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In June 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Education released the new Language curriculum for implementation in September 2023. There are significant changes to the curriculum. The goal (more…)

Instructional Strategies Effective teachers understand that all students have different strengths and needs. They design their programming based upon their insights about students. All effective (more…)

What is Coding? Coding is relatively new in Ontario elementary schools. According to Moss et al. in their book Taking Shape, “A code is a sequence, often (more…)

Read-aloud, shared reading, guided reading, guided comprehension, independentreading, phonics, and word study provide instruction that gives children the opportunityto experience and enjoy authentic texts and (more…)

The vision of the elementary science and technology curriculum is for students to develop the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in today’s rapidly (more…)

Support your students in learning the fundamentals of how financial choices and decisions can affect their overall well-being. Financial literacy is the knowledge and skills (more…)

HWDSB : Learning Math Togetherhttps://math.commons.hwdsb.on.ca/ The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Mathematics, 2020 focuses on fundamental mathematics concepts and skills, as well as on making connections between (more…)

Kindergarten Communication of learning The Kindergarten Communication of Learning Initial Observations will be issued between October 20 and November 20 for both Year One and Year Two Kindergarten (more…)