Happy Holidays from Alabama Stride

Good "Stride-ings" to You this Holiday Season! We are quickly approaching the glorious holiday season and a much-anticipated winter break for students and educators. Hooray!  We want to remind you that Stride will continue to be available to your students over the holidays to help keep skills sharp through engaging, game-based learning. Students may use their login codes to access Stride online, 24/7, from any internet connection.  Now is the perfect time to create a Holiday Contest, so students can compete over the break. Need a refresher on creating contests? Click here. Send us your Holiday Contest ideas, so we can feature your students and staff in an upcoming newsletter! Iola Roberts Elementary Presents "Zero Period" for RTI Iola Roberts Elementary in Pell City, AL, has designed a new approach to Response to Intervention that incorporates Stride's video lessons, customized printable resources, and quizzes. Cheryl Black, a third grade teacher, tells us: “Zero Period” is a program in the mornings where students can work on concepts that have not yet been mastered. This is time set aside three days a week to assist students who are struggling or need individual attention. " Whole Group and Individualized Instruction  Cheryl uses Class Summary Reports and her Stride teacher dashboard to identify which concepts should be addressed in a whole-group mini lesson, and which ones should be assigned individually. "If I notice that multiple students are struggling with patterns, I can click on the videos taband search this topic to bring up all related videos on the subject. By skimming the list, I can see which topic supports the standards I am focusing on."

Cheryl Black uses Stride video lessons on the whiteboard for whole-group instruction. Rewarding Hard Work with Fun The printable instructional resources that are tailored for each student are another tool for Zero Period. Cheryl believes the detailed lessons and examples provided are useful for teachers, students, and parents alike.  "Additionally, I can use StrideXChange to assign videos and quizzes to individual students on concepts that I have identified on their customized report as weak areas. I like having the option to require the student to review these items before proceeding to other work in Stride. This provides students with the opportunity to earn additional coins for games and rewards them for participating in Zero Period."  Below: Third graders work hard in Stride. "I have found the more I use Stride, the more I learn about what the program has to offer our students," says Cheryl. "The teachers and students at Iola appreciate the support we receive from Stride to ensure that our students meet grade level expectations at the end of each year."   Thank you to Cheryl Black, Iola Roberts Elementary, and CLAS Academic Specialist Rhonda Lewis, for sharing your story!   Do you have a Stride success story or implementation design to share? We would love the opportunity to highlight your students and staff in a future newsletter.  Contact Amy Frith at afrith@fueleducation.com Happy Holidays from the Stride and Fuel Education team! Be sure to follow @AlabamaStride on Facebook and Twitter!