Mr. Di Donato's Class

I am VERY excited to start a new year at Sagonaska Demonstration school! In order for my new students to get the full blogging experience...

 If you follow our blog, you will know that our first post in "Tricks and Tips For the 21st Century Learner" was Janine's DIY ...

Literacy Leveler  is a great app which allows a person to check to the reading level of a book.  My students are all blooming readers and...

Back in March my students prepared a "Self - Advocacy Pamphlet" to prepare for their transition to high school. You can see the ol...

After I watched this video, I thought about two things. First, how good of a balance bike rider Henry is and second Henry fell a lot! ...

If you have watched "The Story of Stuff"  then you know the definition of the word obsolescence. If you don't know the word, w...

Prior to coming to Sagonaska Demonstration School all students must provide an independent writing sample.  Here are two of Ryan's wr...

If you follow us on Twitter, you have likely already seen this image. We think it is important for us to explain what we mean by Transfo...

A couple of weeks ago I filmed my students reading some of  Sketches  a book by Eric Walters. I wanted the students to see, and hear, how f...

1.Explain what you learned about yourself when you first started using the “Understanding Learning Disabilities Chart”?: I learned how my...

To say that there is a lot going on in a student's life in grade eight would be an understatement. There are the challenges of being a...

Here at Sagonaska one of the most important jobs teachers have is to prepare students with learning disabilities for their future by teachin...

[ View the story "New Story" on Storify ] At first glance, many people would say that Aiden is sending a text, interacting ...

All of the students I teach have a learning disability. A HUGE misconception, sometimes even in the realm of education, is that people with ...

As you all know Minecraft has become a lot of kids' favourite game. I borrowed the idea of using Minecraft in the classroom from Ms. Vad...

Here is a video of a student explaining an app called  Poppplet. Give it a try as it helps us to organize our thoughts prior to writing. How...

Check out the first addition to "Tricks and Tips for the 21st Century Learner"!

We started a new blog page called "Tips and Tricks for the 21st Century Learner". As the teacher, my goal is to have students and ...