Beginning Reading

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• Beginning Reading
• For the Real World
• And
• Skills Inventory

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1.0 Beginning Reading Benefits

• Phonetic Skills, Reading Strategies,
  Reading/Writing
• Connections taught with Real-World concepts

• On-line peers and mentors to guide student user

• On-line tools off-line worksheets to introduce
  or
• reinforce skills

• Reading Skills, Vocabulary, Strategies,
  Comprehension,
• and Fluency aligned to State Standards

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1.1 Unit Introduction
Unit Title Screen
Users first view the introduction. Or users
can click stop to go directly to the Activities.
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1.2 Icon Features
Clue
Check Answer
Back Button
Exit or leave activity
Turn audio on/off
Help
Move to Next Screen
Print Screen
Workroom
On-line tools
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1.3 Introduction To the Mentors
Click on each person to meet all the mentors in
the program.
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1.4 Introduction Closing Screen
Each activity ends with the How You Did frame.
This gives users immediate feedback on their
lesson.
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1.5 Lesson and Activity Menus
Highlight active title and click the OK button
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2.1 Activity/Story Title Page
Next Button move to next activity screen when
active
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2.2 Activity Preview Page
Preview Screen sets purpose for activity
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2.3 Activity Story Development
Story development Before comprehen- sion questions
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2.4 Activity Story Enhancements
Listening skills and other genres
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2.5 Reading Comprehension/ Check Answers
Follow instructions. Click CHECK to verify
answers.
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2.6 Clue Button
Clue button- when active gives user
additional information
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2.7 On-line tools to Enhance Reading
The timer tool
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2.8 Progress Bar
Immediate feedback of correct or incorrect answer
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2.9 - 1st Try Incorrect Feedback
Incorrect Answer Highlighted
Important feedback given to help user
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2.10 - Write, Think Or Talk Opinion Boxes
Recording tool is an important tool for younger
or ESL students to answer questions.
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2.10.1 Mentor Compare Answers
Click CHECK to see how other students answered
the question
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2.11 Story Enhancements Off-line activity
Suggested Off-line activities to reinforce
story comprehension
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2.12 Student Activity Book Off-line pages
Example of off-line black line master from
Student Activity Book to reinforce
on-line computer activity
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2.13 Prior Knowledge and Higher Order Thinking
Skills
This activity screen uses information student may
have already learned to recall and apply their
knowledge of that concept.
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2.14 Match Games
Match Games are a fun way to reinforce initial
sound concepts
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2.15 Workroom Activities
Return to Activity
Recorder
More to Do A list of activities to do
outside the classroom
More to Read - A list of off- line book
titles which enhance the unit theme
Word Bank Tool
Match games
Writing center NOT active yet
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2.16 - Results Screen
Immediate Feedback and Score