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Upfront Word Skills v1
The Upfront Word Skills series is comprised of 3 titles, each containing a comprehensive library of math activities for use with interactive whiteboards and other whole class teaching technologies. The series covers Language Arts curriculum for Preschool through 8th Grade and beyond.
Each title covers all essential Language Arts topics including Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation. Upfront Word Skills also includes activities specifically designed for early learners.
Site licenses provide the ability for teachers to install Upfront at home to make lesson prep easier.
Overview
Each title in the Upfront Word Skills series features a comprehensive library of teacher-created, standards-aligned interactive activities that provides thorough coverage of Language Arts curriculum for each relevant grade range. The activities include a wide variety of question types, including multiple-choice, drag-and-drop, missing answer, point-and-click, algorithms, quizzes, patterns and more.
The activities follow a scope & sequence so teachers can use it "right out of the box". Teachers can also use the Question List Editor to review the activities and create custom Question Lists for their classrooms. Question Lists can be shared across computers for use with interactive whiteboards, digital projectors, touch screens or display panels. Upfront Word Skills can also be used to create printable worksheets, making it even easier for students to follow along.
As a bonus, any purchase of a Site License allows schools' full-time teachers to install the program at home to make class prep even easier.
Key Features
Standards-Aligned Language Arts Content
- Over 3,000 carefully-crafted activities targeting specific learning objectives and linked to standards.
- Builds vital practical language skills and promotes confidence in understanding and using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
- Promotes higher-order language thinking and problem-solving skills
- Covers most word skills curriculum outcomes, including:
Powerful Teaching Tools for Use with Interactive Whiteboards
- Question List Editor allows teachers to browse libraries and build custom lesson plans for classroom use
- Questions are organized by Grade Range, Category and Level making it easy to locate the rigth content
- Built-in Search functionality makes it even easier to hone in on the right questions
- Question lists can be exported and shared across computers and classrooms
- Projection Controls allow for automatic or manual question progression, giving teachers control over the classroom experience
- Question lists can be turned into worksheets and handouts using a simple wizard.
- Every Site License purchase includes a free copy for teachers to install at home, making class prep even more convenient.
Learning Objectives
Language Arts Content for Kindgarten through 8th Grade
- Covers most word skills curriculum outcomes, including:
- Letter tracking, matching, sorting and recognition
- Preparatory skills for very young readers and spellers
- Spelling patterns & rules, including phonics
- Prefixes & suffixes
- Synonyms & antonyms
- Homophones, homographs, homonyms
- Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, connectives
- Regular and irregular verbs
- Word origins including idioms, clichés, metaphors, similes, etc
- Punctuation
- Grammar conventions
Upfront Word Skills I
- Ages 5-7
- Builds vital practical language skills through a carefully-sequenced introduction to letters, phonic groups and words
- Over 1,100 activities covering 3 years of schooling
- Contains 7 carefully-sequenced levels with categories covering:
- Letter tracking, matching, sorting and recognition
- Preparatory skills for very young readers and spellers
- Spelling patterns and rules, including phonics
- Vocabulary development
- Elementary sentence-building, grammar and punctuation
Awards
2009 Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Awards Finalist: Language Arts / Reading
2009 Bessie Award Winner: Whiteboard Utility - Language Arts
System Requirements
PC
Windows 2000/XP/Vista, 500Mhz Processor or faster, 256MB RAM (512MB recommended).
Mac
OS X (PowerPC or Intel Mac) 10.4/10.5 or later, 500Mhz Processor or faster, 256MB RAM (512MB recommended).
