Have you engaged with ONlit.org this year? Your feedback has helped shape the work so far, and now they'd love to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to fill out the Spring survey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Another fantastic LDSB Rapid Rundown. Today we learned all about how we can celebrate the Summer Solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day with Elementary Land-Based Indigenous Education Teacher, Gillianne Mundell. Such great learning and so many resources shared!

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms… our moms, our stepmoms, our godmothers, our grandmothers, our soon to be moms, our foster moms, our pet moms, our moms who are with us in spirit always, our fairy godmothers and all who fill our lives with love, support, warmth and strength.

Another great LDSB Rapid Rundown with Lesley and Meaghan. This session was all about a few simple yet effective thinkSRSD strategies that can be used to support writing. My favourite is the 'Do / What?' strategy that can be used across the day and all content areas. A huge thanks to all who came!

It was such a great weekend at #LitLearn2025 in Toronto. Thanks to Mr. Ingola for being my partner in crime. We shared all about LDSB's thinkSRSD pilot project and how educators are using the approach to help teach writing. Lots of great sessions and learning this weekend. Can't wait for next year!

If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.

Who else is coming to #LitLEARN2025 ? I'm excited for a weekend full of great learning. See you there!

Today (Apr 21) is the last day to vote in the advance polls. Tomorrow (Apr 22) is the last day to vote at an Elections Canada office or to apply to vote by mail. Election day (Apr 28) is one week away. Make a plan. Bring a friend. Your vote matters. #ElbowsUp #CanadaVotes www.elections.ca

Own your democracy! Go vote! Advance polls are open all weekend! From April 18 to 21, advance polls are open daily from 9AM to 9PM. Visit elections.ca to find your polling location or check your voter card.

Advance Polls just opened at 9am today and continue to be open 9-9 today (Good Friday), Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Monday. Find out where to vote here: www.elections.ca/home.aspx?ut...

Next weekend, polling stations for Advance Voting in the federal election will be open from 9am-9pm!! Friday, April 18 - Monday, April 21 Find your location at: www.elections.ca/home.aspx

Visualising The Science Of Writing: The Writing Map Explained writing4pleasure.com/2025/02/27/v... 🧵1/ Want to deepen your understanding of how children develop as writers? We’ve created a comprehensive Writing Map that visualises the science behind writing development….

Politics Girl has a wonderful message for her fellow Canadians. Yes, she’s Canadian lol. She supports Mark Carney, and that’s unsurprising since she’s a pretty smart lady.😊🇨🇦❤️

Another great LDSB Rapid Rundown with the always informative Pricia Evans. Today was about all the ways we can use base ten blocks to support teaching and learning. From basic addition and subtraction to area models, algebra, decimals, and more. Thanks to all those educators who joined us today.

Cannot post this enough Alberta Elbows up Canada together we can and will

Check out this episode of Chalk & Talk! Anna and I talk about getting all students off to a good trajectory in reading - focused on instruction, interventions, screening, advocacy, changes in teacher support & Faculties of Ed. — and of course, some thoughts on math too!

To represent Canadians, you have to agree to a background check and get a security clearance so you can receive sensitive intel and try to keep Canadians safe.

Are you going to be out of the country on April 28? Worries you may be sick or busy on election day? Here’s how you can vote by mail in the Federal Election: www.elections.ca/content2.asp...

Had the opportunity to converse with @rastokke.bsky.social on teaching all our students to read. Canadian parents & teachers are leading the way forward on critical educational reforms. chalkandtalkpodcast.podbean.com

A great LDSB Rapid Rundown w/ Jo Anne Ferguson today. We dug into multisyllabic word reading. Jo shared strategies from www.ONlit.org + Rewards, and walked us through how to support students with this complex skill. Such rich learning in a short 30-minute session! Thanks to all who joined us!

It makes me so happy to see amazing literacy bulletin boards like these in my colleagues’ rooms. These ones are from Grade 6/7 - imagine what rock stars my current K students will be in writing and morphology by the time they get to that class?!

I voted today ✅ at my local election office. Took 5 minutes Took a friend Don’t need a voter card, just govt ID Election workers said they’re surprised & pleased by the early turnout; “People seem very motivated to vote in this election” !!😊 Vote Ford out www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in...

It's half term, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply *repost* this post for your chance to win. I will choose a winner at random this Saturday (22nd February).

We had our second day of the LDSB thinkSRSD pilot project today. Educators from across the district came together to share their work, reflection on the process, and dig into more thinkSRSD learning. Thanks to everyone who joined us today! Great things are happening in Limestone.

Doug ford is counting on you to stay home. Make a plan to vote in an advance poll in your riding! ADVANCE VOTING Thursday, Feb. 20, Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22 10am- 8 p.m. Find your voting location at www.elections.on.ca/en.html

This thread is truly an awesome synopsis of the debate! Really well done. The assessment at the end? Superb! I do However want to know how quickly they filled out their Doug Ford bingo card! # onpoli

Join me to learn how the thinkSRSD approach can help students become independent, skilled writers. Get insights into practical strategies, real student examples,and learn how to implement thinkSRSD strategies in your classroom. #LitLearn2025 Learn more and register conference.idaontario.com

The Important Canadians unit from ONlit has 2 lessons to support Black History Month - or for any time of year! Lessons on Viola Desmond & Oscar Peterson include slides, read-aloud text (can be printed for older students), vocab & comp questions. onlit.org/resource/imp...

Heads up LDSB educators...let's talk Pattern Blocks. These tools can support students' understanding of not only geometric shapes and their properties, but also angles, area, perimeter, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, equations and much more. Find the link in myLDSB. See you Wednesday!

We just made a new fun tool! Teaching students how to write letters correctly is critical, so we made some simple animations for use in classrooms or at home. Come try it out and let us know what you think! phonicsandstuff.com/handwriting

Great resource for those teaching 4-8 grade… #Edusky #SOR sites.google.com/view/literac...

Doug Ford is counting on cold weather keeping us at home instead of at the polls. Let’s stay cozy and vote by mail! Applications to vote by mail close on Feb. 21. Start the application now and you’ll have plenty of time to make sure your vote counts on Feb. 27. votebymail.elections.on.ca #OnPoli

It’s our nature to try to make things easier for others. As parents, we want to make things easier for our children than they were for us. And as teachers, we’re taught that it’s our job to make learning as easy and effortless as possible. #EduSky www.kirschnered.nl/2025/01/27/i...

My new book, Primary Reading Simplified, is released this Monday. Briefly, I'd like to explain why it exists, who I think will find it useful and where you can find it. >>

Attention LDSB Educators! Our 5th Rapid Rundown is happening on Wed, Jan 22nd. Join Melissa and Jessi as they dig into Laurie Faith’s resource: The Ways of Being, Ways of Learning Book. No sign-up is needed. Check myLDSB for more details. We hope to see you on TEAMS at 4:00 on Wed, Jan 22nd. #LDSB

Check out these FREE videos from the recent Bright Beginnings conference for preservice educators. @mitchellbrookins.bsky.social @hollylanephd.bsky.social @devinkearns.bsky.social Anita Archer @mrspallone.bsky.social ...what a treasure trove! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🛣️ Surprise! Special bonus #ReadingRoadTrip episode! Buckle up and join me and @unamalcolm.bsky.social for a candid conversation about all things reading! We share our "road bumps" and "refuels" along the road to reading for all. 🎧 Listen reading-roadtrip.castos.com

Laura's updates are a treasure trove of ideas and inspiration. Check them out! ⤵️

1 of 3 #Edusky #SOR This applies to teaching novice and struggling readers... "Repetition is often criticized as boring and a poor substitute for creative thought. Nothing could be further from the truth.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but learning requires repetition and repetition requires patience and patience is not ‘fun.’ So what? Not everything is fun all the time- that doesn’t mean we don’t do it. Telling kids otherwise is doing them a disservice. #edusky

Thanks to @katewinn.bsky.social for putting together this fantastic 5-page FAQ resource filled with answers to very common questions that arise when discussing using UFLI in Ontario Kindergarten classrooms. Download the resource at her website: thismomloves.ca/ufli-in-onta...

Important implications for instruction and assessment in this terrific piece on reading comprehension and the challenge of differentiating it from other components of reading, via Hugh Catts & Alan Kamhi. www.aft.org/ae/winter202...

Another blog addressing a commonly asked question. This time I'm looking at how long we should teach phonics when learners have additional needs, especially a complex profile. www.phonicsforpupilswithspecialeducationalneeds.com/post/how-lon...

About 8 years ago, @siobhanleahy50 and I prepared a Quick Reference Guide for Embedding Formative Assessment. It's now out of print, so the copyright has reverted to us, and we are free to share it with anyone who wants it: bit.ly/EFAQRG (pdf).