Webinar Recording: Literacy Throughout the Day
This webinar aims to help educators put the recommendations made in the Right to Read report into practice every day in their classroom.
Intervention with Students in Mathematics: The pedagogical potential of play
Play-based math tasks can actively engage students in complex tasks, take risks, and make errors without their self-esteem being affected.
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.
Creating and Using Sound Walls
Sound walls are visual tools pairing phonological and orthographic information to reinforce students’ speech-to-print connections.
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.
What’s in a name? – Everything! A reflection on the Three-Cueing System
The three-cueing approach to reading encourages students to guess words based on context or prior knowledge rather than building their decoding skills.
Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in French as a Second Language Programs
Changing attitudes and a shift in teacher training are necessary to meet the growing diversity of student learning needs in FSL programs.
VIDEO: An Introduction to Self-Regulation
Many students with LDs struggle with self-regulation and may need more support to manage thoughts, behaviours, emotions and stressors.
Motivating Students Who Encounter Difficulties in Learning
This article addresses the way in which educators can foster the academic motivation of students who encounter difficulties in learning.