K-12 Foundational Literacy Skills Learning Series

Limestone Learning Foundation
K-12 Foundational Literacy Skills Learning Series
Posted on 05/11/2022

Join us for these engaging one-hour sessions to learn what this aspect of a structured literacy program is, why it is important and how you can integrate it into your everyday literacy practice. You will leave with practical strategies that can be implemented immediately. Sessions will be offered in-person at the LDSB Education Centre. Sessions will be recorded and made available on Minds Online. Participants who attend in-person will receive a free resource! Space is limited to 30 participants.

All sessions are currently full.

Session 1: Vocabulary
Come to this sharing session to learn WHAT Vocabulary is, WHY it’s important, and HOW you can integrate Vocabulary Development into your everyday literacy practice. Join in person and receive a copy of “Teaching How the Written Word Works”.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Conference Room C, Education Centre

Presented by: Erica Wyncoll, Erika Chesnick, and Skot Caldwell


Session 2: Fluency
Come to this sharing session to learn WHAT Fluency is, WHY it’s important, and HOW you can integrate Fluency into your everyday literacy practice. Join in person and receive a copy of “Know Better, Do Better”.

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Conference Room C, Education Centre

Presented by: Erika Chesnick

 

Session 3: Oral Language
Come to this sharing session to learn WHAT Oral Language is, WHY it’s important, and HOW you can integrate Oral Language into your everyday literacy practice (K-3 focus). Join in person and receive a copy of “Oral Language with Your Fingertips”

Thursday, June 9, 2022
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Conference Room C, Education Centre

Presented by: Jenny Caldwell and Caitlyn Rutherford


Session 4: Phonemic Awareness
Come to this sharing session to learn WHAT Phonemic Awareness is, WHY it’s important, and HOW you can integrate Phonemic Awareness into your everyday literacy practice. Join in person and receive a copy of “Equipped for Reading Success”.

Tuesday, June 14, 2022
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Conference Room C, Education Centre

Presented by: Richelle Bowen and Kate Marlow


Session 5: Phonics
Come to this sharing session to learn WHAT Phonics is, WHY it’s important, and HOW you can integrate Phonics into your everyday literacy practice. Join in person and receive a copy of “Bob Books Beginning Readers” or “Val Facile à lire”.

Thursday, June 16, 2022
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Conference Room C, Education Centre

Presented by: Allison Gladu and Elisabeth Beaulieu

The Limestone District School Board is situated on traditional territories of the Anishinaabe & Haudenosaunee.