Clear
Fork ElementaryClear
Fork ElementaryStudents
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Software
Programs Available to Students
Compass Learning
Microsoft Office
Netscape Communicator or Internet ExplorerInternet browser used by students to access the Internet.The Print Shop (on teacher machines)Easy-to-use tool for creating professional-looking handouts, signs, posters, banners, calendars and many other helpful documents.Type to Learn, Type to Learn Jr., and Type for FunKeyboarding program that teaches the proper keyboarding techniques by combining a demonstration of the reach for each new key with the actual typing of the student.McGraw-Hill PhonicsChildren explore phonics concepts such as initial, medial, and final sounds, rhyming words, and spelling.Accelerated ReaderA computer program that tests students who have read books by presenting them with multiple choice questions about the books.Learn About Life Science: PlantsWelcome to the world of plants! Software that teaches parts of a plant, including roots, leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers. Students learn where and how plants grow and even how they make their own food.Learn About Earth Science: WeatherStudents use software to learn all about how weather changes with the seasons, how different kinds of weather form, and how people predict the weather.Learn About Physical Science: Matter, Measurement, and MixturesWelcome to the world of matter, measurement, and mixtures! Learn what matter is, what molecules are, the forms matter takes (i.e., solid, liquid, or gas), how matter changes shape, and how mixtures and compounds are formed.Learn About Life Science: The Human BodyStudents use software to learn about various organs and parts, as well as the process that take place in the major systems of the body.A Field Trip To EarthInvestigate planet Earth--inside & out--from its sizzling inner core, to its shaking and quaking crust, to the darkest depths of the oceans' abyssal plains. Learn about Earth's history and its place in our solar system. Learn what scientists already know about such things as volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, earthquakes, fossilization, and glacial melt, and learn what they still are trying to figure out.A Field Trip To The SeaInvestigate the world's oceans, from sandy and rocky shores, to tidepools and coral reefs, to the open sea and deep ocean abyss. Learn what makes ocean ecosystems so unique and how marine creatures adapt to their salty, cold, dark habitats. Learn why and how our oceans are in danger and what can be done to save them.Easy Book DeluxeA unique book publishing program that allows students to write, illustrate, and print their work in book form. Helps motivate students and gives them a sense of pride and ownership in their written work.Math BlasterStudents help "save the galaxy" as they use problem-solving, estimating, and equation-building skills to develop confidence and conquer the next level of computational math. Realistic challenges engage students to apply basic operations, data interpretation, and geometry skills.Perfect CopyA software tool that helps improve students core writing skills. Working at a computer, students edit real-life articles andpassages from published literature. Wild West Math Skills reinforcement software used to develop and refine fundamental
math skills.
The Super Science ShowThird, fourth, and fifth grade science objectives are reviewed using this software with emphasis on both knowledge and logic skills.Library Databases
A to ZapUsed in our Special Education classrooms to develop language skills.
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Clear Fork Elementary School contact: Suzanne Gaddis
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Last updated April 19, 2006 |