MacDougal School

We're going hi-tech!

MacDougal School has a great computer lab featuring exciting programs, such as Lexia and Everyday Mathematics.  These games help students to acquire and improve basic reading and mathematical skills, taught by their classroom teacher, through fun games.  Students work independently by listening to verbal computer instructions and clicking on colorful images.  Additionally, each student is able to work at their own pace and own level.   Achievement reports for each student illustrate their progress, giving guidance to teachers and parents as well.

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Thank you Mrs. Niswander and Mrs. Stilwell! A note of thanks should be offered to MacDougal School’s teacher Jeanne Niswander and district Technology Director, Susan Stillwell.  It was with their efforts, that MacDougal School received a $32,000 grant which was used to purchase the Lexia software.  Lexia is now being used by all K-2 and some 3-5 grade students throughout MSAD5!  The MacDougal/South School PTF also had a hand in bringing this program together by purchasing headsets for each computer.

Lexia

Lexia’s award-winning software helps students ages 4 and up with their basic reading skills.  Lexia’s reading programs build strengths in phonemic awareness, sound-symbol correspondence, decoding, fluency, phonics and vocabulary.  Students work independently through fun skill-building activities.  Lexia reinforces skills such as:  Letter knowledge, sound/symbol correspondence, consonants, short vowels, consonant digraphs Beginning and ending sounds Syllables and segmenting Sight words Decoding skills Vocabulary and Comprehension skill

Playing Everyday Math Games

Tux Paint

Tux Paints is a drawing program for children ages 3-12.  Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing and writing tools to help them be creative.  It is easy to use, has fun sound effects, and an encouraging mascot who helps guide the children.  Tux Paints is free and can be accessed from your home by downloading it from tuxpaint.org!  Many of the children have already done this! Visit Tux Paint

Everyday Mathematics

Everyday Mathematics is a K - 6th grade game based curriculum used to build students mathematical skills from the basics and beyond. Students play a series of fun games that begin with basic computing and arithmetic skills. As students progress the games become more complicated building on problem solving skills.