Compass Learning Reading Pathblazer (6th Grade Reading) - http://thelearningodyssey.com
Welcome! Your school district has enrolled in the Texas Student Success Initiative, a fully state-funded program that offers online instructional support for students throughout Texas. For reading and English language arts students in grades 6–8, your district has chosen Pathblazer, by Compass Learning, as its online instructional partner.
Pathblazer is made for students who are working below grade level or who might just be having problems with a few key ideas. Pathblazer uses built-in tools to find each student’s learning level. Then the program presents fun, attention-grabbing lessons using animation, video, and a kid-friendly voice to help students catch up and even move ahead.
Pathblazer is available 24/7 on any device with an Internet connection. Expect more information from your school and teacher soon, including instructions on how and when to use the program.
Once again, welcome! We can’t wait to get started!
IStation Reading (4th and 5th Grade Reading) - http://www.istation.com/istationhome
Istation Reading is a comprehensive computer–based reading and intervention program that maximizes students’ reading fluency, comprehension and retention, and academic success. Its easy–to–use components work together to maximize student growth.
1) Computer–Adaptive Assessment: Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP™) Assessment is a computer–adaptive, research–validated assessment of early reading skills in the 5 key reading areas.
2) Differentiated Instruction: Students automatically receive differentiated instruction and practice based on their individual needs. Student progress is monitored continually through ongoing automatic assessments, and curriculum adjusts dynamically based on student performance.
3) Real–Time Comprehensive Reports: Student performance data is available immediately through online reports that can be easily customized. The reports flag individual and group trends, confirm whether kids are “getting it” or just guessing, and suggest specific intervention for students who need more coaching.
4) Teacher–Directed Lessons: Istation Reading also provides more than 2,000 teacher–directed lessons, more than 250 books, word banks, and educational games, and easy–to–use teacher manuals. Istation reports recommend which teacher–directed lessons to use for small–group instruction.
VocabularySpellingCity - https://www.spellingcity.com/
VocabularySpellingCity provides spelling, vocabulary, writing, and language arts activities for K-12 cross-curricular word study.
Ebooks (All Grade Levels)
Your child can download books with their login information on their personal devices even from the comfort of home. Story offers two online libraries for book checkout to all of our students. The first is https://app.overdrive.com/. Your child has access to even more books for download through http://openebooks.net/app.html.
For more information on the programs or for assistance in locating username and password information contact DeAnne Atkinson ([email protected]) or Eric Higginbotham ([email protected]).
Welcome! Your school district has enrolled in the Texas Student Success Initiative, a fully state-funded program that offers online instructional support for students throughout Texas. For reading and English language arts students in grades 6–8, your district has chosen Pathblazer, by Compass Learning, as its online instructional partner.
Pathblazer is made for students who are working below grade level or who might just be having problems with a few key ideas. Pathblazer uses built-in tools to find each student’s learning level. Then the program presents fun, attention-grabbing lessons using animation, video, and a kid-friendly voice to help students catch up and even move ahead.
Pathblazer is available 24/7 on any device with an Internet connection. Expect more information from your school and teacher soon, including instructions on how and when to use the program.
Once again, welcome! We can’t wait to get started!
IStation Reading (4th and 5th Grade Reading) - http://www.istation.com/istationhome
Istation Reading is a comprehensive computer–based reading and intervention program that maximizes students’ reading fluency, comprehension and retention, and academic success. Its easy–to–use components work together to maximize student growth.
1) Computer–Adaptive Assessment: Istation’s Indicators of Progress (ISIP™) Assessment is a computer–adaptive, research–validated assessment of early reading skills in the 5 key reading areas.
2) Differentiated Instruction: Students automatically receive differentiated instruction and practice based on their individual needs. Student progress is monitored continually through ongoing automatic assessments, and curriculum adjusts dynamically based on student performance.
3) Real–Time Comprehensive Reports: Student performance data is available immediately through online reports that can be easily customized. The reports flag individual and group trends, confirm whether kids are “getting it” or just guessing, and suggest specific intervention for students who need more coaching.
4) Teacher–Directed Lessons: Istation Reading also provides more than 2,000 teacher–directed lessons, more than 250 books, word banks, and educational games, and easy–to–use teacher manuals. Istation reports recommend which teacher–directed lessons to use for small–group instruction.
VocabularySpellingCity - https://www.spellingcity.com/
VocabularySpellingCity provides spelling, vocabulary, writing, and language arts activities for K-12 cross-curricular word study.
Ebooks (All Grade Levels)
Your child can download books with their login information on their personal devices even from the comfort of home. Story offers two online libraries for book checkout to all of our students. The first is https://app.overdrive.com/. Your child has access to even more books for download through http://openebooks.net/app.html.
For more information on the programs or for assistance in locating username and password information contact DeAnne Atkinson ([email protected]) or Eric Higginbotham ([email protected]).
Fun website for Reading practice:
Education Galaxy:
http://educationgalaxy.com
Reading Homework Tips
Reading Strategies to help your child with STAAR Reading:
1. Have your child read aloud to you every night.
2. Choose a quiet place, free from distractions, for your child to do his nightly reading assignments.
3. As your child reads, point out spelling and sound patterns such as cat, pat, hat.
4. When your child reads aloud to you and makes a mistake, point out the words she has missed and help her to read the word correctly.
5. After your child has stopped to correct a word he has read, have him go back and reread the entire sentence from the beginning to make sure he under- stands what the sentence is saying.
6. Ask your child to tell you in her own words what happened in a story.
7. To check your child's understanding of what he is reading, occasionally pause and ask your child questions about the characters and events in the story.
8. Ask your child why she thinks a character acted in a certain way and ask your child to support her answer with information from the story.
9. Before getting to the end of a story, ask your child what he thinks will happen next and why.
Word Attack Strategies:
https://www.olchs.org/assets/academics/Word%20Attack%20Skills.pdf
Figure 19 Stem Cards:
http://5thgradejefferson.weebly.com/uploads/5/3/2/8/53284771/figure19sentencestemcards.pdf
Education Galaxy:
http://educationgalaxy.com
Reading Homework Tips
Reading Strategies to help your child with STAAR Reading:
1. Have your child read aloud to you every night.
2. Choose a quiet place, free from distractions, for your child to do his nightly reading assignments.
3. As your child reads, point out spelling and sound patterns such as cat, pat, hat.
4. When your child reads aloud to you and makes a mistake, point out the words she has missed and help her to read the word correctly.
5. After your child has stopped to correct a word he has read, have him go back and reread the entire sentence from the beginning to make sure he under- stands what the sentence is saying.
6. Ask your child to tell you in her own words what happened in a story.
7. To check your child's understanding of what he is reading, occasionally pause and ask your child questions about the characters and events in the story.
8. Ask your child why she thinks a character acted in a certain way and ask your child to support her answer with information from the story.
9. Before getting to the end of a story, ask your child what he thinks will happen next and why.
Word Attack Strategies:
https://www.olchs.org/assets/academics/Word%20Attack%20Skills.pdf
Figure 19 Stem Cards:
http://5thgradejefferson.weebly.com/uploads/5/3/2/8/53284771/figure19sentencestemcards.pdf