How can explicit, systematic literacy instruction fit within the flow of a play-based kindergarten classroom? In this session from Camp ONlit 2026, Nikki Alderman shared practical ideas for organizing literacy instruction and routines throughout the day while staying aligned with Ontario’s Kindergarten curriculum.
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…
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,…
PD Slide Deck Assessment and evaluation aim to maintain high standards, improve student learning, and benefit all students, parents, and teachers. Educators gather information that accurately reflects how a student is achieving the curriculum expectations and judge the quality of student learning of the overall expectations. This slide deck walks through the basics of evaluation,…
Catch up on these ONlit Kindergarten recordings with Angeline Humber and the ONlit Kindergarten team. Each session featured a brief presentation focusing on a key topic in the French Immersion Kindergarten context, from developing oral language and vocabulary in both languages, to building phonemic awareness and using screening data to inform responsive instruction. These sessions…
Catch up on the recordings from our Kindergarten Drop-In series. Each session featured a brief presentation focusing on a different key Kindergarten topic, from oral language and vocabulary development to phonemic awareness and using screening data to guide instruction. The sessions offered practical strategies and insights to support every child’s growth as a confident, capable…
Leigh Fettes and Jordan Sloan kicked off the school year with a practical, high-impact webinar inspired by Dr. Anita Archer’s Explicit Instruction Institute. Designed to help teachers move beyond the nuts and bolts of materials prep, the session focused on the intentional moves that create a strong foundation for learning: clear goals, consistent expectations, purposeful…
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.
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…
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 instruction in her class.
This document shows a sample schedule for a language block in grade 1 or 2.
It can be challenging to navigate the many subtests that can be used in universal screening! Skilled reading involves the integration of many subskills. This chart can be used to identify the most pressing need for instruction. For older students – start at the top and work your way down to find the lowest barrier…
