Category: Middle School Learners (6-8)

Homeschooled 5th Grader Jumps Two Grade Levels with MindPlay

The Reading Challenge: a dyslexic homeschooled fifth-grader is reading at the third-grade level. Anna’s Story: In fifth grade, the shift from a self-contained, multi-subject classroom to a middle-school model of six different periods, subjects and teachers proved too great a challenge for Anna, who was already doing her best to cope with dyslexia. Says Anna’s […]

Elementary Learners (K-5) Homeschool Learners Middle School Learners (6-8) Testimonials

Student Greatly Improves Reading, Spelling, Stuttering Issues

by Brandie Genske A middle school boy is challenged with stuttering and unintelligible spelling. Sixth-grader Evan was a boy “dear to my heart,” says Special Education and district support teacher Brandie Genske. Evan was challenged with a severe stutter and “horrendous” spelling, says Genske, and she just couldn’t imagine how he would ever be able […]

Middle School Learners (6-8) Special Education Testimonials

MindPlay Understanding Dyslexia Expands Teacher Awareness and Improves Teaching Strategies

An Interview with Jennifer Corcoran, Ed.D, Assistant Principal Boca Raton Community Middle School, Boca Raton, FL At an IEP meeting, a parent of one of our ESE students suggested that we purchase MindPlay Understanding Dyslexia™. Our District had heard about this Professional Development Course and supported our request by purchasing 100 licenses for our teachers, […]

Dyslexia Middle School Learners (6-8) Testimonials

Middle School Struggling Readers Succeed on MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach (MVRC)

An Interview with Mark Maudlin, Principal Urey Middle School, John Glenn School Corporation, Walkerton, Indiana In January 2016, we placed 30 students who were reading two or more levels below grade level on MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach (MVRC). Placement was based on their RAPS360 (*now Universal Screener) comprehension scores. Approximately 75 percent were regular education […]

Middle School Learners (6-8) Special Education Testimonials

Middle and High School “Critical” Readers Succeed on MVRC

From Carrie O’Donnell Students from our inner city school come to us missing a lot of reading skills. I see approximately 49 percent of our sixth through eleventh grade students. If students are at 190 or below in their Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) scores, they automatically come to me. These are the lowest reading students […]

ELL High School Learners (9-12) Middle School Learners (6-8) Testimonials

An Interview with Jody Bentz, Principal of Snowflake Intermediate School, AZ Former Taylor Elementary Title 1 Reading Specialist

Taylor Profile: 293 students; Grades K-3; 42% Free/Reduced Lunch; 16% Hispanic Snowflake Profile: 342 students; Grades 4-6; 58% Free/Reduced lunch; 11% Hispanic Taylor Elementary School: During the 2013-14 school year, we ran a pilot program using MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach (MVRC) for 30 of our third grade students who were enrolled in our Title 1 […]

Elementary Learners (K-5) Middle School Learners (6-8) Testimonials

Students Achieve Outstanding Reading Gains Using MVRC – An Interview with Brandie Genske, Program Support Teacher, Bonduel School District

“About 20 percent of our student population needs academic intervention,” stated Brandie Genske, a Program Support Teacher for the Bonduel School District in Bonduel, WI. “Using the Response to Intervention Approach (RTI), we have over 100 students in tier 2 and tier 3. Last year, our tier 3 students gained 6 to 40 points of […]

ELL High School Learners (9-12) Middle School Learners (6-8) Special Education Testimonials

MVRC Supports Middle School Students in Summer School – Research Study

Eighth-grade students who participated in MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach (MVRC) during summer school increased their reading skills from 1.5 to 3 years in only 16 days.

Middle School Learners (6-8) Research