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​This Responsive Literacy Framework supports literacy in the  middle years (Grades 4-9).  According to Fountas and Pinnell, "Successful language and literacy learning is built on your understanding of how students develop as readers, writers and language users". Our responsive literacy framework offers support for individual teachers to generate a literacy approach by highlighting promising practices, assessment and planning tools  to support the diverse needs of our learners.  It includes a balance of instructional approaches through ongoing, formative assessments that respond to individual needs.  Through responsive teaching, high expectations, formative assessment, exploration, inclusion and gradual release of responsibility, we understand how are students are progressing and building competencies.  Joy and play with reflection and growth are the foundation of our responsive literacy framework.  Ultimately, our goal is for our students to become independent readers, writers and language users as educated citizens in our society.  
Readers are diverse, thus the personalization of their learning is the foundation to teaching fluency, decoding and comprehension.  These pages offer information, videos and implementation strategies on the various reading instructional practices within our Responsive Literacy Framework.
Writing is a basic tool for learning and communicating with others.  These pages offer information, videos and implementation strategies on the various writing instructional practices within our Responsive Literacy Framework.
Word Study is a series instructional areas that are designed to expand and refine students' reading and writing competencies. These pages offer information, videos and implementation strategies on the various word study instructional practices within the Responsive Literacy Framework.

 Framework Overview
The philosophical foundations of our responsive  literacy framework summed up in a brief PDF.  It details what the framework is and the rationale behind responsive literacy teaching, growth and progress
On the middle years assessment page, you will find our Numeracy Screeners, information about the FSAs, ​Fountas and Pinnell and PM Benchmarks and NFRA, WCRA and competency focused assessment tools
Comprehension is at the centre of what it means to read.  Reading is thinking and understanding where we try to make meaning within, between and beyond visual, oral and written texts. This page will offers tools and strategies to further your understanding of comprehension