Features & Benefits:"A Whale of a Tale: Leap into
Language 1" is an interactive Language Arts
multimedia program designed to encourage students to
discover reading, writing, and listening strategies with
assistance from cartoon characters. The program
emphasizes reading strategies in the context of rhyming
poems. Remedial and enrichment activities are integral
components of the program. Sophia the Lobster
introduces thirteen "Just for Fun" games while Jerry
the Jellyfish offers twenty pieces
of whale trivia for the student to read and listen to.
"Read to Me" buttons are available in all
sections.
"Leap into Language
1" is divided into seven sections:
1. Letter Sounds
2. Making Words
3. Language Activities
4. Fill in the Word (Cloze)
5. Learn to Read
6. Stories and Questions
7. Just for Fun
- Letter Sounds:
Students are introduced to initial consonants
(primary and secondary spellings), initial
consonant digraphs, and consonants in the final
position.
- Making Words:
Cedric the Starfish loves to play with
words. Students make words by adding a letter at
the beginning and end of a word, play with turn
around words, "pot" and
"top", and select rhyming words to
complete four line poems.
- Language
Activities: Adding –ed, -ing, and
–s to a word changes the way the word works
in a sentence. Students have to make choices when
adding the endings. Plurals are introduced in a
novel way in this section.
- Fill in the Word
(Cloze): With the help of several
characters, students select the correct word from
a word list to fill in a number of rhyming poems.
- Learn to Read:
Little Blue wants to learn how to read. Miranda
the Sea Otter leads Little Blue
through early reading behaviours, e.g.,
holding a book properly, reading from left to
right, words, and spaces between words. Miranda
explains lower case and capital letters and how
words must be put in a certain order to make
sense.
- Stories and
Questions: Mommy Blue and Little
Blue have a frightening experience with
Killer Whales. Students are asked questions and
they must select the correct answers. There is an
emphasis upon inferential comprehension.
- Just for Fun :
- Alpha Fun Level: A, B,
& C
- Making Words
Level: A & B
- Match the Letters Level: A
& B
- Letter Partners Level: A
& B
- Rhyming Words Level: A&
B
- Alpha Order Level: A &
B
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