Category: Our Learning Story – Evidence

What targeted actions did we take to address our school’s learning focus? To address Whiteside’s primary struggling readers (in English and in French Immersion), we implemented a daily Primary Reading Intervention Program (2025-2026) that met readers where they were at. What gap or problem were these actions intended to address? Why was this particular strategy/action…

In our ongoing efforts to improve our school wide literacy, our students and teachers engaged in their fall reading and writing assessments during September and October. This year, we used four different reading and assessments. school-wide Acadience reading screeners for decoding and fluency, school-wide Richmond Formative Reading Assessment (RFRA) for reading comprehension and fluency. SPARK…

Building on our work from last year, we enhanced our approach to reading assessment at Whiteside. This year, we implemented a more comprehensive model to better understand each student’s reading abilities in decoding, fluency, and comprehension. In both the fall and the spring, every student read one-on-one with a teacher. This process allowed us to…

At the end of our school year, our teachers reflected on our reading actions this year. Here’s what we thought: Key Successes & Strengths: Systematic Phonics Instruction: There is strong positive feedback on the success of directed phonics programs like Heggerty and UFLI French. These tools are working very well for teaching decoding and fluency.…