What is the Summer Slide? The “summer slide” is a reading skills learning loss from children not maintaining their reading activities over summer. The average student falls behind one month’s worth of reading skills during the summer. As well as children in low income households losing double that. This is according to a Brookings Institute …
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Melissa Saisuwan is a Grade 7 ELAR Teacher at Wichita Falls Independent School District in Wichita Falls, Texas How and when do you use Dreamscape with your students? I usually use Dreamscape during tutorials and for additional work and learning at home. This is roughly 2-3 times a week with my students and children. I …
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Dreamscape is a free reading comprehension game designed to instill a love of reading in students from grades 2-8. By about grade 6, most kids feel like they know whether they like reading or not. Unfortunately, elementary studies can have tightly focused material. Students may not have encountered the styles of reading that they enjoy, …
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Gina Berry is a Grade 7 ELA Teacher at Andrew Carnegie Middle School in Sacramento, California Gina Berry uses Dreamscape during her regular school year but has also been looking into an “optional extension activity”. She does this by building a Dreamscape club for the upcoming school year! She is currently using Dreamscape in her …
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Aaron Stroup is a Grade 5 teacher and social studies facilitator at Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. Please describe how and when you use Dreamscape with your students. In the classroom, I use Dreamscape to reinforce reading lessons I teach, and I use the data as feedback for which concepts they need to practice …
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Sasha Lucas is a Digital Technologies Leader & Senior Teacher at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Cranbourne East, AUS. Australian teachers list Sasha are using Dreamscape in the classroom to engage students and track the progress of important reading skills. Please describe how and when you use Dreamscape with your students? We use …
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Twitter Chats are great for joining a community of educators while gaining advice, learning about new ideas and generally feeling connected to those in the same field. Below is a list of general education twitter chats for you to join. #EDCHAT When: Thursdays @ 7 PM EST Description: #EDCHAT is one of the first education chats on Twitter and …
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#GAMES4ED When: Thursdays @ 8 PM EST and Sundays @ 3 PM EST Description: For those interested in game-based learning and gamification. #BYOTCHAT When: Thursdays @ 9 PM Description: This is a bring your own technology chat. #TICHAT When: Thursdays @ 8 PM EST Description: All about technology integration. #ISTECHAT When: Third Thursday of each month, @ 8 PM EST Description: Focuses on issues related …
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Participating in Twitter Chats are a great way of finding a sense of community in a discussion-based format. Below is a list of twitter chats, specializing in the promotion of reading and literacy. #READ4FUN When: Every other Sunday @ 7 PM EST Description: Connects passionate educators with books, and with each other. #LANGCHAT When: Thursdays @ 8 PM EST Description: Great …
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As new students enter your classroom, it may be hard to get to know them virtually. Listed is a different ice breaker activity for each grade level, from grade 1 to grade 8. Grade 1 Activity Idea: Self-portrait Ask your students to grab a piece of paper, their favourite coloured markers or pencils, and challenge them …
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