Developing our content knowledge and planning for effective teaching and learning with a vocabulary instruction workshop @RidgewoodPS Semantic gradients, frayer model and so much more!

Families and community partners coming together for Family Literacy Day @RidgewoodPS 📚

And that’s a wrap on our first DGH podcast club of the year! We built our content knowledge in cognitive load theory, explicit instruction, instructional hierarchy, spelling, math fact fluency, comprehension, fluency and more! Congrats to the winners of the draw! @TLDSB

Grade 3’s at Dr. George Hall are working on building their math fact fluency and tracking their progress. They all lined up to share their personal best goals with me today ❤️Success breeds success! @TLDSB

Using cuisenaire rods to build our conceptual understanding of fractions in Grade 3 at Dr. George Hall @TLDSB

Building text sets with LLI books to support fluency through partner reading at DGH @tldsb_literacy. Thank you @ONlit_social for this amazing resource!

One of the best parts of learning alongside educators, is getting to see them try out new learning with Ss. 5/6 teacher and rockstar, Mrs. Austin @RidgewoodPS, jumped right in trying a perky pace, choral responses and some math fact fluency @TLDSB @tldsbmath

One small change can have a huge impact.”Whiteboards have been a game changer in my classroom!”~ Grade 2/3 DGH educator says using them has: ✅ Increased opportunities to respond for all vs. 1 hand raised ✅Improved engagement and behaviour ✅ Allowed for immediate feedback

Ss at Grandview PS are practicing the routines and structures of partner reading to build fluency. Fluency weaves the reading rope together and strongly correlates to reading comprehension. @tldsb_literacy @TLDSB

We've heard lots of great questions about screening recently! @lcfettes reminds us that while the Ontario-approved screeners have been developed by American researchers, they give critical information to support all young readers.

First meeting of the DGH podcast club today! We discussed @IDA_Ontario @thismomloves episode 1, Season 3. Teachers built content knowledge and engaged in rich discussion about Explicit Instruction, opportunities to respond and scaffolding oral language @tldsb_literacy

Grade 3 educators @ DGH using Math fundamentals data to drive instruction: responsive small group instruction with concrete materials to build conceptual understanding, games linked to learning goals to practice new skills and explicit teaching of math vocabulary @tldsbmath

First 20 Days of Literacy mentor texts and resource are supporting student learning and teachers in setting up the structures and routines for success in literacy instruction as we finish off week 2! @TLDSB_EY @tldsb_literacy @TLDSB_FNIM

“When teachers see that something works, they often want to do a little more or understand a little more…And I think that is really important for educators to think about how can we prune our gardens as we learn more.”

This right here is gold👇🏻A must listen for educators. The importance of research based practices, explicit instruction, scaffolding and so much more. I’m hooked.

The First 20 Days for P/J/I is Now LIVE! Includes: ✅Integrated Teaching & Learning ✅20 lesson plans based on read-alouds ✅materials required to teach lessons Supports Educators With: ✅ Implementing NEW Lang. Curriculum ✅key literacy routines & structures 🚀 & so much more!

Summer reading haul is shaping up! ☀️🕶️

TLAC 2024 was a success! Check out the TLAC Slideshow for an overview of the week:

Did you know local CKL band “Soup” includes an @IEWeldonSS educator and former alumni? Their first single drops today! Check it out! 👉 https://t.co/EjyOx7FmIM?

Responding to Oral Reading Fluency data, educators in Junior grades have been implementing Partner Reading to target accuracy and rate. Looking forward to seeing the end of year data and student growth! @tldsb_literacy