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….
The Introduction to Grade 1 guide is a comprehensive starting point for educators navigating the foundational year of literacy instruction. It clearly outlines the Grade 1 curriculum expectations, explains key components such as phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing development, and highlights practical research-supported strategies educators can use in day-to-day instruction. The guide…
The Introduction to Grade 2 guide is a comprehensive foundation for educators as they navigate the instructional priorities and literacy expectations of Grade 2. It clearly outlines curriculum expectations and explains key components. The guide provides research-supported approaches and practical strategies educators can use in day-to-day instruction to strengthen students’ literacy skills and promote confident,…
ONlit’s Kindergarten Welcome Page provides educators and school leaders with a clear introduction to how early literacy is supported across the Kindergarten years. The page outlines the focus of literacy learning in Kindergarten, including oral communication, emergent reading and writing behaviours, and vocabulary development, and explains how these components are developed through everyday classroom experiences….
This Google sheet can be used by Grades 3-6 teachers who are using Acadience paper/pencil materials. The sheet will calculate median wc, accuracy, and adjusted maze scores based on the embedded codes. It will also convert the accuracy to the RCS value for correct calculation. Conditional formatting of colour bands and a self-populating donut graph…
At this time, there is no Acadience Screener Grade 6 Results Tracker available in the ONlit Resource Library. All Acadience Tracking tools that are available were created and shared by generous members of the ONlit community. A big thank you to these wonderful people for allowing ONlit to make their Results Trackers for Grades 3,…
An overview of literacy screening followed by direction on where to go next when different profiles of screening results are obtained. The focus is targeted and evidence-informed intervention – Tier 2 resource support.
Catch up on these ONlit Kindergarten recordings with Kate Winn and the ONlit Kindergarten team. 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…
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…
This worksheet serves as a template, walking educators through a structured process to use data to make informed instructional decisions about classroom- or grade-wide data. It highlights the steps of collaborative problem solving — problem identification, problem analysis, instructional planning, and plan evaluation.
This worksheet serves as a template, walking educators through a structured process to use data to make informed instructional decisions for individual students. It highlights the steps of collaborative problem solving — problem identification, problem analysis, instructional planning, and plan evaluation. It can be used to intensify student support in Tiers 2 and 3.
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.
