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ePenQuin's latest release of 12 software titles brings the Waterford K—6 school system to every desktop. Children from the ages of 4 to 12 can build solid foundations for critical thinking skills, reading and comprehension and creative writing.

For over 15 years ePenQuin has been developing the most effective educational solutions. The Waterford school program is now on CD providing effective instructional paths and teaching critical thinking skills to children on desktops everywhere.
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Wordplay Reading I - Description of the Course
Readiness: Visual Discrimination
Letter Match activity presents five new letters and a review. Students identify the letter in the top row that matches the target letter below.
Readiness: Letter Recognition
Letter Find presents new letters and a review. Students see five new letters one at a time, then are asked verbally to select a particular letter from the group.
Readiness: Order And Sequence
Picture Stories are designed for kindergarten level students. Students see two pictures from a three-picture story and select the final picture from three possibilities.
Phonics: Initial Consonants and Terminal Consonants
Letter Sounds - Students hear the name of a consonant or the sound it makes at the beginning of a word and at the end of a word. Then they must select the picture that represents the initial consonant and the terminal consonant.
Phonics: Vowels
Students hear the name of a vowel or the sound it makes in a word. Then they must select the picture that represents the vowel.
Phonics: Phonograms I
Sound Patterns are designed for first grade level students. Each activity contains two spelling patterns and a review. Students first learn the sound an initial or terminal spelling pattern makes. Then they must choose the picture that represents the word containing the sound pattern being studied.
Sight Words: Recognition
Sight Words begin in the first grade level and continue into the third grade level. Each activity introduces three new words and provides a review of previous activities. Students first see the new words in context. Then they must select the word that is spoken by the computer from three words seen on the screen.
Sight Words: In Context
Sight Word Sentences - Each activity presents three new words and a review. Students are shown a picture and a corresponding sentence that contains one or more of the target sight words. They must recognize and select the sight word in the sentence.


Description Of the Wordplay
Reading II course
Comprehension: Literal/Inferential
Comprehension: Predicting/Concluding
Comprehension: Analytical Reading
Comprehension: Critical Reading
Comprehension: Study/Answer Strategy
Literature: Comprehension/Appreciation


Comprehension: Literal/Inferential
(What They Don't Say) In this type of activity, students must answer a multiple-choice question for each page of a story. The student must draw a conclusion, make a prediction, make an inference, find a cause for an effect, or perform some related inferential task. Students must then justify their answers by selecting key words.
Comprehension: Predicting/Concluding (Picture This) Students learn to test hypotheses. They see a segment of text and four pictures. As more text is added, students must accept or reject each picture as a possible outcome for the story. Students must justify each choice by selecting key words.
Comprehension: Analytical Reading
(Cut It Out) Students read a story containing material that violates the writer's purpose in a variety of ways. Students must identify and delete the sentences that do not belong.
Comprehension: Critical Reading This type of activity reinforces evaluation skills. Students are required to determine the major premise of a persuasive passage, judge the criteria that must be met in order to prove the premise, and evaluate how well those criteria are met. Students must then answer a summary question.





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