@mmelockhart
Second Language teacher with SpecEd and Orton-Gillingham Training. Using my M.Ed to bridge the gap b/w research & classroom practice. Sharing resources to support classroom teachers, families and students. #ScienceOfReading advocate🇨🇦
Thank you Queen’s Faculty of Education #QCE2026 for inviting me to this weekend’s conference to share the evidence-based practices I’ve learned along my 25 year teaching journey, as well as the myths and truths I’ve learned along the way!
Congrats for a very successful 2-day conference weekend!
What an incredible week of teacher training and learning!
⭐️MTSS at @viuniversity.bsky.social
⭐️Spelling at @trentuniversity.bsky.social
⭐️Tier2 instruction with Mme Courville
⭐️Workshop with @thementoree.bsky.social
#TeacherTraining #MTSS
Syntax is an important skill in our new Ontario Language curriculum so shouldn’t new, preservice teachers be taught how to teach it???
I’m excited to meet my next two guest speakers today who have graciously offered to teach my preservice teachers about #Syntax!
Can you guess who they are?! #OntEd
I am truly honoured to be invited to speak at this year’s Queen’s Conference on Education at Queen’s Faculty of Education! @queenseduc.bsky.social
I can’t wait to be back on Queen’s campus for this exciting event on January 24-25, 2026!!! #QCE2026 #TeacherTraining @queensuniv.bsky.social
I am thrilled to be teaching at @viuniversity.bsky.social again this year! It is my third year teaching the EDUC508 Literacy course at VIU so I figured I deserved a hoodie to celebrate!!!
I am so proud to be part of this amazing community of educators & leaders in Bc. 🇨🇦 @anavieiraviu.bsky.social
I am thrilled to be back at @viuniversity.bsky.social, albeit, without the Pacific ocean & mountains out my classroom window!
Beginning today, I am teaching the EDUC508, Emergent Literacy course &supporting teachers as they build their knowledge of foundational literacy skills for students in K-3.
I am very excited for this term’s Literacy focus at @trentuniversity.bsky.social ‘s School of Education: Writing instruction!!
Explicit, systematic instruction of letter formation, spelling, sentence writing, paragraph writing, editing, revising, and so much more!
@writingrevolution.bsky.social
So many books, so little time (so I’ve narrowed it down for you!).
Here are my Top 10 Favourite books of 2025!📚
Book #1: Harnessing the Science of Learning by @nathanielswain.bsky.social #cognitivescience
Such wise words from a very wise woman. #WiseWords #Literacy #Equity #ScienceOfReading
@trentuniversity.bsky.social
Today, my B.Ed teachers paired “Read Alouds for All Learners” by @mollyness.bsky.social with strategies from “The Reading Comprehension Blueprint” by Nancy Hennessey! To deepen our knowledge and understanding of reading comprehension, we discussed “Rethinking How to Promote Reading Comprehension”!
#TerrificTeacherTuesday!
Every Tuesday, I will share a post of a teacher who stands out and deserves to be recognized for their hard work $
&dedication to student literacy!
Today, I am recognizing Danielle Doucet, a FI teacher in St. John, NB. You are doing amazing things and are sooo appreciated!🤩
Link to listen: www.google.com/url?q=https:... @annageiger.bsky.social
We have to dispel the belief that learning language is easy. Yes, it’s a natural process. But just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s easy.
For example, our Ss may hear what we’re saying. They may be able to repeat what we’re saying. But that doesn’t mean they understand what we’re saying.”🧵
How many teachers know the Not-So-Simple-View-of-Writing & know how to use it to inform their classroom instruction?
This infographic shows how complex the writing process compared to the reading process!
Which makes me wonder, why aren’t we discussing this more often in our Teacher PD? #Writing
Bravo!!👏🏻👏🏻
Back to school…and back to university for me!
So excited to be teaching the Langauge and Literacy course in the Bachelor of Education program @trentuniversity.bsky.social this upcoming year!!
Thank you Elspeth and @orcabook.bsky.social for the greatest gift ever to kick off an exciting new school year!!!! #MegAndGreg
This year is off to an incredible start for hundreds of pre-service teachers in Ontario!
Thank you Queen’s U for inviting me to share my #ScienceOfReading learning journey with new Con-Ed Ss who will be responsible for teaching the next generation of kids how to read and write. #CollegeToClassroom
I have updated my Reading Rope of PODCASTS to align with each strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope (2001), acting as a visual reminder that the reading process is complex and teachers need to build our knowledge of ALL strands of the Rope including oral language skills! @knowledgematrs.bsky.social
Deimplementation is not just important in schools- it is ESSENTIAL for protecting teachers’ mental health and overall well-being. Join me on September 24th to learn which teaching practices I’ve removed, re-engineered or reduced to focus on only a few, evidence-based practices that WORK! Register⬇️
For the past 4 years, during my back-to-school preparation, I have hung a model of “Scarborough’s Reading Rope” on a bulletin board in my school!
It is a reminder of how complex the reading process is, what we need to teach and not assume kids know.
Huge thanks to my daughter Sophie for her help!
Who’s Back-To-School Ready?? I am!!
Thank you Melissa & Lori Love Literacy & @greatmindsed.bsky.social for these awesome giveaways for my teacher training this fall!
Students aren’t the only ones who need to be recognized for their hard work- teachers do (and deserve to), too! #TeacherGiveaways
From College to Classroom…
It’s an honour to be back to my Alma Mater @trentuniversity.bsky.social to deliver the Key Note address to pre-service & AssociateTeachers this fall!
I’ll share lessons I’ve learned since graduating from Teacher’s College & so much more! www.eventbrite.ca/e/making-mea...
I’ve learned so much about evidence-based strategies to support #ELL & #MLL thanks to these 4 books:
📘Difference or Disorder?
📘Literacy Foundations for English Language Learners
📘Multilingualism, Literacy & Dyslexia
📘Focus on Reading
Texts sets develop teachers’ content knowledge,too! #bookbundles
When one book just isn’t enough…
📘Spelling for Life, by Lyn Stone
📘The Writing Revolution, by N. Wexler & J.Hochman
📘The Writing Rope, by Joan Sedita
Texts sets develop students’ content knowledge…and are important for developing teachers’ content knowledge, too! #BookBundles #ScienceOfWriting
When one book just isn’t enough…
I’ve learned so much about how to build my Literacy Block & routines thanks to these 3 books:
📘Explicit Instruction, by Anita Archer and John Hughes
📘The Structured Literacy Planner, by Louise Spear Swerling
📘Rock Your Literacy Block, by @lindsaykemeny.bsky.social
When one book just isn’t enough:
I’ve learned so much about the #ScienceOfLearning thanks to these 3 incredible books:
📘Why Don’t Students Like School, @dtwuva.bsky.social
📘Harnessing the Science of Learning @nathanielswain.bsky.social
📘How Learning Happens @carlhendrick.substack.com
#BookBundles
When a Podcast just isn’t enough….
#PodcastPairings #OrthographicMapping
@mollyness.bsky.social
