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Classroom Adaptation

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Sandra Greenwald (happy)

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Date Posted: 14:51:38 04/29/12 Sun

While doing assignment#3/Classroom Adaptation, the school that I work at after-school, recently started a helpful program. The program is called "Scientific Learning-FastForWord" for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. Exercises are done on the computer with headphones. The object is to exercise the brain. I find that this program is great for struggling learners, English language learners and children with dyslexia mild to moderate. One of the exercises is called "Chicken Dog". The object is, Chicken Dog is a hot dog stand that makes its customers spell words for their food. The student helps sell hot dogs as they complete word spellings. The task is, the student clicks the yelllow paw on the cash register. A hot dog appears with an incomplete target word displayed on it. The target word is then pronounced. The student must click the condiment container displaying the correct missing letters. The student gets 5 choices. The less mistakes the student makes, the more points he/she gets. As the student progresses, he/she goes up a level. We do the exercises for 30 minutes each day. Where the exercises can be helpful and fun in the beginning, they can be tedious and eventually boring. I try to encourage the students and tell them they are progressing to keep them motivated. Some of the exercises deal primarily with sound and others test their memory. The website should you be interested is www.scientificlearning.com. There is also a home version called Brain Pro.

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