Bayview Hill E.S. is fortunate enough to have School Council approve the purchase of a license for DreamBox. DreamBox Learning is an online software provider that focuses on mathematics education at the elementary (PreK-8) level. Unlike typical software applications, this one is adaptive, which means it moves students through the problems based on ‘strategies being used’, not on ‘right answers’.
Starting this Thursday, students will be introduced to this wonderful, interactive, and student-friendly website. They will be given a new username and password. Many students were exposed to this site last year in Grade 2 so it will be very familiar to returning students. The website works on both a computer and on a tablet. Occasionally, DreamBox will be assigned as homework when it is appropriate.
It has been suggested that students use earphones while playing. The instructions are often oral and it becomes too noisy and distracting to have all students playing in one common space with sound turned on. If you have a spare set, please send them to school in a ziploc for this purpose. They can also be purchased at most dollar stores for just over a loonie.
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