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Read Alongs (Top)

Picture Books on Tape

Days with Frog and Toad

Picture books on tape allow early readers to hear fluent reading as they follow along in high interest, low level books.  Students are able to select both fiction and non-fiction picture books that provide beeps at the end of every page indicating that it is time to turn the page. 

Chapter Books on Tape

How to Eat Fried Worms

Chapter books on tape allow more developed readers to hear fluent reading as they read along in more difficult readers.  Often times, the student will not hear a beep signaling hi/her to turn the page.  He/she is then responsible to sustaining attention to the text and following along as they reader reads. 

 

Cognitive Training (Top)

Earobics I

Earobics I

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The award-winning Earobics I software provides individualized, explicit instruction in all areas of reading, plus writing. As students engage with the software, the program automatically adjusts based on each student’s individual strengths and weaknesses. All instruction builds on the strengths of each learner, and easy-to-read reports help teachers use real-time data to drive tailored instruction. Every response is recorded and available in detailed reports that can be printed or accessed online. Teachers can also customize the program to meet students’ learning needs, including selecting directions to be delivered in one of 10 different languages.
Earobics II

Earobics II

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The award-winning Earobics II software provides individualized instruction in critical areas of reading. As students interact with lively characters like Katy-Pillar and Hakeem Hippo, they develop the foundational literacy skills essential to their reading success.

There are hundreds of levels of instruction built into the software. Each level is specially developed to help students build critical literacy skills, including recognizing and blending sounds, rhyming, and discriminating phonemes within words.

 

Reading (Top)

 
Lexia Primary Reading

Lexia

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Lexia Primary Reading is designed to help all children master basic reading skills as defined by US federal standards.  The program gives instant feedback and adjusts automatically to each student’s abilities. The on-screen alerts and user-friendly database management help teachers and administrators track student and class performance.
 
Sentence Master

Sentence Master

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It is a revolutionary remedial reading program developed by Dr. Marion Blank. The Sentence Master is designed for students who are struggling to learn to read or haven’t responded to a phonics-based approach.
The program focuses on non-content words, such as “the,” “is,” “and,” etc. While limited in number, these words make up the majority of any page of text.  All of the word activities and stories are designed so that students never have to read or write a word that has not been fully mastered.  Unlike other reading programs, the stories use tightly controlled syntax which facilitates the development of comprehension skills.

Read Naturally

Read Naturally

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The core steps of the Read Naturally program incorporate the research-based strategies of teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring to maximize students' fluency development. Some steps are designed to develop students' vocabulary and ensure that they understand what they read.

Soliloquy Reading Assistant v4

Soliloquy

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Soliloquy Reading Assistant v4 combines speech recognition technology with reading research and educational science to help students develop fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Soliloquy Reading Assistant offers students individualized support during oral reading— effectively, efficiently, and economically.
 

 

Spelling (Top)

SIMON S.I.O.

SIMON S.I.O.

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Simon S.I.O. is the multi-level phonics instruction program that engages every student in your classroom. Students are motivated to learn with a tutor that presents skill-building activities that maintain the interest of your diverse classroom. Students learn sounds, build words, practice, discriminate and recall words. Students master decoding skills and increase word recognition fluency so they can continue on to successful reading experiences.
 

 

Writing (Top)

Clicker5

Clicker5

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Clicker5 is a writing support and multimedia tool for children of all abilities. At the top of the screen is a word processor called ‘Clicker Writer’. At the bottom of the screen is the ‘Clicker Grid’. This has ‘cells’ containing letters, words or phrases that you can click on, to send them into Clicker Writer – so children can write sentences without actually writing or using the keyboard!

 

 

Math (Top)

Clock Faces

Clock Faces

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Clock Faces provides a lot of practice in telling time.  Four main activities help children with telling time, setting time, calendar skills, and matching analog and digital times. 
Panda's Penny Box

Panda's Penny Box

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Penny Panda provides lots of practice in counting money. Four main activities help children with counting a given amount, comparing amounts, presenting money to match a specific sum, and determining change accurately.

 
 

Designed by Krysten Mack

04/11/08