As educators, our ultimate goal is to help students acquire, develop, and apply new skills with confidence and independence. One powerful tool to guide our instructional practice is the Instructional Hierarchy, a model of skill acquisition that has been researched over the past few decades. By understanding and applying this model, we can align our…
Self-Regulated Strategy Development, or SRSD, is a structured and explicit instructional model designed to help students improve their writing skills by teaching them both writing strategies and self-regulation skills. The SRSD model focuses on providing students with clear and simple strategies to support their writing, while also teaching them how to plan, monitor, and evaluate…
In August through October of 2024, ONlit hosted an eight-part book study for Ontario educators. Following Deb Glaser and Susan M. Smartt’s book, Next STEPS for Literacy Instruction: Connecting Assessments to Effective Interventions, Jordan Sloan facilitated this series in English and French. Each session focused on supporting educators to translate screening, diagnostic, and progress monitoring…
Early reading screening is a crucial step in identifying and supporting students at risk for reading difficulties. The Ontario Ministry of Education has mandated reading screening in response to the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Right to Read Report, released on February 28, 2022. This initiative is rooted in extensive research highlighting the necessity of…
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