What is the Summer Slide? In the ELA context, the “summer slide” is a reading skills learning loss that is a consequence of children not maintaining their reading activities over the summer months. According to a Brookings Institute article written by David M. Quinn and Morgan Polikoff, the average student falls behind an…

As August approaches (the Sunday of summer!), teachers are beginning to think about the new school year ahead and prep for those busy fall days. With the increasing rigor of statewide tests like the STAAR in Texas, it’s good to have some apps and games in your back pocket to…

Professional development is one of the most important resources a school can provide to its teachers, but with a mix of funding available across schools, it can be difficult for educators to access. From conferences to courses to retreats and much more, the options can seem endless.  However, we’ve all been…

Incorporating New Virginia Computer Science Standards This July the Virginia Board of Education accepted for official review the new Computer Science Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework. The new set of standards will not be formally tested, but educators in Virginia are expecting the standards to be implemented by the 2020 school…

Over thirty-seven million students in the United States are using the common core standards to learn. Nearly three million students are enrolled in public schools grades K-12 in the state of Florida, making it the third-largest public school system in America. In January of 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis signed an…

Combining learning with fun can be a difficult thing to do. So we’ve gathered the top 10 teacher bloggers that have mastered the art of marrying the two to give students the best experience in the classroom. TEACHER TOOL KIT Ross McGill is an award-winning deputy…

Everyone has those students who are just not interested in prose, and when it comes to poetry, the options in the past that are suitable for children have not been very robust. There’s the Where the Sidewalk Ends series for very young readers, but what about those upper elementary and middle school…

My name is Julia Rivard Dexter and I am the co-founder and CEO of Squiggle Park and Dreamscape. Both are digital literacy games designed to deliver the English Language Arts literacy curriculum through video games kids love, increasing kids motivation and skill in reading. On April 9th, 2020 we were…

Written by Shelby Clifford Sometimes multiple choice reading comprehension questions can be tricky to answer but there are lots of reading methods (in the form of mnemonics) that can help students select the right answer. Below you’ll find a list of different mnemonics that can easily be used when playing Dreamscape, taking…

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