[Article] Plan for a Great Parent-Teacher Conference
Kindergarten through high school, effective communication with your child’s teachers can contribute to school success. A shared view of your child’s strengths and challenges, goals for progress, and a workable plan, can pave the way for a great school year. Yet, the anticipation of a parent-teacher conference can make some parents apprehensive. We have…
RtI Solutions: Visualizing and Verbalizing in Tier 2
Response to Intervention (RtI) always seems simple: in Tier 1, classroom teachers present core curriculum through differentiated instruction. Students who are not making adequate progress receive more targeted help a few times a week. Intervention effectiveness is checked out through progress monitoring and students either move on from needing the extra help, or their needs…
[Article] Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Child’s Progress Report
The end of the marking period is a time for parents to assess their child’s progress—to make sure they’re on track, improving in subjects, or to see if they need help. This is the time to note any areas of difficulty. It’s important to look carefully at each area of your child’s progress report—how are…
Join Us in Supporting Socktober
Lindamood-Bell is proud to participate in Socktober this month, which is a nationwide community outreach effort to make a difference in the lives of the homeless. The estimated population of the homeless community in the United States is 600,000 people. Socktober is an easy way to support those in need in your community. Participation is as easy as…
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
For Dyslexia Awareness Month we are sharing our belief that all individuals can be taught to read to their potential—including those who have a previous diagnosis of dyslexia. Over the course of nearly three decades, Lindamood-Bell has worked with thousands of individuals. Sitting with a child or an adult who struggles to read a…
Assessments Matter: Transform RtI at Your School
Students can spend years receiving literacy services that may not change their ability to read and comprehend. In fact, students may instead continue to fall further and further behind their peers. Struggling learners are often lacking basic connections needed for reading and comprehension; and the underlying cause of their weakness may not be addressed by…
The Right Time to Change Learning: Getting Help During the School Year
School at any grade can include the kind of good challenges that foster learning: discovering a solution in science lab, writing a poem, or even studying for a big test, can all be positive learning experiences. However, if a student has a weakness that affects learning to begin with, they may not be getting everything…
Working with Your Child’s Teacher: Tips for a Great New School Year
Between the stacks of sheets to sign and return and the back-to-school night presentations, all the new school year information can become overwhelming. But get beyond the dress codes, hot lunch orders, and school supply lists and you can find valuable information about how to forge a great working relationship with your child’s teacher—open lines…
[Article] The Imagery-Language Connection for Memory: Tips for Teachers
Nearly all the volumes written on memory include references to imagery. Memory is often referred to as a mental impression. When we remember something, we access a mental representation of it. -Nanci Bell, Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking Students are expected to learn new information, in topic areas they may or…
School Year Savings Plan Discount
AVAILABLE NOW: A major savings for students who need help closing the achievement gap If you have a child who is suffering from a weakness in language processing skills and needs to close a substantial gap between his academic performance and potential, we are offering a school year savings plan for you. Intensive…
