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Award
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Parent's
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Film Advisory Board- Award of Excellence |
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Mac
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Phonics 2b is a Mac and PC compatible program. (PC requires Pentium 166 MHz with Windows 95 or higher including Windows Vista. Macintosh requires Power PC 120 MHz with system 8.1 or higher. MAC OSX native or classic 8.1or 9.) Lab packs and secure network versions are available. |
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| Learn
the Words |
The "Learn the Words" sections help build vocabulary and allow the students to see and hear how the words are formed by sounds, syllables and in a sentence. Students place their cursor over the word the hear the name and sound of the word. They place their cursor over the sounds in the word to hear each of the sounds, they can also move their cursor through the sounds to blend out the sounds of the word. They place their cursor over the syllables to hear the sounds of the syllables. The word is then presented in context in a sentence, the student can place their cursor over each word to hear that word and they can click on the sentence icon to hear the sentence read at normal speed.
At the end of the "Learn the Words" is a Speed Round . The Speed Rounds are one minute timed tests of the words and their use in the lesson. |
| Activities and Games |
| Phonics 2b uses a wide variety of activities and games to throughly engage the student, make learning fun, and give the student ample practice using the concepts presented in the lesson. Activities are generally a good warm up for the games, they are usually easier and not timed. The games of Phonics 2b are some of the most exciting and challenging games available in educational software. They not only test the knowledge of the lesson but employ the use of gaming skills. A quiz is offered as a option for students who find the game too challenging. Students earn a bronze star for completing the activity or game, a Silver Star for completing with compentency, and a Gold Star for mastery of the game and lesson. Students can repeat an activity or game to earn a higher level star. |
| Interactive Lessons: Story/Presentations |
| The instruction is presented in an interactive story format so that the students remain engaged while they build a story and the lesson. The stories star the "Super Star Kids" and are mini movies, except in these movies the student is involved in making selections and answering questions. From "The Revenge of the Brocolli" to the "Plurals Palace", the stories will engage while instructing the students. Students are not penalized for for getting a wrong answer in this section. These gold stars are very easy to the story/presentation, he/she will earn a gold star. These gold stars are very eash to earn, but the idea is to let the student earn some gold stars to help encourage them to earn all of the gold stars. Once a presentation is complete, students can review the material using the fast forward and rewind buttons. |
| Teachers and Parents Features |
| Teachers' and Parents' section includes the following:
- An explanation of the Super Star System
- Print pages for all of the activities (there are numerous activity print pages)
- Pre-test and Post-test*
- Student Management and Administration with class reports*
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