Blended Learning Bulletin
UCISD Updates and Celebrations
What a Start!
The 2020-2021 School Year has begun and it has definitely come with plenty of challenges, but we are so fortunate to have the resources we do at Uvalde CISD. Thanks to the TEA Blended Learning Grant Program, we have students using IXL in Math classes across the district to help "close the gaps" in student learning. We are amazed at the leaps and bounds that students have made already and can't wait to see how they continue to grow throughout the year!
District IXL Achievement
Below you will see that our students have already answered a total of 339,658 questions this year in IXL. IXL is designed to support students toward authentic skill mastery, and research shows this approach works. When students consistently reach proficiency and mastery of IXL skills, schools see as much as a 16-point bump on state assessments. Research shows that schools, where students answer at least 15 questions per week, outperform all the others (IXL.com). This year, the campuses that must use IXL for the TEA Blended Learning Grant are Dalton, Robb, Flores, and Batesville Elementary for grades Kindergarten, 3rd, and 6th. However, every student in the district in grades PK-8th grade have access to IXL for Math. For questions about how to get your student logged in to IXL, please reach out to your child's Math teacher.
Campus Achievement
Schools that use IXL across all grade levels see greater growth on state assessments and IXL schools are outperforming others! And the longer they use IXL, the better they do. Research also shows that school performance continues to improve after using IXL for 2 and 3 years. Check out how great the schools within Uvalde CISD are doing using IXL!
Dalton Elementary
Students at Dalton are rockin' and rollin' with IXL having answered 37,054 questions already! 3,120 of those questions have been answered by PK students, and 32,789 have been answered by Kindergarten students!
Here are some more Dalton IXL Stats:
- Skills Practiced 1,749 skills
- Skills Mastered 1,529
Robb Elementary
Whoa! Students at Robb are SOARING with IXL having answered a total of 202,724 questions already! 67,193 of those questions have been answered by 3rd-grade students, and 140,535 have been answered by 4th-grade students!
Here are some more Robb IXL Stats:
- Skills Practiced 5,626 skills
- Skill Mastered 2,680
Flores Elementary
Watch out! Flores students have taken off with IXL and answered a total of 42,161 questions already! 1,600 of those questions have been answered by 5th-grade students, and 37,466 have been answered by 6th-grade students!
Here are some more Flores IXL Stats:
- Skill Practiced 1,368
- Skills Mastered 535
Batesville Elementary
WOW! Batesville students have answered a total of 40,556 questions already between PK-6 grade with 5th grade leading the campus with 6,336 questions answered!
Here are some more Batesville IXL Stats:
- Skill Practiced 1,465
- Skills Mastered 698
Top IXL Students at Uvalde CISD
Please join me in congratulating the following students for being the top IXL students at their respective campuses!
Ezechiel Egiraneza, Dalton Elementary
Jose Saucedo, Flores Elementary
Estrella Herrera, Robb Elementary
Zoey Cantu, Batesville Elementary
iPad Update!
New student and teacher iPads are about a month out from arrival and we are so excited to get these new learning tools in our students' hands! The iPads we will receive will come with a durable case, keyboard, and they will be 8th generation iPads that were just launched by Apple a couple of weeks ago! An iPad Agreement Form will be pushed out through Skyward in the coming week, so please be on the lookout for communication from UCISD on this important step.
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Natalie Arias
UCISD Blended Learning Specialist
Email: narias5342@uvaldecisd.net
Website: www.ucisd.net/blendedlearning
Phone: 8305914954
Twitter: @BlendedUCISD