Dugout Collection from Sunburst Technology
Help students make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn with this four-volume series' emphasis on reading comprehension and writing skills. This rich multimedia series lets students progress at their optimal learning pace, ensuring that reading comprehension becomes a foundational learning skill. The dual themes of sports and friendship immediately engage students, as they read for meaning and write for understanding in The Dugout Collection:
The Anchor Story Volume 1:
Two children befriend each other through the shared activities in a video story presentation. Classroom discussion follows around themes of friendship. The Book Club encourages expressive, student-directed discussions through the program's electronic bulletin board and messaging system. Students brainstorm to complete the group writing challenge.
Thematic Short Stories Volume 2:
Sports biographies are the focus of this program's sequencing, retelling, and writing activities. The Writing Lab contains extensive pre-writing and process writing exercises that support students as they write in a variety of forms.
Language Skills Builders Volume 3:
Students develop reading strategies reading fiction and non-fiction pieces. They can take Batting Practice to improve skills with homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, compound words, prefixes, suffixes, and possessives.
Creating Original Stories Volume 4:
Students are encouraged to develop their own work in a variety of genres based on the themes of the collection. Great writing tools that students can individually access promote more independent writing habits. An electronic library lets students share their work and create portfolios of their work.
The Dugout Collection provides extensive support materials, including a teacher's CD-ROM and text-based teacher's guides filled with blackline masters, assessment rubrics, and creative lesson plans that correlate to state and national standards.
Systems Requirements:
Windows:
Win 95/Win 98/Win ME/Win 2000/Win NT
Macintosh:
Mac 8.1/Mac 8.6
Dugout Collection from Sunburst Technology
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