New this year! All kindergarteners have an online subscription to Reading Eggs! Reading Eggs supplements classroom learning with individualized, one-on-one lessons that keep young children engaged and eager to learn. Those who struggle receive more practice. Those who are ‘high fliers’ can move faster. Every child has both an online learning subscription and an iPad. […]
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Did you know teachers spend an average of $750 per year of their own money on classroom supplies? We implemented a supply refurbishment system in February 2023. While the supplies remain the same, the storage location has changed once again. At first we had supply bins in every kindergarten and first-grade classroom. This proved too
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New this year! All kindergarteners are now enjoying learning with Mathseeds! Mathseeds provides a structured learning sequence with self-paced lessons focused on teaching essential kindergarten math skills. Every child has both an online learning subscription and an iPad. While students enrolled in tutoring are eligible to take an iPad home for after-school learning, parents may
Each and every kindergartener at Dinsmore Elementary now has his/her very own iPad to use in the classroom. This is quite an accomplishment as there are 79 kindergarteners! Now students can stay logged into their online learning accounts. Faster classroom transitions provide more time for learning! We thank our many donors over the years and
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Want to learn more about how we support literacy? We now have a single webpage detailing all we do. Our literacy support is broad and includes:: Tutoring UFLI Support Secret Stories CVC Words Literacy Furniture Click here to learn more.
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Do you know a teenager needing volunteer hours? Teens are a great help as teachers set up their classrooms. Our summer volunteer schedule is now available! Registration is required. Please help us get the word out.
Years ago, we made word-creation trays to support the newly adopted literacy program, UFLI. Built by teen volunteers, the trays took a lot of effort and even though we followed the online instructions provided by the University of Florida, our trays were, how shall we say it, simply functional. Now that UFLI has been in
Our kindergarteners can now earn tickets when they complete assignments both in class and at home. These tickets can then be used to shop for (mostly educational) items. Ranging in price from two to thirty tickets, children have the option to save for more expensive items. We hope that earning shopping tickets will inspire every
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These “base ten blocks” help our kindergarteners learn place value. The children can manipulate the proportionally correct blocks to represent a two-digit number and visualize how many tens and ones are in a given group. These blocks help our young students to understand the relationship between the different columns on a place value grid –
Thanks to the Estate of George Mann, we now have a fantastic tutoring/learning environment. We have ten tutoring desks and one group table that seats five – all with matching chairs! The tutoring desks are small enough that we could place them in the hallway should we ever lose our classroom space due to
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