Academic Supports
Academic Supports
At DBS, Mrs. Thorburn, Mrs. Vielleux, and Mr. Lauritzen provide small group and individual instruction for students who need additional support developing skills in reading, writing, and/or mathematics.
Language Arts
Activities for Home
In language arts, we support students with their reading, writing, spelling, listening, and speaking skills. We utilize a variety of programs to support all of these skills. At home your child can:
- Read to you OR you can read to them.
- Participate in family conversations daily.
- Find words or letters they know on road signs, storefronts, or in magazines and newspapers.
- Write your grocery list before shopping.
- Write letters to friends or relatives both far away and near--everyone loves receiving mail!
Mathematics
Activities for Home
In math we support students with their counting, numeral recognition, computation, problem solving, and mathematical thinking. We utilize a variety of programs to support these skills. At home your child can:
- Count objects with 1:1 correspondence (saying one number for every object they touch) using everyday objects like coins, dry beans, noodles, buttons, etc.
- Count orally by ones, twos, fives, and tens.
- Play games like Yahtzee, Trouble, Uno, etc.
- Do mental math in the car, or anywhere! For example: "We have to travel 10 miles and we've already driven 3. How many more miles do we have to go?"
- Cook or bake something with an adult.
Websites We Like
Here is a list of websites that may be interesting for your child to use at home:
- Math Playground
- Coolmath Games
- IXL
- Prodigy (has a cost to upgrade)
- XtraMath
