The Newcomer Support Centre provides newcomers to Fredericton with a welcoming introduction to ASD-W & facilitates supports in its 69 schools. #diversity
"Literacy is not just about the ability to read and write. Those are just mechanisms. Literacy is about what we do with the information we learn, and how we use it to contribute to humanity." The World of Words (2006) by @sherfitch @hfxpublib
The best way to practice phonics and initial sound? Build a structure and stick it on the sound wall! House, star, structure, triangle, creature @ASDWLimelight@KCSawesome#WatchUsGrow
MCS teacher @joobrien77 is having her students use 6 word memoirs to explore the character of Layla in the book Internment by @sam_aye_ahm. Such powerful examinations of her beliefs, character traits, etc. @pernilleripp, you might be interested in seeing these!
I love using cognates to help empower my older newcomers to access high-level vocab! (They are all Spanish-speakers right now) Explicit teaching of the patterns also increases their metalinguistic awareness! #ELLs#ELLchat
Join us Thurs Oct 3rd 7PM for the 8th Annual Dr. Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture in Education & Social Justice with Professor James A. Banks presenting "A Transformative Civic Education Curriculum for non-citizen and citizen students" UNBF Campus, Marshall d'Avray Hall room 261
Front-end sounding in our phonics lesson lead us to at, mat, and sat. Love when they connect to words to phrases - early reading skills at their finest! @ASDWLimelight@KCSawesome
Ms. Henry is reading 'We're All Wonders' to our Kindergarten friends this morning. Even though we may look different, we are ALL special. #nashmoreroar@RJPalacio@ASDWLimelight
This week we’ve been working on the sounds for “a” and “t”. Today, I showed the littles how we can put sounds together to make words. As we were sounding out “a...t”, one of my sweet boys made the connection.... and grinned ear to ear with pride 💕 @ASDWLimelight@KCSawesome
Today we were lucky enough to have a student who honored Ethiopia’s New Years celebration by wearing her Ethiopian dress! Happy New Years, Ethiopia! 🎉 🎈@PMEthiopia@ASDWLimelight