🗣️📚 It is World Read Aloud Day! What book(s) are you reading with your class? Is it a narrative or informational text? We would L🖤🖤VE to hear your favourites. Let us know ... #ocsbLiteracy #WorldReadAloudDay Student Success Elementary drive.google.com/file/d/14uyFsC…

Thanks to the OVER 60 grade 3 classes that joined us for our first session about EQAO & reading 📖 🗣️. We looked at keywords, types of questions, test taking tips, and even did a practice listening comprehension piece with Lexia Reading Core5 text and Quizizz (now Wayground). Student Success Elementary

📢 Educators! Take 5 minutes to watch this video on the purpose of the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) measure in screeners. It explains why ORF isn’t decodable and how it connects to reading comprehension. 🎥 youtu.be/chvgRpLmSxE?si… Use screeners effectively! 🙌 Stephanie Stollar

It’s #KindnessWeek 🎈📚 Here are some books we have in our OCSB schools. Which ones will you read aloud with your class?! #ocsbLiteracy #KindnessMatters Student Success Elementary

March is National Reading Month! Check out our calendar for daily literacy activities. Share & show your participation and learning with us #ocsbLiteracy 🗣️📚. Stay tuned for the book “Nature is an Artist” coming to a LC near you ❤️ Student Success Elementary Ottawa Catholic School Board

This is exactly what I pictured (practical, simple and effective) when creating #ocsbLiteracy “Literacy In The Loo!” Helen Schouten Thank you for always sharing your learning and being an advocate for best practices 👏🏾 🫶🏽 Improved fluency ✔️ Student Success Elementary

This month’s Literacy in the Loo is about Summarizing🚽📚! Summarizing isn’t just an EQAO skill-it’s a key to strong reading comprehension. Here are some educator prompts & possible student responses. Keep it clear, concise, and in your own words! #ocsbLiteracy #LiteracyInTheLoo

Did you know 👀 🤔 Decodable texts align with the Ontario Curriculum by supporting foundational skills (phonemic awareness, phonics), building fluency & automaticity, and developing vocabulary through gradual word introduction. Student Success Elementary #onted #LiteracyInTheLoo

Learnt about vermicomposting 🪱 Convent Glen Catholic School during #ocsbEducationWeek. Here’s how it works … Worms eat organic waste, then digest the material, and their waste becomes vermicompost. The end result is a dark earthy compost excellent for soil. Social Entrepreneurs at the OCSB #ocsbkinder

I see 👀. I think 🤔. I wonder 💭 The #ocsbkinder Convent Glen Catholic School created portraits using items found in nature. They made patterns, counted flowers, described what the choose & why, and demonstrated elements of design 🍃🌼 🌾🌸 #ocsbmath #ocsbLiteracy #ocsbArts #ocsbOutdoors

📚 🚽 Literacy in the Loo – June Edition! This month, we’re rethinking “silent reading.” Did you know there are powerful alternatives? From partner reading to reader’s theatre, let’s mix it up and make reading time meaningful! #ocsbLiteracy #LiteracyInTheLoo Student Success Elementary

🌟 📚 🗣️👋🏼 We are back!! Join Helen Schouten and I for a “Fun with Flyleaf” Summer Institute! Can wait to see you there …. Sign up here 👇🏽 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Flyleaf Publishing Student Success Elementary #ocsbLiteracy

Join 𝕃𝕚𝕤𝕒 𝕁𝕠𝕪𝕔𝕖 and I for "Fun with Flyleaf!" Form Here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…… Flyleaf Publishing Student Success Elementary #ocsbLiteracy #ocsbSummerInstitutes

The new Flyleaf Publishing interactive whiteboard has me 😆 👏🏽 🥳 🙌🏼 It really is a game changer with everything (scope & sequence, activities, book etc) in one place. Can’t wait to hear what our grade 1 teams think … Student Success Elementary #ocsbSummerInstitute

Welcome Back!🍎 👩🏻‍🏫 👨🏽‍🏫 September’s #LiteracyInTheLoo is all about learning each other’s names, celebrating identities, and seeing ourselves as a part of our learning communities. Can’t wait to see how YOU spark joy in reading this year! 💫 #ocsbLiteracy Student Success Elementary

📚 👀 ❤️ Love to see how you are introducing print concepts like periods, exclamation points and question marks by using the Flyleaf Publishing close guide for “I Am Sam”. How do we like the 🌟 NEW 🌟 interactive whiteboard slides?! Student Success Elementary #ocsbLiteracy