Other options include modifying the level a student is working on and changing the learning mode from sequential to exploratory. Have students make up their own poems using words from the program. With so much emphasis on early reading, it's easy to forget that sometimes older kids need a little extra help, too. Reading Blaster Vocabulary offers the assistance they need. In this series of six mysteries, junior detectives build their vocabulary skills as they mingle with party guests and recover clues stashed in various rooms of a haunted mansion.
Students earn a clue when they successfully complete an activity.
Students will love the program's clever animation, mystery theme music, amusing characters, and engaging activities. The teacher's edition provides additional vocabulary practice in the form of 36 reproducible activities and a suggested reading list. Jamie Keller, a former teacher, is an educational software reviewer. She also volunteers as a writing workshop leader at her local elementary school.