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Age 7 to 8
Literacy Bank 3
This CD has been specifically designed to make it easy for teachers to effectively integrate ICT into Literacy studies.
Containing 216 Word and Sentence level activities developed by teachers, this CD provides a wealth of short, structured activities that covers many areas of knowledge and understanding for students in Year 3.
This easy to use program also features printable worksheets and full record keeping for teachers.
Educational Outcomes:
Exercises focusing on:
* Adjectives
* Long vowel sounds
* Dictionary order
* Punctuation of sentences
* Plurals and singulars
* Words with silent letters* Opposites
* Spelling patterns
* Pronouns
* Conjunctions
* Verbs and verb endings
* Tenses
* Antonyms and synonyms
Literacy Bank 3 : Unlimited Site Licence
Age 8 to 9
With over 180 Word and Sentence level activities, the Literacy Bank 4 CD provides hours and hours of focused use!
Containing 180 Word and Sentence level activities developed in conjunction with the teachers, the CD provides a wealth of short, structured activities that cover many areas of knowledge and understanding for students in Year 4.Educational Outcomes:
Exercises focusing on:
* Irregular past tenses
* Possessive apostrophes
* Homophones
* Adjectival phrases
* Suffices and prefixes* Powerful verbs
* Word families
* Punctuation of speech
* Adverbs
Literacy Bank 4 : Unlimited Site Licence
Year 9 to 10
Literacy Bank 5 is extremely easy to set up and use for a very wide range of pupil abilities, and provides hours of practical, useful activities.
Containing 166 Word and Sentence level activities this CD provides a wealth of short, structured activities that covers Year 5 literacy studies. This is a valuable product which can be used for reinforcing ideas, assessment - or inspiration!
In addition, the design of the Literacy Bank title enables teachers to track the progress of pupils, making it a valuable management tool, assisting teachers in the organisation, delivery and monitoring of 'Independent Work' incorporated into their class.Educational Outcomes:
Exercises focusing on:
* Reported/direct speech
* Synonyms and antonyms
* Onomatopoeia
* Agreement within sentences
* Punctuation of complex sentences
* Auxiliary verbs* Prepositions
* Word families
* Finding 1st, 2nd and 3rd person
* Standard English
* Double negatives
Literacy Bank 5 : Unlimited Site Licence
Age 10 to 12
Containing 171 Word and Sentence level activities developed in conjunction with the National Literacy Association, the CD provides a wealth of short, structured activities that cover many areas of knowledge and understanding from the National Literacy Strategy for Year 6.
* Counting syllables / inserting unstressed syllables
* Correcting prefixes
* Meanings of prefixes
* Inserting connectives
* Old language
* Origins of words
* Words with common roots
* New words
* Standard English
* Formal language
* Reordering sentences
* Text styles
* Commas in complex sentences
* Punctuation of speech
* Purpose of text
* Passive / active verbs
* Imperative verbs
* Connectives
* Connecting devices
* Colons / Semicolons
* Using brackets
* Parenthetic commas
* Doubling consonants
* Final consonant (adding 'ing' 'er' 'ed')
* Choosing adjective / adverb
* Using known spellings
* Spelling patterns (hard and soft consonants)
* Spelling rules
* Spelling 'l' and 'ly' / 'ful' and 'fully'
* Spelling polysyllabic words
* Spelling 'ible' and 'able' words
* Building words from common roots
* Meaning of proverbs
* Prepositions
* Clauses
* Conditionals
* Changing past to future / future to past
* Transforming words
* Dictionary definitions
* Homophones
* Similes
* Metaphors
* Apostrophes
* Possessive apostrophe
* Subordinate clauses
Literacy Bank 6: Unlimited Site Licence
Age 10 to 12
Literacy Bank 7 contains over 180 focused Word and Sentence level activities and provides a wealth of short, structured activities that cover many areas of knowledge and understanding from the Framework for Teaching English for Year 7.
The CD-ROM offers activities of six different types: Edit, Identify, Question and Answer, Comprehension, Cloze and Quiz. The variation ensures that the program remains engaging, and that each curriculum objective is covered appropriately.
Literacy Bank 7: Unlimited Site Licence
Age 5 to 6
Literacy Box 1
Developed specifically for infants, Literacy Boxes contain a wealth of short, structured activities that cover many of the Word level objectives in the National Literacy Strategy.
The stimulating visual and aural activities are sure to keep pupils motivated, whilst built-in record keeping helps busy teachers keep track of their progress.
The CD-ROM allows teachers to select activities which will focus on the specific phoneme work being carried out in class.Features:
* Recognising rhyming patterns
* Identifying initial and final phonemes in CVC words
* Blending phonemes to read CVC words
* Spelling words containing initial consonant clusters
* Identifying, reading and spelling long vowel phonemes
Literacy Box 1 : Unlimited Site Licence
Age 6 to 7
Developed specifically for infants, Literacy Boxes contain a wealth of short, structured activities that cover many of the Word level objectives in the National Literacy Strategy.
The stimulating visual and aural activities are sure to keep pupils motivated, whilst built-in record keeping helps busy teachers keep track of their progress.
The CD-ROM allows teachers to select activities which will focus on the specific phoneme work being carried out in class.
Features:
* Recognising rhyming patterns
* Hearing and identifying initial phonemes
* Hearing and identifying final phonemes
* Letter/Sound association
* Alphabetic and phonic knowledge
Literacy Box 2 : Unlimited Site Licence
Age 4 to 5
Easy to use, focused and stimulating literacy activities for 4 to 5 year olds
Developed specifically for infants, Literacy Boxes contain a wealth of short, structured activities that cover many of the Word level objectives in the National Literacy Strategy.
The stimulating visual and aural activities are sure to keep pupils motivated, whilst built-in record keeping helps busy teachers keep track of their progress.
The CD-ROM allows teachers to select activities which will focus on the specific phoneme work being carried out in class.
Features:
* Recognising rhyming patterns
* Hearing and identifying initial phonemes
* Hearing and identifying final phonemes
* Letter/sound association
* Alphabetic and phonic knowledge
Literacy Box R : Unlimited Site Licence
Age 6 to 14
Mangodata is a powerful yet easy to use multi-user database for education. It allows pupils to easily create a database, enter information and then search the data to display results through a range of graphs. This information might include a class survey, historical census information or perhaps the results of a scientific investigation. There is a ‘live’ link between the graphs and the data so that when the data is changed, the graphs are automatically updated.
The multi-user feature allows different pupils to enter data into the same database at the same time. These pupils could be on the same network or perhaps in different schools or even different countries! When one user enters data into the database it is instantly displayed on every other user’s copy of Mangodata. The database can be password protected and, if necessary, access can be limited to selected users.Features:
* Multi-user database
* Teacher-configurable levels
* Data Explorer for easy searching and sorting of information
* Wide range of graphs including bar charts, pie charts and histograms
Mangodata : School Site Licence
Age 8 to 12
This fascinating, highly-interactive simulation is packed with top-quality graphics, photographs, animations and sound, all cleverly interlinked in an ingenious plot that changes every time you take up the challenge.
Produced by best-selling and award-winning educational software author Simon Hosler, Map Detectives is full of mystery, fun and exciting activities. It will be a sure favourite with your children.
"An interactive CD-ROM that teaches and develops geography, mapping and compass skills in an original way." - TES Primary
Features:
* Road, street & underground maps
* Grid references
* Distance and scale
* Map symbols
* Compass skills
Map Detectives: Rural Mystery : School Site Licence
Age 8 to 12
Rich Spangle's celebrity party was ruined when someone stole one of his most treasured possessions. Can your pupils use their geography and map reading skills to help track down the culprit?
The strengths of the original Map Detectives now blend with many great new features and enhancements, including an exciting 'Night time' mode, route planning tools, high-quality maps, and a 'Beat the clock' option.
Features:
* Map symbols
* Compass skills
* Distance and scale
* Grid references
* Night time option
* Explore mode
* Beat the clock option
* Route planning tools
Map Detectives: Urban Mystery : School Site Licence
Early Learning, History, Literacy Bank, Logo & Science, Numeracy Bank, Space Games
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