"One of the things that has helped also is that when the students don’t understand the lessons, and they need more review, the program knows how to schedule review for them. They’re not allowed to go ahead until they master certain concepts."
Accessed through the software Lesson Manager, these activities allow students to reinforce concepts in an engaging way. The phonics activities are enabled as students progress through the lessons. Each activity utilizes skills previously learned and features engaging, dynamic content. These phonics games may be turned on or off for individual students and require a more robust computer for optimal performance.
This activity exercises students’ memory by allowing them to match words with pictures in order to remove pepperoni from the pizza. Each pepperoni has a picture or a corresponding word, and the students must use their memory to find a match.
Download the Pizza! Pizza! sample phonics activity.
Students use dynamite to blast away a mining claim, looking for golden letters that will eventually form words. When students blast open a letter, they will be given the opportunity to guess the word, if they choose, or to continue blasting away.
Download the Dynamite! sample phonics game.
Those darn moles are taking over the field! The only way to stop them is to (whack) the moles holding the correct letters to spell out the given word. Students are able to spell many different words using a variety of reading skills.
Download the Whack-a-Word sample phonics activity.
Jack the Rabbit needs help crossing the river. Students will help him jump to logs that use a specific reading skill. Once Jack reaches the vegetables on the other side of the river, he will dance for the students.
Download the River Run sample phonics game.
Students help Mr. Frog hop on lily pads to correctly spell a missing word from a given sentence. Students will be given hints along the way to help spell the word correctly.
Download the Letter Leap sample phonics activity.
Using a fl ashlight, students search a hidden scroll to find words that follow a speci fic reading skill. They will be able to mark the correct words and will be rated for how well they performed the task.
Download the Tomb Reader sample phonics game.