Reading Explorers 1: Assignment Oceans from Gamco
A Guided Reading Experience!
Reading Explorers incorporates a multi-level approach to developing reading comprehension skills.
1. Instruction
In the Instruction phase, the program automatically:
- Explains questions and how to find answers.
- Incorporates concept maps during or after stories for visual aids and skill reinforcement.
- Presents key vocabulary terms and definitions.
- Gives detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answer choices.
- Refers students to highlighted text for answer help.
2. Practice
Upon the students’ request, in the Practice phase, the program:
- Presents open-ended prediction questions before each passage and reviews after each passage.
- Allows students to review vocabulary.
- Encourages students to identify and highlight key words, phrases, and sentences to correctly answer questions.
3. Application
In the Application phase, the program:
- Reads the questions and answer choices.
- Provides visual feedback for answer choices.
- Exposes students to standardized test formats.
Reading Explorers 1: Assignment Oceans
Key Skills include:
- Main Idea
- Vocabulary
- Predicting Outcomes
- Sequence
- 18 Skills
Reading Explorers 1: Assignment Oceans is part of the Reading Explorers Series
Reading Explorers Series
Travel through six exciting reading environments!
This new series helps young readers acquire and enhance 42 literal, inferential, critical and visual reading skills through a multiple-step guided reading approach. Students progress through text introductions and predictions, vocabulary development, focused reading, skill and open-ended questions, peer discussion groups, and culminating critical thinking activities as they travel through each grade-specific environment. Narrative, informational, persuasive/ argumentative, and everyday/work texts are grade-appropriate.
Includes pretests and instruction, practice, and application stages that ensure that students are properly challenged. A complete management system and extensive use of voice and illustrations enhance this robust package.
Series Features
- Program models Guided Reading strategies to teach key skills.
- Rich oral language and focused feedback included.
- Integrates multiple-choice and open-ended question formats.
- Activities include surveys, character studies, and vocabulary quiz games.
- Narrative, informational, persuasive, and work text passages are covered.
- Resource tools include journals and interactive concept maps.
Series Applications
- Introduces and expands reading comprehension development.
- Naturally integrates reading and writing in context.
- Incorporates learning styles to promote student interest and success.
Series Management
- Records progress per passage type and skill.
- Choose instructional levels.
- Determine order and quantity of passage types
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Macintosh
- System 8 or higher
- Server OS: Appleshare, Novell or NT
- 32MB RAM
- 4x or faster CD-ROM Drive
- Speakers
- Printer
Windows
- Pentium 133 or faster
- Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000
- Server OS: Novell, NT, or WIN 2000
- 32MB RAM
- 4x or faster CD-ROM Drive
- Speakers
- Printer
Reading Explorers 1: Assignment Oceans from Gamco
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