YHS Academic Support Center -
Room 210
The Academic Support Center is designed to support students who are experiencing challenges that impact their learning. The service is designed to help students become stronger, better skilled, more informed, and in the end, more independent. Students are recommended for support in the ASC as part of a team decision making process, but any student can access the center during his/her study hall. The center is designed as a place where students can attain, build, and strengthen academic and executive functioning skills through their content area work. It is also a place where students can work in a more focused environment and reflectively assess what is working, what isn't working and what needs to be changed. Feel free to contact me at: lorrie_king@yarmouthschools.org
I also run a program called Sewing for Others, and although we were on hiatus last year, we hope to start it up again soon. Click here to see what it has been all about!
About me: This is my 42nd year teaching. I have taught in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York, Auburn and Yarmouth, Maine. A large part of my career has been as a special educator which benefits my work as an Academic Support Specialist. My philosophy is simple if not concise! All students have the capacity to learn. The aim is to enhance those abilities and develop new skills and dispositions so students can move forward. Success is measured individually and often comes in small increments. The five R's that are promoted are respect, responsibilty, resourcefulness, resilience, and reflection. The (Mrs.)Kingdom is a place where working hard rules!
AFTER SCHOOL HOURS
This week, I hope to be available:
MON, March 9
Not Available - Meeting
TUESDAY, March 10
Available 2:45-5:00
WEDNESDAY, March 11
Not Available - Conferences
THURSDAY, March 12
Not Available -Conferences
FRIDAY, March 13
Available 2:45-4:00
Next week, I hope to be available:
MON, March 16
Not Available - Meeting
TUESDAY, March 17
Available 2:45-4:30
WEDNESDAY, March 18
Available 2:45-3:45
THURSDAY, March 19
Not Available - Meeting
FRIDAY, March 20
Not Available - 2:45-4:00
Part of Speech got you rattled!
Try this program.
Looking for a synonym for the word good.
TECH TOOLS YOU MAY WANT TO USE
Voice Typing on Googledocs
Are there times when you wish you could dictate on Googledocs. Wish no more; it's just a couple of easy steps.
1. Open up a new googledoc.
2. Select tools, then Voice Typing.
3. Click on the microphone. A question will come up about using the microphone. That question will only come up the first time you set it up.
4. Click allow and start talking. It helps to speak clearly and at a reasonable pace.
TEXT TO SPEECH
Are there times when you wish your computer would read to you? Wish no more! Your computer has a text to speech function which will allow you to do just that. Here's what you need to do:
1. Go into Systems Preferences.
2. Click on Dictation and Speech.
3. Click on Text to Speech.
4. Choose a voice. In my opinion, Alex is the best .
5. Choose speaking rate. I use Normal.
6. Click the box Speak selected...pressed.
7. Change the Key. I use Option Esc which is what was recommended.
8. Open up any document, e-mail, etc.
9. Highlight what you want read.
10. Apply your shortcut and listen.
Looking for some new study strategies-try one, try them all!
Let me know what you think!
http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/learning-strategies/
CLEAN UP YOUR SCREEN FOR READING
Do you find it difficult to read an article online because of all the extra advertisements, etc. This program will clean all that up and just leave the words and important pictures. Try it!
https://mercury.postlight.com/
REWORDIFY Click here
Having a difficult time understanding something you are reading? Try Rewordify. You can copy and paste a sentence or paragraph and what you enter will be rewritten in a format where the more difficult vocabulary words are explained. When you click on the yellow phrases, you will see the original vocabulary word that was defined for you.
DYSLEXIE FONT Click here
A graphic designer created this font to make reading a less difficult task. The font has a heavy baseline, alternating stick/line tails, and a semi-cursive slant that makes each character have a unique form. You can download the font for free.
