Webinar Recording: The Road to Written Fluency in Young Writers
Join the presenter on her journey to determine the underlying causes keeping students from writing and the best ways to help them.
Webinar Recording: SORing After Primary – Morphing into Meaning
Join us as we dive deeper into instruction that supports reading fluency and comprehension after primary (Grades 4-12+), using evidence-based practices and strategies rooted in the Science of Reading.
Multilingual Contexts: Screening, Assessment and Intervention Activities for Children with Speech Difficulties
Educators should consider the language skills in all of the languages spoken by the child to properly identify Speech Sound Disorders
LEARNING MODULE: Supporting Early Literacy in Alignment with the Right to Read Report
This module is intended to provide an introductory overview of the components of reading instruction in the primary years, and how to tailor instruction to meet the needs of struggling readers, some of whom may have learning disabilities (LDs). The module will present the various ways that LDs can affect reading development, and will provide guidance for educators in developing a balanced reading program that supports the needs of all learners while maintaining their motivation to read.
Making the Change to Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction: A guide for system leaders selecting and implementing reading programs
The Making the Change to Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction guide highlights the steps these Ontario school boards have taken to make the change from balanced literacy to evidence-based literacy instruction.
VIDEO: Lessons from Tier 3 – Supporting our highest need readers.
LD@school visited the Amethyst Demonstration School in London, Ontario, to learn how their team successfully supports tier three students on their reading journey and how these supports can be used in any classroom for all students in Ontario.
Shifting from Word Walls to Sound Walls: Promoting Early Phoneme-Grapheme and Speech Sound Development
Shifting from using a word wall to a sound wall is a small change could make a big impact on students' abilities to learn how to read.
Creating and Using Sound Walls
Sound walls are visual tools pairing phonological and orthographic information to reinforce students’ speech-to-print connections.
VIDEO: Reading Interventions – Taking a school-wide approach
LD@school visited All Saints Catholic Elementary School in Toronto to highlight a reading program that empowers the staff, volunteers, parents, and students.
An Introduction to Orthographic Mapping
Orthographic mapping is the cognitive process by which children learn to read words by sight, spell words from memory, and learn new word meanings from print.