More than 10,000 assignments have been completed by kindergarteners and first graders in our after-school program! And, the school year is not quite half over! In addition to in-school tutoring, the young students take iPads home to complete Khan Academy Kids lessons that have been assigned to them. The iPads have cellular internet and, therefore, […]
“David” started first grade not knowing all the letters of the alphabet. He was receiving all F-grades on reading comprehension. He took an iPad home every night and completed his assigned lessons. He quickly advanced through the kindergarten and first-grade learning paths. His classroom teacher reports he scored 100% on his latest reading comprehension test.
A gigantic ten-frame makes it easy for a teacher to lead math activities with the entire classroom. Plenty of activities with ten-frames enable children to think of numbers in terms of their relationship to ten. Mental addition/subtraction calculations become more automatic. For example, “There’s eight because two are missing.” We even provided magnetic, hanging dry
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Our after-school tutoring program is the ultimate in convenience. The tutoring can be done any time after school and without the need to travel. How can this be? The enrolled kindergarteners and first graders bring home iPads. These secure iPads only allow the students to access the learning software. Not got wi-fi? No problem. The
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Khan Academy Kids has just made a programming improvement which makes their extraordinary (and free!) learning software MUCH easier for students to use. The new password reset procedure sends an email asking the administrator if a new password is desired. Before this system enhancement, if just one student tapped the password reset button in error,
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Double-sided write-and-wipe answer boards are now available for small group learning. Children will be able to literally get a handle on number bonds. This number bond teaching tool matches the style and colors used on the gigantic number bond dry erase boards. Click here to learn more about our Lil’ Mathematician program.
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Teachers use number bonds to help their students understand number relationships while developing addition and subtraction skills. A gigantic number bond makes it easy for a teacher to demonstrate to the entire classroom. A volunteer even installed sturdy hooks making it possible for kindergarten and first-grade teachers to hang these dry erase boards. Click here to
Waterford, the official assessment tool for kindergarten, reports Dinsmore Elementary ranked #2 in reading growth and #4 in math and science growth. This is quite an accomplishment as Duval County Public Schools has 97 elementary schools and is the 20th largest school district in the nation. Congratulations teachers and kiddos!
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Last school year, we printed and bound “decodable” lessons/drills in support of the new University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) program the District implemented to teach young readers. This school year, we expanded the workbooks to include a special “Let’s Spell Together” manuscript page. This new page was designed by a Dinsmore Elementary kindergarten teacher.
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When learning to read, being able to spell consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words is a BIG deal. We designed these trays so that the kids, when asked to spell a word, can see all the beginning, middle, and ending possibilities. The teachers asked we add images to the trays. Can you see the little image of the
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