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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Have you engaged with ONlit.org this year? Your feedback has helped shape the work so far, and now they'd love to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to fill out the Spring survey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Picture showing ONlit.org Spring Survey title with a clipart picture of a survey and people looking at survey results.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Another fantastic LDSB Rapid Rundown. Today we learned all about how we can celebrate the Summer Solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day with Elementary Land-Based Indigenous Education Teacher, Gillianne Mundell. Such great learning and so many resources shared!

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Another great LDSB Rapid Rundown with Lesley and Meaghan. This session was all about a few simple yet effective thinkSRSD strategies that can be used to support writing. My favourite is the 'Do / What?' strategy that can be used across the day and all content areas. A huge thanks to all who came!

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It was such a great weekend at #LitLearn2025 in Toronto. Thanks to Mr. Ingola for being my partner in crime. We shared all about LDSB's thinkSRSD pilot project and how educators are using the approach to help teach writing. Lots of great sessions and learning this weekend. Can't wait for next year!

Jordan Ingola and Erika Chesnick are smiling at the camera before their thinkSRSD presentation at the IDAO conference in Toronto.

A picture of a room full of educators who attended the presentation.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Who else is coming to #LitLEARN2025 ? I'm excited for a weekend full of great learning. See you there!

I poster of the IDA Ontario’s LitLEARN 2025 Conference. April 25-April 27.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Another great LDSB Rapid Rundown with the always informative Pricia Evans. Today was about all the ways we can use base ten blocks to support teaching and learning. From basic addition and subtraction to area models, algebra, decimals, and more. Thanks to all those educators who joined us today.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

A great LDSB Rapid Rundown w/ Jo Anne Ferguson today. We dug into multisyllabic word reading. Jo shared strategies from www.ONlit.org + Rewards, and walked us through how to support students with this complex skill. Such rich learning in a short 30-minute session! Thanks to all who joined us!

Title page of a Limestone District School Board presentation. It reads: Multisyllabic Word Reading (Wed, March 19th, 2025)

A snapshot of a slide with a graph that shows the frequency of multisyllabic reading by grade. The slide reads: "Multisyllabic word reading and spelling first appears in the curriculum in Grade 1. Morphological knowledge begins as early as Kindergarten with a detailed scope and sequence through to Grade 4, and specific expectations continuing into Grade 9."

A snapshot of a slide that shows the associated skills and knowledge required for efficient multisyllabic word reading.
1. Sound Letter Relationships
2. Set for Variability
3. The Schwa
4. Morphological Knowledge
5. Spelling
6. Fluency

A list of resources available within Limestone District School Board to support students and educators.

Some common themes found in these resources:
- explicit & systematic instruction
- code level review
- decoding & encoding routines
- word level work to build accuracy and automaticity
- phrases and sentence level fluency instruction
- repeated, interleaved practice
- morphological analysis

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We had our second day of the LDSB thinkSRSD pilot project today. Educators from across the district came together to share their work, reflection on the process, and dig into more thinkSRSD learning. Thanks to everyone who joined us today! Great things are happening in Limestone.

Teachers reading and discussing the book 'We Are Water Protectors' by Carole Lindstrom.

Teachers aligning Ontario Language curriculum expectations to the thinkSRSD POWeR cycle.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Join me to learn how the thinkSRSD approach can help students become independent, skilled writers. Get insights into practical strategies, real student examples,and learn how to implement thinkSRSD strategies in your classroom. #LitLearn2025 Learn more and register conference.idaontario.com

A poster showing Erika Chesnick's learning session "Teaching Writing with Self-Regulated Strategy Development using thinkSRSD."

Literacy & Learning Educator Conference - April 26 - 27, 2025.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Heads up LDSB educators...let's talk Pattern Blocks. These tools can support students' understanding of not only geometric shapes and their properties, but also angles, area, perimeter, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, equations and much more. Find the link in myLDSB. See you Wednesday!

A screenshot sharing information on the Feb 5th LDSB Rapid Rundown session.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Attention LDSB Educators! Our 5th Rapid Rundown is happening on Wed, Jan 22nd. Join Melissa and Jessi as they dig into Laurie Faith’s resource: The Ways of Being, Ways of Learning Book. No sign-up is needed. Check myLDSB for more details. We hope to see you on TEAMS at 4:00 on Wed, Jan 22nd. #LDSB

Information that reads: Join Melissa and Jessi to dig into Laurie Faith’s resource The Ways of Being, Ways of Learning Book. With a focus on the impact of metacognition, these activities are quick, fun, and get students thinking about what they need to be successful at school and how to love and appreciate each other more.

From the resource: Metacognition is a powerful support to learning. The more we talk about goals and our personal strategies for achieving them , the more successful we will be. This amazing book will take your learners on a 20 day journey of self discovery.

For Limestone District School Board Educators.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Thanks to @katewinn.bsky.social for putting together this fantastic 5-page FAQ resource filled with answers to very common questions that arise when discussing using UFLI in Ontario Kindergarten classrooms. Download the resource at her website: thismomloves.ca/ufli-in-onta...

The cover of the resource: UFLI in Ontario Kindergarten - FAQ (by Kate Winn, with Dr. Holly Lane & Valentina Contesse)

A snapshot of page one of the resource with the following questions:
1. Is a phonics program the best way to teach reading to our Ontario kindergarten students?
2. Is this an age-appropriate approach for Ontario kindergarten students?
3. Should we be teaching phonics this way yet when it isn't reflected in our 2016 Kindergarten program document?

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Thanks to everyone who came out to today's #LimestoneDSB Rapid Rundown. We learned so much about Rekenreks from Pricia, Debbie & Genevieve. Rapid Rundowns resume in 2025! Join me January 8th to talk all about Explicit Instruction. Wishing everyone a great last week and a half!

Picture of a virtual meeting with a slide showing the benefits of using a Rekenreks math tool in your teaching and learning.

Picture of a virtual meeting with a slide showing some suggestions on how to build routines with Rekenreks in your classsroom.

Picture of a virtual meeting with a slide showing some sample math tasks you can use with students using Rekenreks.

Picture of a virtual meeting with a slide showing how to use Rekenreks to help teach / represent decimals.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Attention Limestone DSB educators! This Wednesday, December 11th our RESCHEDULED Rapid Rundown is happening! Join Pricia, Debbie & Genevieve to talk all about the versitile math tool - Rekenreks. TEAMS link available on MyLDSB. We hope to see you there! #LimestoneDSB

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This Wednesday at 7pm, join Ontario educator Melissa Monette Smith as she talks what to do w/ your universal screening data, and shares how she used her screening + diagnostic data to plan and organize her Grade 1 literacy block. Register for the event, here: onlit.org/event/grade-... #ONlit #EDUsky

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Our next LDSB Rapid Rundown is one week away. Join Pricia, Debbie & Genevieve to learn all about the versatile and powerful tool - Rekenreks. This session will be offered in both English & French. Find the link to the TEAMS session in your MyLDSB feed. We hope to see you there! #LimestoneDSB

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Great things are happening in @LimestoneDSB. Teachers and students are working hard implementing and learning the thinkSRSD approach to writing. We are excited to see where we will go this year. @leslielaud.bsky.social

A student's TIDE planner for writing - What is Kindness?

A student's goal setting menu / marking criteria for their paragraph, using TIDE.

A picture of a student's final paragraph explaining what kindness is.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

TODAY at 4pm, hop onto Teams and join Trevor to learn more about how Edwin can support your teaching across multiple subject areas. Check your myLDSB feed and email for the link. We hope to see you there. #LimestoneDSB

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Data, grouping students, and progress monitoring...Oh My! Today, we ran the first @LimestoneDSB Digging in DIBELS training session w/ grade 3-8 educators. It was a day full of learning & great discussion. Thanks to all who joined us...including a few lucky teacher candidates!

Some educators using DIBELS data and initial grouping sheets to sort students.

A teacher looking at class DIBELS data on a computer.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Our 2nd Rapid Rundown in Limestone is happening Wed, Nov20th. Join Trevor to learn how Edwin can help engage Ss in new ways. Edwin can be used in Language, Social Studies, and Science & Technology. No sign-up is needed. Check your myLDSB feed for more information and the link!

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

They say you should post a picture to prove you're real. I'm the one on the left. 😆

Erika standing side-by-side with the incredible Dr. Anita Archer. They are both looking at the camera, smiling.

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Starting our thinkSRSD journey in Limestone. We have a small pilot project of 30 educators from across 19 schools in our district working to bring the thinkSRSD approach into our schools and classrooms. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning! @leslielaud.bsky.social

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Erika Chesnick @litlearningldsb.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Our LDSB Junior/Intermediate PD session on The Writing Revolution was full of great learning, discussion, and ideas. Thanks to everyone who spent the day with us. See you for session 2 in January! #EduSky

Teachers working as a group building appositives based on a text.

A picture of The Writing Revolution book, and the Ontario Language Curriculum.

A group of six teachers working collaboratively on a Writing Revolution sentence-level task.

Teachers reading a chapter from the book "The Writing Revolution".

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