What are some special features of Edmark?
Level 1 has 4 components with increasing difficulty at each level: Word Recognition: Student pairs visuals/pictures with words. Phrase Cards: Student matches pictures to a phrase containing the new target sight word. Sentence Cards: Student reads the sentences and matches them to a picture. Story Books: Stories start with 3 sentences increasing to several paragraphs. Level 2 contains: The same components as Level 1 but does not have pictures to match sight words. Stories at this level start with 2-3 paragraphs and contain yes/no questions. Every child gets a student workbook with all the lessons. The teacher tracks student progress and determines which lessons the students needs to review. This program teaches sight-word learning, rather than using a phonetic approach. The CD-ROM allows for carry over to other classrooms, so lessons may continue in other environments.
