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At Happy Kids, drill and practice software can easily be integrated into the ASLA classroom. Use these programs in lieu of a worksheet or Practice Book activity. They work well as a learning center to give unassisted practice while you focus on students working on a more challenging activity. Try out the resources below.
Drill and practice software provides exercises where students typically work through example items and receive feedback on their responses. Feedback in drill and practice software typically signals correctness, but can be more detailed by offering additional explanation or detail. These types of applications operate like digital versions of flashcards or repetitive workbook activities.
Drill and practice software offers some considerable advantages over similar non-digital classroom activities. Many of these applications can be found for free online. They offer an opportunity to extend your classroom to the students' home by offering a resource to review content with only a URL from the teacher. Drill and practice software is typically more interesting to students than similar classroom activities because the computer activity not only has the novelty of the computer going for it, but also typically has eye-catching graphics and animations that can better hold student interest. These programs can also be a real time saver for teachers because they provide immediate feedback to the entire class as the students work independently. Not only is immediate feedback much more beneficial for students, but it saves you, the teacher, all that time grading worksheets or offering verbal feedback.
Starfall
Starfall
Vocabulary.com
Vocabulary.com is a website that allows teachers to build vocabulary lists their students to practice in a drill and practice format. The site gives students the option to practice the words' definitions and spelling. This resource is best suited for grades 5 and up at Happy Kids as the definitions and interface are challenging for young learners. The Middle School Program uses Vocabulary.com extensively for their vocabulary practice and instruction.
Starfall is an amazing online resource for teachers of young children. It's content focuses mainly on preschoolers through about grade 3 or 4 and covers phonics, reading, and basic math skills. While not all activities on the site are free, the core of it is. This resource is very effective in Day Program as a computer center for practicing phonics and other target skills. First and second graders in the ASLA Program could also benefit from some of the practice activities during a short trip to the computer lab or as a learning station in the classroom.
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