ssoltau

Mom, primary teacher, LATA (BC Learning Assistance Teachers' Association) Secretary & Newsletter Editor, learner, wanna be adventurer

[ssoltau @sjsoltau]

@thismomloves When you do this with little people do you also model the TIDE framework to organize the writing?

[Melissa Gill, M.S.Ed. @mrsgillatwvec]

Love it , 😍

[Rebecca Birch @msrebeccabirch]

Gesture can form an important feature of dual coding. Watch Caitlyn's 'after' video on the latest episode of #ChalkDust.
https://t.co/amhq1OZINd

[Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd]

Need information about #math intervention? Look no further! https://t.co/DqJaJrwJkJ

[Stephanie Stollar @sstollar6]

Great info from Dr Jack Fletcher!

[Kellyn Sirach, MSEd @ksirach]

October is TOMORROW! 🙀

I first learned about dyslexia during October, Dyslexia Awareness Month, when our incredible school SLP put up a bulletin board outside her office about dyslexia. As a literacy specialist who graduated with a masters degree in reading, I remember stopping to think… “Wait… I should probably know more about this!”

That one simple display sparked my journey and it has reminded me that awareness can be the spark that changes everything. You never know who you’ll reach or how many students’ lives might be impacted, just put putting information in front of others. ❤️ 📖

That’s exactly why we created our Dyslexia Awareness Bulletin Board Kit, to make it easy for educators to spread knowledge and spark change in their own schools.

Download it and more free resources on our calendar here: https://t.co/yNJtaFq5vy

[Nate Joseph @NateJoseph19]

I just dropped these 5 free early-phonics workbooks. They cover basic consonant sounds and soft vowel sounds. They also include 25 decodable texts.

https://t.co/RYp1ByUF19

[Strong Nations @strong_nations]

From fall-themed stories and new releases, to important reads for Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, you’ll find plenty of books to add to your September reading lists at https://t.co/sA51iiwy8s

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

It's here! This film tells the story of why @P_A_Kirschner, @timsurma, @profdanielmuijs, @JNijlunsing, Elizabeth Rata, Claudio Vanhees, @CratoNuno, John Hattie, @MichielWils and I decided to write a book on why knowledge is essential to deep thinking: https://t.co/7Frzx2aKdy

[AIM Institute @AIMtoLearn]

Spending the evening w/ @burnsmk1 discussing using data to determine kids’ needs not to find the right kid. #ResearchtoPractice #AccesstotheExperts Register here to join live or get the recording: https://t.co/iCg4P8mn0d

[Janice Novakowski @jnovakowski_]

BC Reggio-Inspired Mathematics Project Newsletter: Summer 2025 - https://t.co/VyPEVxmAAc

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

📡 COLD CALLING! This one-page guide breaks down the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ of the cold calling strategy, ensuring ALL students stay actively engaged in the thinking process.

Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE high-quality copy here: https://t.co/QKGJjjeiKT

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

PRE-ORDERS OPEN! 🎉🎉🎉

Not only do we have a final cover for our @ScholasticEdu book, but @sstollar6 and I can also share that the foreword is being written by the amazing @liv2learn - what an honour for us - AND that pre-orders are now open on Scholastic & Amazon!

[Pam Kastner @liv2learn]

1/7 Summer Skills Week 13: Explore Partner Reading + Paragraph Shrinking, a research-backed duo that grows fluency, comprehension & confidence across grades. Full resource roundup: https://t.co/mOBAiiLaFo

[Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast @literacypodcast]

Wondering where to spend most of your time when teaching phonemic awareness? Research supports focusing on three skills: isolating sounds, blending sounds, and segmenting sounds.

🎧 Listen Now! What Research Says About Phonemic Awareness with Matt Burns
https://t.co/nE2wuYBSgi

[Laura Patranella @laurapatranella]

Literacy instruction that is:
✨Systematic
✨Cumulative
✨Explicit
✨Diagnostic
Happens in the 'how' and 'when' of instructional design. Not the text count.

I have some things to say about my HQIM re: this checklist. 😬

(H/t to @FaithBorkowsky and @BoksnerJudy for sharing this work of Trina Spencer and Doug Peterson)

[Brian Poncy @brian_poncy]

Math Fact Intervention Resource update (M.I.N.D. 2.0 - Facts on Fire). I have been collaborating with teachers this last year in an effort to provide a new set of resources that are designed to provide some fact fluency activities that are a little easier to implement and sustain across the school year (i.e., more teacher friendly).

Three major adaptations were made. First, we added more skills and worked hard to bolster our Kindergarten and 1st grade resources. Second, we incorporated small sets with Taped Problems to ensure accurate responding and merged this with a systematic interleaving for the retrieval practice as the problem sets get larger. Lastly, student workbooks consisting of anywhere between 20-45 daily lessons can be printed off and powerpoint slide decks are provided to guide each lesson. It is our hope that this will provide teachers with daily practice activities that will range from 5-8 min that will take little to no prep time after the workbooks are printed and the slide decks are downloaded. While it may take a few days to get the hang of, both teachers and students get the routine down quickly and appreciate the structure and predictability. As always, all materials are free.

I will be adding to the site quite regularly as we get a few of the links completed that are under construction and get the old website materials on the new site. Please check out the Media section where there are a variety of resources if you are interested in the why and how's of the program including a podcast interview with @rastokke Chalk & Talk and trainings from the PaTTan Virtual Math Conference earlier this summer. Lastly, the amazing and talented @StamStam193 who was kind enough to pilot and record the core intervention activities of the program with her classroom (check it out at the bottom of the Facts on Fire page). Enjoy!

https://t.co/VBcgj2JKdA

[Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd]

Need math progress monitoring measures? The TIER math measures are available across Grades K-6. And they are available in both English and Spanish. All FREE! https://t.co/sKOYNsdzYs

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

30 years old now, but Mike Askew and I did a review of research on Mathematics Education 5-16 and one of the topics we discussed was the use of non-examples (pp. 14-15), which appear to be more important in mathematics than other subjects: https://t.co/Akp7D9MUZX (pdf)