluent reading, clear expression, and precise written communication. The introduction highlights how understanding and teaching…
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Learning through Literacy
Learning Through Literacy is ONlit’s approach to integrated structured literacy instruction aligned with the Ontario Language Curriculum. Each grade level includes a selection of connected practices that show students how language, literacy, and curriculum areas work together through engagement with meaningful, Canadian content. Across the resource, educators will find features such as high-quality mentor texts,…
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Adapting Commercial Phonemic Awareness Programs
PD Slide Deck Phonemic awareness instructional programs are commonly used, but they may not always be fully aligned with research. These slides walk through several ways commercial products can be adapted, in both content and delivery, to provide the most effective phonemic awareness instruction.
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Explicit Instruction
PD Slide Deck This slide deck, developed by Dr. Andrea Fraser, walks through foundational elements of explicit instruction including elements of an explicit instruction lesson, building an effective classroom environment, and supporting active engagement through student responses.
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Introduction to MTSS
PD Slide Deck Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is the delivery system for evidence-based instruction. This set of slides and corresponding speaker notes outlines key elements of MTSS: tiered instruction, data-based decision-making, collaborative problem solving, teaming and shared leadership, and a school-wide assessment system.
