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Building reading comprehension skills for students in grades 3-8.

Highly
Motivating Games

We've combined the strategy and engagement of popular games with imaginative reading passages to create an engaging reading comprehension game. 

Engaging reading comprehension games

Diagnostic Tools

Providing you with powerful reporting tools that show exactly where each student is excelling and struggling. 

Assign tailored, skills-based activities with the click of a button. 

Built for teachers, trusted by teachers

"I have been looking for a program like this for years! Students are being born into a technological world and in the educational sphere, schools are recognizing how important it is to deliver instruction in a way that meets the new-age student's needs.

Dreamscape does that: it combines engagement and fun with the rigor I need to help my students succeed. In fact, it is the online program my kids, across all performance levels, ask to use the most! Dreamscape is definitely student tested, teacher approved!"

Emanuel County School District, Georgia

Amber Street

It's as easy as 1,2,3 or... A,B,C!

Create your
Educator account.

We've partnered with Clever and Google Classroom for easy set-up.

Sync your students & 
assess their reading comprehension level.

Our Learning Engine begins assessing each student's reading comprehension level on first play.

Receive Skill Reports and assign customized content whenever you'd like.

Premium account-holders can view each student's progress by skill and provide additional practice with ready-made assignments. 

Rated 4.6 by students 
in grades 3 - 8 

Shoelace Pricing 

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Getting started with Shoelace

Introductory placement test

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Basic assignments

Class level progress reports

 

$48.00/Year 

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Everything in the Free plan plus...

Unlimited placement tests

Premium assignments

Standards-aligned test prep

Monthly student rewards

Individual student progress reports

Transform your next reading class into an adventure. 

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Is Shoelace's content aligned to state standards?

Yes, Dreamscape's content is aligned to Common Core Standards. In addition to this, we have a test prep currently aligned to a number of state specific standards to support educators and students in their preparations for state-based exams.

Do you have content available for students reading at a lower grade level?

Though there is content for students in grades 1 and 2, we would recommend Dreamscape for students in grades 3-8. The grade 1 and 2 content in the game is minimal and is primarily intended for grade 3 (or above) students who are missing reading comprehension skills from those grades to catch up. It is not appropriate for learning how to read as the content is not focused on reading instruction, but reading comprehension.

What devices can my students use to play Shoelace Learning games?

Dreamscape is compatible on IOS and Android devices as well as web browsers. IOS devices must have operating system 11.0 or higher installed to run Dreamscape. Android devices must have operating system 5.1 or higher installed to play Dreamscape. For web browsers, Dreamscape is compatible with Edge and Firefox, but we recommend that players use Google Chrome to play Dreamscape.
Regarding device requirements, Dreamscape requires at least the following parameters to run:
CPU: 2.0 GHz,
RAM: 4.00 GB

Do you collect students' personal data?

At Shoelace, keeping your players' information safe and private is a priority. We do not sell or share Personal Identifiable Information (PII) to third parties. Your player's full first name and the first initial of their last name are used to generate an in-game username and to be displayed on parent & educator dashboards. We do not ask for or save your player's full last name. To learn more about our privacy policy, visit our support page.

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With thousands of original passage-based and independent questions to choose from, our research- backed Learning Engine will deliver skill practice to your students at just the right reading comprehension level. 

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"I have been looking for a program like this for years! Students are being born into a technological world and in the educational sphere, schools are recognizing how important it is to deliver instruction in a way that meets the new-age student's needs.

Dreamscape does that: it combines engagement and fun with the rigor I need to help my students succeed. In fact, it is the online program my kids, across all performance levels, ask to use the most! Dreamscape is definitely student tested, teacher approved!"

Amber Street

Emanuel County School District, Georgia