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A thread on common misconceptions about phonics & reading fluency, how they are spreading and the issues being caused for schools and, ultimately, the children within them: 🧵

We are lucky to have these beautiful woods nearby for us to explore. A class walk in the forest was perfect for Take Me Outside Day. 🍂 🍁 🍃

Great reading choices St. James Learning Commons Wellington Catholic DSB

We love mini erasers for sorting and patterning!

Climbing trees is a fun and adventurous activity that allows children to reconnect with nature, take risksa and challenge themselves physically and mentally. #outdooradventures #naturelovers #earlyplay 🌲 🌳 🌲 🌳

We get more word nerd-y by the day! Grade 4/5s are pumped about noticing spelling and morphology patterns in the words we encounter in classroom texts. 💕❤️

Children's brains need downtime to function best... ~ William Stixrud, PhD.

Join us in January K-gr8 OECTA members for Sat morning Literacy Institutes Catholic Teachers to think about the ON Lang Curr. Check out the sessions here to register for one or more: catholicteachers.ca/For-Your-Class… We’d ❤️ to connect with you! Cara McQueen Brenda Sevillano Sonja Whitehead

Play, art, and music produce long-term changes in neural structures that influence thinking and reasoning abilities. ~ Joe Frost

Unique to Wellington Catholic DSB, families interested in having their child enter school immersed in the IB Primary Years Programme have the option to do so at Sacred Heart CS in Guelph. Limited space is available, please register by February 5: loom.ly/n_emvT8

Boosting achievement! This PD proved to be excellent for teachers to use for all learners! Sally led a team of us today Wellington Catholic DSB in practical approaches to supporting students with limited or interrupted formal education. Thank you Sally Barnes Valerie Karunaratne

Last week we had the pleasure of having Cooper S. and Lexi M. St. James CHS volunteer in the classroom. They have both shown amazing initiative while setting up centres, showing compassion, greeting students at the gate & keeping the classroom clean & organized. #WCDSBCommunity

Wow! An incredible turnout for #litlearn2024. Our fabulous language leaders are here ready to learn and ensure every Wellington Catholic DSB student can read!

#litlearn2024 at the IDA Ontario conference. Engagement, participation and glimpses of an expert in practice. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences

"We need to accelerate student growth not create intervention 'lifers'" ~ Dr. Andrea Fraser Andrea Fraser, PhD Fantastic presentation on Data Informed Instruction #LitLearn2024 #RightToRead IDA Ontario

If I had to pick one quote from this weekend at #LitLearn2024

Conferences are better with a great team! These Wellington Catholic DSB educators are here at ResearchEd to learn more about how students learn. Teachers can teach with planning and strategies that are proven to support growth and skill acquisition.

ResearchED Toronto! What an opening event. The presentation by Paul W Bennett was great! Carl Hendrick did an amazing provocation,thank you! The opening panel was tremendous! Patrice Bain Amanda VanDerHeyden Daniel Willingham The delegates asked important questions! Ready for 2mrw? #rEDTO24

Direct Instruction/Explicit Instruction as guiding principles to your micro lessons. Thank you Nidhi Sachdeva, PhD researchED Canada

Science of Learning with Patrice Bain encoding, storage and retrieval…we’re ready to put this into practice Wellington Catholic DSB Marylin Dawson