Archive for the ‘K-3 Curriculum’ Category
August 29th, 2011
by Tracy K in adaptive learning, Classroom tips and tools, K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
If you missed our webinar earlier this month on Using Virtual Manipulatives to Jump-Start Your Common Core State Standards Math Implementation, you now have the opportunity to view this webinar on-demand. Webinar: Using Virtual Manipulatives to Jump-Start Your Common Core State Standards Math Implementation Duration: one hour Host: Casey Davidson, Director of Product Marketing at [...]
Tags: DreamBox webinar
August 24th, 2011
by Casey in adaptive learning, Classroom tips and tools, K-3 Curriculum
Welcome to a new school year! In order to simplify student login to the DreamBox Learning program from school and from home we have created a site-based Internet address for students that can be accessed 24/7. Every DreamBox school now has a personal DreamBox Learning site-based Internet address. To log in, students will click on [...]
August 22nd, 2011
by Tracy K in adaptive learning, K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
There’s just two days left to register for this free 60-minute webinar designed for K–5 educators preparing to support teachers in implementing the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) in the 2011–2012 school year. Using Virtual Manipulatives to Jump-Start Your Common Core State Standards Math ImplementationDate: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Time: 11:00 AM PDT to [...]
Tags: DreamBox webinar
August 12th, 2011
by Tracy H in K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning
Has DreamBox Learning transformed the way you’re students learn, and how you teach? Has DreamBox had a positive impact on your school or district’s math proficiency? If so, tell District Administration about it by nominating us for their Top 100 Products Award. Each year District Administration has readers nominate the products that have made a [...]
Tags: awards and achievements
August 11th, 2011
by David G in Classroom tips and tools, K-3 Curriculum, Online Learning
A teacher recently contacted me with the following issue: “What my students enjoyed about Dreambox initially was the fact that they’re given a variety of activities to choose from, the activities adjust to their skill level, and they don’t have to work on only one activity for long periods of time. However, one of my [...]
August 10th, 2011
by Tracy H in adaptive learning, K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
Join us for a free 60-minute webinar designed for K–5 educators preparing to support teachers in implementing the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) in the 2011–2012 school year. Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Time: 11:00 AM PDT to 12:00 PM PDT Cost: FREE Host: Casey Davidson, Director of Product Marketing at DreamBox Learning Presenter: [...]
Tags: DreamBox webinar
March 17th, 2011
by Tracy H in Educational Software Market, K-3 Curriculum, Life at DreamBox Learning
Are you attending ASCD 2011 next week (March 26th-28th) in San Francisco, CA? If so, make sure you visit DreamBox Learning in booth 2311! Join us in our booth for a daily schedule of presentations focusing on key educator challenges: Presentations Schedule 10:00am Finding Funding for Instructional Technology 11:00am Leveraging Real-Time Reporting for Insight Into Math [...]
Tags: events and conferences
February 3rd, 2011
by Tracy H in Educational Software Market, Elementary teachers, K-3 Curriculum
Are you attending the TCEA 2011 Education Conference next week in Austin, TX? If so, make sure you visit DreamBox Learning in booth 1350! We’d love to meet you, and you could win some great giveaways for your classroom. Join us in our booth for: Hourly demos Learn how DreamBox Learning provides adaptive instruction with [...]
Tags: events and conferences, Life at DreamBox Learning
January 27th, 2011
by Sherry B in K-3 Curriculum, Parenting
Recently a parent of a kindergartener sent us an email expressing some concern that her child (Julie) was working with two digit numbers but hadn’t received any place value instruction. The parent was helping her daughter “answer” the lessons and she was concerned that DreamBox might have an instructional sequencing problem. This gave us a wonderful opportunity to put the [...]
Tags: Math learing tips for parents, Parent Tips
September 20th, 2010
by Sherry B in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning, Teaching Math
The DreamBox curriculum is focused on Number and Operations, as well as Number Sense. This content is so core to elementary mathematics that it takes up about 80% of classroom math instruction. With a new school year upon us, assessing what student’s understand about numbers is a priority for teachers. I thought I’d share some soft spots I [...]
Tags: counting skills, Math learning tips, Teaching Math