Literacy
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LITERACY
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It is essential for our students to continually deepen their reading, writing, speaking and thinking skills in all their subject areas.
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At St. John, we have had an ongoing initiative for many years to assist students in developing reading strategies. This year grade 10 open and applied classrooms will be receiving targeted instruction in reading strategies to allow them to engage in their content area textbooks and other subject specific reading materials such as news reports, charts, graphs, images, comics, maps etc. |
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OSSLT Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test
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The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) measures whether or not students are meeting the minimum standard for literacy across all subjects up to the end of grade 9. Successful completion of the literacy test is one of the requirements to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Students in grade 10 will have the opportunity to take this test.
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OSSLT and COVID-19 More information regarding the Spring administration of the OSSLT will be available in the future
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For students graduating in June 2021, the Ministry currently plans to proceed with the graduation requirement and students may satisfy the literacy graduation requirement, as per regular practice by: |
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AFTER SCHOOL LITERACY PROGRAM |
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WILL NOT RUN AT THIS TIME DUE TO COVID19
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SCHEDULE |
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2:10 PM Final school bell rings |
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2:10 - 2:30 Break |
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| 2:30 - 4:30 Instructional Time | |
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5:00 Late Buses depart |
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In the event of a snow day, the after school literacy program will be cancelled
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