imagine it! find out more about the core reading and language … · 2015-09-08 · r80002467 0608...

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Find out more about the Imagine It! core reading and language arts program.

Call your SRA sales representative at 1-888-SRA-4543and visit ImagineItReading.com

Free Demo Disc Inside!

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Insert this disc to see a demonstration of the full spectrum of SRA/McGraw-Hill’s Imagine It! Technology package.

The components of the Imagine It! technology package:• Enhance instruction• Provide advanced ways to organize, prepare, and teach lessons• Offer opportunities to enrich learning and interaction with students

Explore a new world of teaching with today’s most advanced classroom technology

Take a tour ofImagine It!

Technology

ePlanner

eBackground Builders

eTeacher’s Edition

ePresentation

eAssess

eProfessional Development

eStudent Reader

eSkills & eGames

eInquiry

eFluency

eFrom A to Z

eAlphabet Book

eAlphabet Sound Cards

eSound/Spelling Cards

ePre-Decodables/Decodables

eDecodable Stories

Imagine It! technology components include:

ImagineItReading.com

Imagine It! Technology Sampler Introductory Screen

For the Teacher For the Student

This demonstration disc requires Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Mac OS X.

Get Started

Save preparation and organization time

Use this interactive planner to create and print yearly, monthly, and daily lesson plans.This time-saving tool reduces preparation and planning by giving you smart, intuitivefeatures, including prepopulated lessons and links to Blackline Masters.

The dynamic online version of ePlanner contains an even richer technology toolbox:

Allows you to plan lessons from anywhere

Offers a Lesson Search based on state standard, topic, keyword,or lesson number

Includes an export function to print or e-mail your lessons to others

Includes a high-level correlation to each state’s standards

Shows objectives/materials/vocabulary for each day’s instruction

Allows you to shift all lesson plans automatically dueto holidays, snow days, etc.

Grades Pre-K–6 • Available Online and on CD-ROM

ePlanner

ePlanner, Grade 1

ePlanner, Grade 6

For the Teacher


Export lesson plans to common programs such as Excel or your e-mail, or simply print your lessons

Save notes for each lesson that you can reference for years to come

Access other materials needed to complete the lesson and view state standards for each lesson

ePlanner, Grade 3Quickly and easily plan, organize, and access daily, weekly, and monthly lesson plans

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Use the Notes field to leave tips and information for the substitute for each planning day—all without ever leaving your home!

eXtrabenefits for teachers!

Need to prepare for a substitute teacher? The online version of ePlanner allows you to plan and access lessons from home.


Provide background knowledge with engaging videos

Each eBackground Builder video is linked from the online ePlanner for easy integration into your lesson planning.

Full-color videos provide important background information for each unit

Simple navigation allows you to easily select other units

eBackground Builder, Grade K

eBackground Builder, Grade 2

eBackground Builder, Grade 5

eBackground Builders offer a wonderful resource to enhance instruction with real images and video clips based on each unit’s theme. Use the videos to provide background information about the unit theme and prepare students for the concepts they are about to learn.


Exit the video atany time

Pause, stop, fast-forward, rewind, and adjust the volume at any point inthe video

Use the Zoom tool to get a closer look at the video

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For the Teacher

eBackground Builders

eTeacher’s Edition

Speed up preparation and save time on every lesson

The eTeacher’s Edition makes planning, preparing, and reviewing lessons easier and faster than ever before. The convenient electronic format allows you to access the entire Teacher’s Edition with built-in, powerful convenience tools.

An Electronic Table of Contents makes it easy to quickly find andselect the lesson you want to teach

The Notes feature allows you to make and store notes with each lesson

A Highlight tool lets you isolate specific areas on each page

Need to prepare for lessons from home? The online version of the eTeacher’s Edition is accessible from home so you can review and prepare for upcoming lessons—you can even make and save notes online!


Simple, intuitive navigation buttons make it easy to explore the eTeacher’s Edition, view pages or spreads, and zoom in or out

Use the Highlight tool to draw

attention to specific areas on the page

eTeacher’s Edition, Grade 1



Use the Notes tool to enter and save notes on teaching the lesson that

you can access at any time


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For the Teacher

Discover a whole new teaching format

The Imagine It! ePresentation turns the main features of the Teacher’s Edition into an electronic format that puts the power of instruction at your fingertips.

The electronic format increases the efficiency of classroom instruction

It provides a dynamic way to enhance print instruction

A user-friendly presentation style is simple to navigate

Handy features include a toolbox of important and frequently used materials such as Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, and Routine Cards

Electronic Teacher Tips offer suggestions and methods for enhancing instruction within each lesson.


Visual cues help you lead students through the concepts and skills they are learning

Reveal answers to comprehension questions so the entire class can participate in answering

ePresentation, Morning Message

ePresentation, Blending Lines

ePresentation, Decodables


Easy-to-navigate format doesn’t slow down your planning and teaching

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For the Teacher

ePresentation

Quickly build tests and monitor student progress

With eAssess, you’ll have the flexibility and speed to generate customized tests that are quickly and automatically scored and stored! You’ll save time by using or modifying existing question banks,and a variety of automatic reports that help track student progress and offer effective remediationsuggestions.

eAssess offers you advanced features, including:

Report generating for individual students or an entire classroom

Ability to review how students perform by indicating the grading scale and reviewing how students do by standard, question, etc.

State-specific test formats

Grouping and Remediation Reports to inform you how to structure classroom groups

Gains Reports to show student performance over time

Looking for ways to differentiate assessment for each student?

With eAssess you can customize any assessment for the entire classroom or for individual students to test them on specific areas, concepts, and skills.


Select from a variety of results reporting formats including charts and graphs

Bright, colorful reports help simplify student results

CD-ROM

eAssess

CD-ROM

eAssess

eAssess Online, Progress Reporter

eAssess, Report Creation

eAssess, ExamView Test Generator

Generate your own custom tests or select from existing tests or questions

Creating reports is easy with simple instructions and navigation

CD-ROM

eAssess


You also can view group or individual reports

eAssess, Results Report

Online

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For the Teacher

eAssessGrades 1–6 • Available Online and on CD-ROM

Engage students with interactive lessons

Now you can bring the lessons within Imagine It! to life for your students through a dynamic eStudent Reader. Using Flash-based software, you and your students will be able to review large-screen projections of the Student Reader content in an interactive format. It combines exciting visuals, interactivity, and audio content to make each lesson entertaining as well as educational.

An Electronic Table of Contents makes it easy to quickly find and select thelesson you want to teach

The Zoom tool allows you to focus attention and review specific content

Vocabulary words can be isolated using the Highlight tool and defined using the Glossary tool

Audible reading selections on each page allow the entire classroom to hear recordings of the reading selections

All glossary or vocabulary words within each reading selection are linked to an audio file for quick and easy review to enhance teaching on the go.


eStudent Reader, Grade 2



Return to the Table of Contents from any lesson at any time


The Glossary tool is used to bring up definitions

of vocabulary words for each grade level


Simply click on any lesson within the Table of Contents to go directly to the lesson

Select any vocabulary word to hear the definition

Audio reading selections allow students to hear

recorded passages

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Grades 1–6 • Available Online and on CD-ROM

For the Teacher

eStudent Reader

Use the Highlight tool to display vocabulary words from the lesson

Start students learning with fun practice

eSkills & eGames put hundreds of fun, learning-based activities at your students’ fingertipsto keep them practicing key skills in phonics, spelling, writing, and vocabulary.

Deepen understanding in core skills areas

Hundreds of different activities provide ample practice and learning opportunities

The fun format of eGames keeps students engaged while they practice multiple skills eXtrabenefits for teachers!

Because eSkills & eGames are based on the Scope and Sequence, each activity targets skills covered within the lesson you’re teaching.

At any time during the skill or game, students can get help

eGame, Grade 4 — Lock Out

eGame, Grade K — Gopher It!

eSkill, Grade 3 — Word Vault


Games and skills directly reinforce lesson concepts students have just reviewed

Grade-appropriate game formats provide fun activities at every level

Fun game formats like tic-tac-toe engage students while they learn

The audio option allows students to hear the question being posed

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For the Student

eSkills & eGames

eSkill, Grade 1 — Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe

Challenge students with higher-order thinking

The activities within eInquiry challenge students to enhance their creative and critical thinking skills while learning how to find answers to their own questions.

Each activity contains a themed project for students to complete individually or in small groups

Web links within the eInquiry activities are used to gather information

Students record their findings and notes in a PDF notebook throughout the project

Students report results as presentations to the class in a variety of formats

The varied and engaging topics of the eInquiry projects give students important cross-curricular exposure in subject areas such as science, social studies, and more!


Grades 1–6 • Available Online Only

A PDF version of a project notebook is provided with each project for students to record their notes, questions, and answers

eInquiry, Grade 1

Each step of the project is clearly labeled and visible

Students follow on-screen prompts to complete each step of the project

Research, exploration, and investigation are part of each project

eInquiry, Grade 4

eInquiry, Grade 6 Clear questions and instructions guide students through project completion


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For the Student

eInquiry

Monitor fluency with fast results

Simple navigation makes it easy for students to select a unit and lesson

eFluency, Grade 1

Return to the lesson to make a new selection

eFluency gives you an exceptional tool for monitoring fluency at any point in instruction. Students will record themselves reading passages from the Fluency Readers; then you’ll use the eFluency software to:

Listen to individual students’ audio recordings

Review data on words read per minute, total words, and words recorded

eFluency, Grade 6

Students scroll along with the text selection as they audio record themselves


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Grades 1–6 • Available Online Only

For the Student

eFluency

Students follow simple instructions to record themselves

Looking for additional ways to save time in the classroom? Students can record their eFluency readings during small group time and you can review them later at your convenience.


eFrom A to Z eAlphabet BookGrades Pre-K • Available Online and on CD-ROM

Keep students learning with fun practice

Give students valuable opportunities to practice key spelling, letter, and sound skills on their own. Each program translates the print cards into a fun, interactive experience using animation, music, and audio recordings of the stories and jingles.

Students learn each letter of the alphabet with a cheerful rhyme and cartoon

KGrade

Grade

Pre-K

eAlphabet Book, Grade K

Each letter is represented by readily identifiable objects and animals, with sound and spelling properties shown on the back of each card

eSound/Spelling Cards, Grades 1–3


The online versions of the eAlphabet Sound Cards, eSound/Spelling Cards, eAlphabet Books, and eFrom A to Z are linked from the ePlanner to provide quick and easy access as you are preparing to teach the lessons.


1 – 3

Grades

eFrom A to Z, Grade Pre-K

eAlphabet Sound Cards, Grades Pre-K–K

Pre-K – K

Grades

A memorable jingle is animated for each letter of the alphabet

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For the Student

This interactive version of the Big Book delights children with charming songs and animations

Grades K • Available Online and on CD-ROM

eAlphabet Sound Cards eSound/Spelling CardsGrades Pre-K–K • Available Online and on CD-ROM Grades 1–3 • Available Online and on CD-ROM


For the StudentPractice reading skills independently

Because students can practice independently at their own pace, not only do they build reading skills but they also build confidence in their abilities.


Students enjoy bright, full-color illustrations

Even the youngest students follow the simple navigation tools

ePre-Decodables/Decodables and eDecodable Stories provide students with valuable independent reading practice by turning the Pre-Decodable and Decodable Books into a handy electronic format.

Read Mode allows students to click on specific words to hear pronunciations

In Listen Mode, students listen to audio recordings of the stories


Older students have access to more challenging, age-appropriate texts

eDecodable, Grade 3 — Strange Stuff

eDecodable, Grade K — School

eDecodable, Grade 1 — A Red Fox

It’s simple to exit any story and select a new title

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ePre-Decodables/DecodableseDecodable Stories

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Find out more about the Imagine It! core reading and language arts program.

Call your SRA sales representative at 1-888-SRA-4543and visit ImagineItReading.com

Free Demo Disc Inside!

imagine it! find out more about the core reading and language … · 2015-09-08 · r80002467 0608...

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