Skilled for Literacy™

Direct Instruction (DI) is an educational framework centered on carefully organized lessons that break down learning into small steps and provide clear teaching objectives. This method is based on the idea that precise instruction can greatly improve and accelerate the learning journey.

Evidence-based programming provides systematic instruction in reading, spelling and writing to help students master essential literacy skills.

Reading Mastery is delivered to addresses phonemic awareness, phonics, word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and word recognition skills.

Spelling Mastery is used to build dependable spelling skills through a highly structured method that blends the following approaches:

• Phonemic approach – helps beginning spellers learn the relationships between spoken sounds and written letters and then apply them to spelling
• Morphemic approach – exposes advanced spellers to prefixes, bases, and suffixes
• Whole-word approach – gives spellers at all levels the meaning and root of a word and shows how the word’s spelling is influenced

Expressive Writing helps students learn to express ideas by writing sentences, paragraphs, and stories. The program addresses essential skills with four instructional strands: Mechanics, Sentence Writing, Paragraph and Story Writing, and Editing. In every lesson, students learn to write with structure, coherence, unity, along with correct grammar and punctuation.

The program is led by an experienced Ontario Certified Teacher. To achieve your child’s academic remediation goals, we recommend two one-hour sessions per week.

An intake assessment will be done to ensure appropriate skill level grouping.

*If your child has funding through the Ontario Autism Program (OAP), our services may be covered. Please visit our FAQs page for more details.