DyslexiaInstructionOverview:

Duringthemandatoryclosure,WacoISDisofferingvirtualandotherlearningopportunities.Section504Dyslexia&Dysgraphiastudentswillhaveequalaccesstoappropriatelearningopportunities.WacoISDwillutilizetheNessyOnlineLearningProgramforeachstudentwhoreceives“direct”dyslexiaand/ordysgraphiainstructionasdocumentedonthestudent’s504-serviceplanorIEP.Thisprogramwillbemonitoredbythestudent’shomecampusDyslexiaSpecialisttoensurestudentprogress.

NessyLearningPrinciples:

NessyReading&SpellingadherestotheOrton-Gillinghamapproachmeaningthateachchildreceivesinstructiontailoredtohisorherspecificneeds.

Nessyisflexibleenoughtobeadaptedtohowtheindividuallearns.Nessycanbeusedtosupplementanexistingprogramorasacompletesystemofinstruction.

Everyresourceisgradedsothestudentisnotexpectedtoknowanythingthathasnotyetbeentaught.

Nessyprovidesmultisensoryactivities;readingandspellingaretaughtatthesametime.

Nessyisahighlystructured,sequential,cumulativeandsystematicphonicsbasedlearningprogram.

Technology:EachfamilyinWacoISDwillhavetheopportunitytocheckouttechnologyinordertoaccessthedistrictonlinelearningplatform.Ifyoudonothaveaccesstotechnology,anddidnotreceiveadevicefromWacoISD,pleasecontacttheprincipalatyourchild’scampus.

Communication:EachDyslexiateacherhassetupcommunicationusing“Remind101”.Thisisamessagingtooltohelptheteacherscommunicatewithfamilies.ThecampusDyslexiaSpecialistwillcontactstudentsand/orparentsweeklytoprovidesuggestionsonhowtoaccommodatethestudent’sonlinelearningforgeneraleducationclasses,offerremediationonatargetedlessonfromNessy,and/oransweranyindividualquestions.Pleasejointheremindgroup.Eachfamilyreceivedatextlastweekwiththeinvitationtojoin.Ifyoudidnot,pleasecontactthecampusDyslexiaSpecialist.

Parentand/orstudentscanalsoemailthecampusDyslexiaSpecialist,ortheDirectorof504/Dyslexia/RTI,KourtniParnell,atKourtni.parnell@wacoisd.orgwithanyquestionsorconcerns.

Accesstogeneraleducationonlinelearning/accommodations:InadditiontotheNessyprogram,dyslexiaand/ordysgraphiastudentswillstillberequiredtocompletetheonlinelearninggradelevelassignments.ThestudenthasaSection504serviceplanwithaccommodations.“Accommodations”aresupportsprovidedtodyslexic/dysgraphicstudentswhencompletingassignmentstohelpprovide“equalaccess”.

ThecampusDyslexiaSpecialistwillbeincontactwitheachstudentand/orparenttoreviewtheiraccommodations.TheDyslexiaSpecialistcanprovidesuggestionsweeklyonhowtheonlinelearningassignmentscanbe“accommodated”(adapted)tomeetthestudent’sindividualneeds.

InstructionsfortheWeekofApril7-10th:

TheDyslexiaSpecialistwillcontacteachstudentand/orparentandprovidethe“secretword”forthestudenttobeabletologinintoNessy.

StudentswilllogintoNessyusinga“secretword”andfirstandlastname.(stepbystepdirectionsprovidedbelow)

EachstudentneedstocompletetheNessypre-assessmenttodeterminethestudent’stargetedlessons.

InadditiontoNessy,thestudentisrequiredtocompletetheassignmentsforhis/hercurrentgradelevel.

WeekofApril13thandafter:

Eachstudentshouldspendaminimumof20minutesperdayontheNessyReading/Spellingand20minutesperdayontheNessyWriting.

TheCampusDyslexiaSpecialistwillbemonitoringeachstudent’sonlinetimeandprogressthroughtheNessyreportsfeature.Ifthestudentdidnotreachtherequiredminutesperweek,thestudentand/orparentwillbecontactedbythecampusDyslexiaSpecialist.

InadditiontoNessy,thestudentisrequiredtocompletetheassignmentsforhis/hercurrentgradelevel.

CampusDyslexiaSpecialistContactInformation:

AltaVista-kimberly.carroll@wacoisd.orgstephanie.pavlas@wacoisd.orgBell’sHill-debbie.lewis@wacoisd.orgchisa.brigham@wacoisd.orgBrookAvenue-shelly.kunkle@wacoisd.org CedarRidge-andrea.gutierrez@wacoisd.orgCrestview-kim.littlewood@wacoisd.org DeanHighland-amber.jaime@wacoisd.orgHillcrest-sandy.atkins@wacoisd.org JHHines-krista.ogden@wacoisd.orgKendrick-martha.reasor@wacoisd.org LakeAir-kelly.carbonara@wacoisd.orgMountainview-jana.ziegler@wacoisd.org Parkdale-leslie.redfield@wacoisd.orgProvidentHeights-Theresa.barnard@wacoisd.org SouthWaco-haley.slaughter@wacoisd.orgWestAvenue-laurie.truitt@wacoisd.org CarverMS-laandrea.stewart@wacoisd.orgCesarChavezMS-sarina.carrizales@wacoisd.orgdebbie.van_cleave@wacoisd.orgIndianSpringMS-joanna.smith@wacoisd.orgjames.hoskins@wacoisd.orgTennysonMS-leticia.doskocil@wacoisd.org WacoHS-sara.mabile@wacoisd.orgUniversityHS-holly.jones@wacoisd.org BrazosHS-holly.jones@wacoisd.org

NessyAccessInstructions:Studentswilllogonathttps://learn.nessy.com/account/login#/accountLogin

Typethe“secretword”providedbyDyslexiaSpecialist.

Afterthestudententersthesecretword,clickthegreenloginbutton.

ClicktheXonthetopleftcorner.YoudonotneedtocreateanewNessyname.

Enterstudent’sfirstandlastname(spaceinbetween).ClickGo.

Thestudentisnowatthemainpage.First,clicktheNessyReadingandSpelling.

ItwillthentakeyoutoaNessyreadingandorspellingchallenge.Thiswillhelpdetermineyourlevelandsetthetargetlessons!Dothebestyoucan!

Afteryoutakethechallenge,youwillhavetargetlessons.Clickonthenextbuttontomoveontoalesson.

Tobeginalesson,clickthelowerleftcorner.Itwilltakeyouthroughavideoonastrategyortargetedskill.

Thestudentshouldspendaminimumof20minuteseachdayontheNessyreading/spellingtab.Onceyouhavecompletedtherequiredtimeoracompletelesson,clickontheupperleftarrowtotakeyoubacktothemainscreen

Clickokaytoexitandgobacktothemainmenu.

Youarenowbackatthemainmenu.ClickontheWritingBeach.Youwilltaketheassessmentforwriting.Afteryoutakethechallenge,youwillhavetargetlessons.Clickonthenextbuttontomoveontoalesson.Completethewritingbeachforaminimumof20minutesaday.

AdditionalInformationabouttheNessyProgram:

Herearetheiconstohelpyoufindyourwayaroundtheisland.

Herearethevariousgamesthestudentwillbeaskedtocompletetooreinforcetargetedskills.

Hereisthelessoncycles.Thepre-assessmentwilldeterminewhatlessonsthestudentneeds.