Each edition of this growing collection of apps features a language arts “school” or strand of focused instruction, hosted by one of our exclusive “tutors.” 

Schools currently available include Usage University, Language Lab, Comprehension College, Mechanic’s Shop, and Writer’s Studio. 

Instructional content is delivered by way of… 

• 3D-Style, Page-Turning Books
• Interactive Timelines
• Accordion-Style Interactions 
  

Opportunities for student interactivity during practice activities and summative evaluations include… 

• Drag and Drop Matching educational apps
• Multiple Choice educational apps
• Multiple Response educational apps
• Drag and Drop Sequencing
• Fill in the Blanks
• Drop Down Choices educational apps
• Touch Target Hotspots educational apps
• Interactive Word Banks educational apps

All interactive review activities and quizzes yield recordable scores, and those scores may also be printed. Additionally, students are given the opportunity to compare their answers with the correct choices. 

The slideshow below contains sample screenshots from a few of the schools currently available.

• define and give examples of homonyms.
• distinguish the meanings of to, two, and too.
• distinguish the meanings of accept and except.
• distinguish the meanings of lose and loose.
• select the appropriate target words in given contexts.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include 2 Levels of Word Bank Shuffle (drag and drop) and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

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Purchase: Usage University 1

• define context.
• explain why context clues are important.
• identify 4 types of context clues.
• distinguish direct, example, synonym and antonym context clues.
• use context clues to define unfamiliar words.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include 2 levels of Snap Sticks (drag and drop) and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

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Purchase: Comprehension College 1

• recognize that commas are sometimes used to eliminate confusion.
• use commas correctly after sentence introductions.
• use commas correctly with items written in a series.
• use commas correctly in dates and addresses.
• place commas correctly in sample sentences.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include 1 Level of Target Spots (tap to place), 1 level of Snap Sticks (drag and drop) and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

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Purchase: Mechanic's Shop 1

• recall and sequence the five steps in the writing process.
• discuss activities to take during each of the steps.
• recognize the importance of identifying purpose and audience.
• list at least 4 methods for writing an intriguing lead.
• recognize the importance of revising and proofreading.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include 2 Levels of Stick Stack (drag and drop) and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

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Purchase: Writer's Studio 1

Upon completion of instruction, students will be able to…

• define fiction as a unique type of literature.
• recognize that plot is a series of related events comprising a story.
• recall the two components of setting.
• distinguish the protagonist from the antagonist.
• give examples of complications in fiction.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include 2 levels of SnapSticks (drag and drop into correct matching pairs) and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz). 

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Purchase: Reader's Voyage 1

• define nouns.
• define concrete and abstract nouns.
• recognize that nouns can serve as subjects or objects.
• distinguish four different types of nouns.
• identify nouns in given contexts.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include Target Spots (tap to identify), Snap Sticks (drag and drop), and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

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Purchase: Language Lab: Nouns

• define pronouns.
• recognize that all pronouns have antecedents.
• identify pronouns correctly in sample sentences.
• distinguish first, second, and third person personal pronouns.
• recognize possessive pronouns.
• locate subject and object pronouns.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include Target Spots (tap to identify), Snap Sticks (drag and drop), and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

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Purchase: Language Lab: Pronouns 

• define adjectives.
• identify the two parts of speech that adjectives describe.
• list the three questions that adjectives answer about the words they describe.
• recognize that adjectives may come before or after the words they describe.
• list common adjective suffixes.
• recognize that articles are also adjectives.
• identify adjectives in sample sentences.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include Word Bank (tap to place), Target Spots (tap to locate), and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

Download a Free, Fully-Functioning Demo

Purchase: Language Lab: Adjectives 

• define verbs.
• list two types of action verbs.
• recognize the three basic tenses of verbs.
• list samples of linking verbs.
• distinguish helping verbs and main verbs.
• identify verb phrases in sample sentences.
• recognize that verbs are required in every predicate.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include Word Bank (tap to place), Snap Sticks (drag and drop), and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz).

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Purchase: Language Lab: Verbs

• list the three parts of speech that adverbs describe.
• list the four questions that adverbs answer about the words that they describe.
• demonstrate how to find adverbs that describe three parts of speech.
• recognize a common suffix used with adverbs.
• recognize appropriate locations for adverbs in sentences.
• identify adverbs in sample sentences.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include Target Words (tap to locate), Snap Sticks (drag and drop), and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz). 

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Purchase: Language Lab: Adverbs

• identify prepositions that are positional words.
• recognize prepositions that are not positional in nature.
• recognize that objects of prepositions can be nouns or pronouns.
• demonstrate how to locate objects of prepositions.
• distinguish prepositional phrases used as adjectives and adverbs.
• identify prepositional phrases in sample sentences.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include Target Words (tap to locate), Snap Sticks (drag and drop), and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz). 

Download a Free, Fully-Functioning Demo

Purchase: Language Lab: Prepositions

• list the seven coordinating conjunctions.
• define acronym and explain how it relates to conjunctions.
• recognize conjunctions that connect words, phrases, and clauses.
• define independent clause, run on sentence, and compound sentence.
• define and give examples of interjections.
• identify conjunctions and interjections in sample sentences.
• demonstrate mastery by successfully completing an online evaluation.

Online practice and evaluation activities include Word Bank (tap to drag and place), Snap Sticks (drag and drop), and 1 Scholar Board (a 10-question, multiple-choice quiz). 

Download a Free, Fully-Functioning Demo

Purchase: Language Lab: Conjunctions and Interjections 

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