Principal at HWDSB
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29 Dec 2025
RT @CBCHamilton: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named The Canadian Press' Male Athlete of the Year on Saturday in balloting by editors, writerβ¦
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15 Dec 2023
Ss coming in upset after break is a common theme.I covered a class yesterday and paused the planned lesson for an impromptu community circle. Validating them and supporting/increasing their oral language to help Ss be able to problem solve on their own next time. @10heatherly
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I loved this coding idea that @Angle_Bellmoore shared today. Could this be a way to link coding with reading and writing, even the reading and writing of some of the #UFLI lessons taught. Hmmm β¦ Thanks for the inspiration, Jenn!
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Students were motivated to write to @JulieBishopDove for snack program requests. Love these authentic opportunities to read & write. They loved the banana that you gave them for their notes. β€οΈ
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I had a small group of K students in the library today, and they wanted to play in the kitchen. What food would they make? They started this list today and began βcooking.β A. added β21 meatballsβ when she made them. Could keeping a list, inspire some reading of foods tomorrow?
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Today, when I came in, the K educators got some students to show me what they did. They started this shelf with the labelling. A couple of students read me their labels and wrote some more. β€οΈ 2/?
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I keep seeing this shared, & I really appreciate the info in it. Iβm curious, what are educators using to inform instruction and later support grading for report cards? Trying to figure out how the progress monitoring, screening tools, & Strand B expectations all come together.
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LEGO is such a versatile tool. Some students are creating words out of LEGO. One child is blending the sounds to read what he wrote. The βNo, donβt touch,β sign provides an authentic reason to write. What about adding labels to support storytelling and reading?
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D. started a story today that heβs writing using Lego. β€οΈ Where could the cat sit? Heβs going to add another board. I love the idea of writing using Lego. β€οΈ
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A child who's struggled with attendance since September has come every day for over 2 weeks. Today he told me, "I am coming because of this reading group." He has peers in here. He's meeting with success. On my hardest days,I need to remember this. My heart is full! β€οΈ @ACMmysons
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βοΈTHREADED TWEETβοΈ I love the reading, writing, and phonological awareness opportunities that are coming through this play. Labelling is supporting both reading & writing: some students are sounding out full words, while others focus on first-sounds.
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5 Dec 2022
It was such a great experience supporting our junior reading buddies by giving them some tools and coaching tips. Making instructional time purposeful as they support our grade 1 buddies working with decodable texts. #sor #explicitfeedback #righttoread #hwdsb @JanetLee_HWDSB
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Tonight, I'm looking back at these four videos by @susanhopkins5. While the audience is "early childhood educators," I think that the message extends beyond that. So worth a watch! Such important reminders in here. pathstonementalhealth.ca/patβ¦. cc @ACMmysons
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Some days you document a lot. On other days, you spend time really watching and thinking. Today was one of the latter days. That's okay. I think that the time really observing & thinking will help me with where to go next.
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5 Nov 2023
My son Antonio and I, had an opportunity to attend this thought provoking event. @OntHumanRights Chief Commissioner Patricia DeGuire was truly inspiring.
I look forward to continuing to support ARAO and Human Rights practices in education!
23 Oct 2023
CHANGE IN VENUE: The OHRCβs next community engagement session on anti-Black racism will take place at McMaster University, John Hodgins Engineering Building β Room JHE A101, Hamilton, on Tuesday, October 24.
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This brought me such joy! Risk-taking in both reading & writing. D. joined in at the end with the reading too. Now I know the heart words to look at together.β€οΈExcited to see this growth, & in an authentic writing opportunity. Love the celebration from the classroom educator too.
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The best part about this is when the LRT told me that her brother picked her up after school today and all she could talk about was the reading & writing that she did. A good reminder about the risk-taking & confidence component to these literacy skills! β€οΈ cc @ACMmysons
This brought me such joy! Risk-taking in both reading & writing. D. joined in at the end with the reading too. Now I know the heart words to look at together.β€οΈExcited to see this growth, & in an authentic writing opportunity. Love the celebration from the classroom educator too.
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I am supporting with some segmenting and blending in a kindergarten class. Adding the visuals of the letters, helped connect the oral with reading. She is playing more with sounds here. I want to use some different materials next week to also support the writing component.
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20 Oct 2023
PD at its BEST! STEM team building, New Language Cur Math learning, CLI and Kid Talk. Thank you @JanineOlsen14 @avivaloca @melissaSilvestri and our @Hillcrest_HWDSB team for engaging in the learning!
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