Wooo! Shout out to @IDA_Ontario in the new Language curriculum webinar! Thrilled to hear you all are being recognized as leaders in our province!

Wish you had a printable copy of the new Ontario Language curriculum?? Look no further! Huge thanks to Marshauna Smith Parkes for creating this printable version of the Language curriculum (and welcoming people to share it, too!) https://t.co/aA2zRQ1XLH

Attention PFC family! The U9 Boys are hosting a fundraising event at The Burgers Priest (Pickering location) tonight between 6PM-8PM. Come on by and show your support 🙌 #PFCProud #DestinationClub

Our first bonus episode of Sold a Story is out now.

TDSB recognizes Children’s Mental Health Week from May 1-5. Activities & resources are available here: https://t.co/DIRXYCXTvG Please share your well-being activities so we can inspire & learn from each other. Use the hashtags #TDSBCMHW2023 #HowWeDoWellness

Save the Date! 🐾🍓 The 59th Poplar Road Strawberry Festival will be held on Friday June 9th! If you would like to be a sponsor, donor, or volunteer, please get in touch with us at poplar.road.school@gmail.com

We frantically throw new curriculums, programs, money, teachers, resources, schedules, & so much more at an ever-growing Tier 2 & 3 services population. The answer is in the classroom daily. The answer is in Tier 1. It IS the solution. Design it to be.

Amazing morning @poplarroad_tdsb as both @breeinkinder & Ms Cunningham’s Kindies engaged in the book “When We Are Kind” by @ltldrum . A new word made it to the Special Word Wall (can u find it?) @UIEC_Tdsb

Teachers! We've got spots available this coming Tuesday for CBC Kids Book Club, a unique, 30-minute virtual school visit specifically for kindergarteners and Grade 1 students! Dates available: Feb. 28 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Mar. 28 To register: https://t.co/cPFJ9mAOwe

You can watch The Right to Read film. Beginning March 2, it will be free online for a week if you sign up.

My regular plea to teachers: "Please ditch the traditional weekly word list. The only way students learn to spell & read words is through orthographic mapping. The assignment of the traditional weekly spelling list does the opposite of orthographic mapping. #DitchTheWordList

I made this with some key takeaways about the science of reading.

Improving learning primarily through Tiers 2 & 3 is like taking a family road trip by pushing the car down the road instead of using the engine. It's gonna be a lot of work & sweat, & won't get you where you need to go. Crank that Tier 1 engine up & get things moving.

Kernels Popcorn Fundraiser is coming to Poplar! Wednesday, Thursday & Friday bring $3 to enjoy a tasty snack 🍿 Cash only, exact change is appreciated.

Thanks to a freedom of info request from provincial #OSSTF we now know how much @fordnation spent on a few ads misleading parents about back to school: $3 MILLION That could’ve paid for over 40,000 hours of teacher time with students. #onpoli #onted #tdsb #yrdsb #etfo #cupe

As you commemorate #MLKDay, please remember my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of @TheKingCenter, which she founded less than three months after Daddy was assassinated. Without #CorettaScottKing, there would be no MLK Day. #MLKDay2023

Strike action in schools isn't going to have any real long-term impact on a child. But endless funding cuts, a retention crisis caused by pay & conditions, collapsing staff morale & the unnecessary pressures created by Ofsted & excessive accountability, yeah, I think that might.

Teachers dont want less work, they want more support.

City I dislike: Chicago City I think is overrated: Cleveland City I like: Two Harbors City I love: Thunder Bay City I feel most myself in: Wawa City I still need to visit: Buffalo City I dream of living in: Santa Fe Favorite city of all time: Ontonagon

Lucky us! We got to be the very first members of @CBCKids Book Club! Thank you for brightening our day ☀️❤️