“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, November 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone.” - A. Bartlett Giamatti (with a small change from October to November)

Obviously, this is not true. You don't have to have fun to learn. Teachers...please do not feel the pressure to make every lesson a show or event or entertainment. Just teach well. theeffortfuleducator.com/201…

“I know we all believe in social-emotional learning. I do as well. But what I have found is that sometimes if you just teach children to read and write and give them the academic skills, behavior decreases.” 🎤 drop from @MitchellBrookns open.spotify.com/episode/3RE…

I had the absolute pleasure of listening to Dr. Reid Lyon as the closing keynote at the @IDA_Ontario conference #LitLearn2025 10 Maxims: What We've Learned So Far About How Children Learn to Read readinguniverse.org/article/…

Monday is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (#NDTR), also known as #OrangeShirtDay. It's a time for us to reflect and remember: Every Child Matters. Artwork shared from @morning.star.designs on IG

I can't stay quiet. For those boards actively blocking the implementation of the @OntHumanRights Right to Read recommendations: Illiteracy is oppression. Structured literacy (including explicit phonics instruction & early reading screening) is the opposite of oppression.

A little late - but have been slowly digesting #LitLearn2024 and all the amazing learning. Here’s some of our team fangirling over Anita Archer😍

❤️Kate's Favourite Things Giveaway!❤️ Enter to win 2 books in the SoR in Practice series from Scholastic: Big Words For Young Readers & Know Better, Do Better Comprehension 1. Follow me and @ScholasticEdu 2. Retweet this post 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 only Giveaway ends Tues Apr 16 @ 8 pm EDT

❤️ Kate's Favourite Things Giveaway! ❤️ Enter to win a Full Series Bundle (single title set - 70 books) & Yellow Series DECKodables from @SyllaSense! (Value $435 CAD) 1. Follow me & @SyllaSense 2. Retweet this post 🇨🇦 & 🇺🇸 only Giveaway ends Tues Apr 9 @ 8 pm EDT

❤️Kate's Favourite Things Giveaway! ❤️ Enter to win 1 free @thinkSRSD online course registration (valued at $199 USD) to learn about evidence-based writing instruction for K-12! 1. Follow me & @thinkSRSD 2. Retweet this post Giveaway ends Thurs Apr 4 @ 8 pm EDT Good luck!

So proud of my wonderful coworker, mentor and friend. 🥰

Vocabulary knowledge is 1 of the largest contributors to reading comprehension (RC). According to Stahl & Nagy(2006),vocabulary knowledge contributes 50-60% of the variance in RC. A consistent vocab instructional routine is a powerful tool every teacher needs in their tool box!

Why I love reading and sharing that with my students. 🥰 #languagecomprehension #buildingbackgroundknowledge

Views from PD on Friday: Listening to some amazing story tellers and learning more about our culture. Best medicine. Miigwetch!

Did you know that we are all Treaty people? November 5-11 is Treaties Recognition Week, where students, staff, and our community are encouraged to deepen their learning about Treaties and to understand how we all have rights and responsibilities under these agreements.

Aakde’e (Courage)

When you are solo parenting and stay back from a school trip and go crazy cleaning your classroom #teachertired

When our Elder MS introduces a candy dance at our niibin(summer) social. 😛

Looking for tips on managing/organizing @acadience benchmark assessment books progress monitoring. Prepping for the Fall! Can't wait!

May 10 is Bear Witness Day, a day to learn about Jordan's Principle. Jordan’s Principle is a child-first principle and legal rule in memory of Jordan River Anderson. It ensures First Nations children receive necessary services and supports. More info: fncaringsociety.com/jordans-…