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Erika Chesnick
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Early Years & K-8 Literacy Consultant for the Limestone District School Board in Ontario, 🇨🇦.
OG trained | Empower trained | Acadience K-6 Mentor | Proud ONlit.org team member
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May 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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!
May 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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!
April 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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!
April 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Who else is coming to #LitLEARN2025 ? I'm excited for a weekend full of great learning. See you there!
April 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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.
April 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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!
March 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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.
February 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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

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February 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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!
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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
January 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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...
January 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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!
December 11, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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
December 9, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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
December 1, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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
November 27, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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
November 21, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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
November 20, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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!
November 19, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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!
November 15, 2024 at 3:50 PM
They say you should post a picture to prove you're real. I'm the one on the left. 😆
November 15, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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
November 13, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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
November 13, 2024 at 12:25 AM