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Introducing The Word Monsters, a new andinnovative series of interactive, decodable readers! Join Tag andhis friends on their adventures while developing reading skills ina visually rich, highly engaging environment.This carefully structured program combines standardphonics-based instruction with engaging interactive stories to makelearning to read fun! Each book also contains three activities thatbuild on the skills addressed in each book.Developed by experienced industry professionals for use at homeor in a school setting, The Word Monsters provides explicitalignments to the US Common Core State Standards—download now andtry the first book for free!Main Features•Richly designed visuals and engaging stories featuring 5 quirkyfun-loving monster characters, each with their own specialability•Developed in accordance with the US Common Core State Standardsand addressing the three main strands: Literature, FoundationalSkills, and Language•Synchronized professional voiceover audio with texthighlighting•Ability to decode or "sound out" individual words by touchingthem•Interactive screen elements, providing additional engagementand vocabulary•Character speech and accompanying speech bubbles for richerreading•Standards correlated phonics, vocabulary, and comprehensioninstruction on every screen via an animated "Reading Buddy"character•"Read on Your Own" or "Read to Me Mode" with automatic eventtriggering to allow for greater accessibility•Three standards correlated activities at the end of each bookfocusing on phonics, vocabulary, and reading comprehension•Accompanying Teaching Notes and Student Print Activitiesavailable free from our websiteSome Key Features in DetailAudio ReinforcementEvery sentence in a Word Monster story can be read aloud bytouching the audio icon to the left of the sentence, withhighlighting of each word so that students can associate theprinted word with its sound. Each decodable word can also betouched to sound it out e.g., touching the word "Tag" will resultin the audio sounding out each individual letter – /T/ /A/ /G/ –before blending the sounds together to say "Tag."Reading BuddyEach screen in the Word Monster books features optionalsupplementary instruction around phonemic awareness, printconcepts, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and sight words. Thisinstruction is aligned to the US Common Core State Standards. Someof this instruction takes a question/answer format, with theReading Buddy playing the role of a teacher or parent prompting thestudent and keeping him/her at the edge of his/her learningcurve.Interactive AnimationsEvery screen in the Word Monster books is enriched with interactiveobjects, each of which can be touched to trigger a fun animation.In the process, the object is named in the audio and thecorresponding word appears on screen. The goal of theseinteractions is to entertain the child, while at the same timeincreasing vocabulary by introducing more challenging words in anengaging way.Character SpeechChildren can interact directly with the characters on screen bytouching them to elicit a response in the form of a short phrasethat relates to events in the story. This speech is simultaneouslydisplayed in a speech bubble to support the audio. This featureallows the user to engage with the story in another fun way, whilealso introducing richer, more challenging vocabulary than thatcontained in the main decodable text.

Immerse yourself in one of Shakespeare’smostpowerful and influential tragedies as Shakespeare In Bitsbringsyou on a journey of deception, revenge, treachery, indecisionandmoral decay through the fabled and tragic character ofHamlet.Shakespeare In Bits Hamlet is the only study guide you willneed toteach, understand and appreciate one of the most celebratedworksof the famous Bard.With four hours of unabridged text, fully animatedre-enactmentand complete professional audio soundtrack, Shakespearein Bits:Hamlet is the only study guide you need.Experience Shakespeare in all his gloryCompletely unabridgedUnderstand and appreciate the linguistic richnessofShakespeare’s Hamlet with the original play text, brokenintoeasily digested ‘bits’. In-line translation helps tounderstanddifficult words and phrases within the context of theoriginal playtext.Hear it, See itFour hours of high-resolution animation with professionalaudiosoundtrack help you to decode and comprehend Shakespeare’sfertileprose quickly and efficiently. The text, presentedside-by-sidewith animated action, is easy to follow with portionsof text beinghighlighted as they are being spoken in the play. Theintegratedcombination of text, audio and graphics is designed tofacilitatelearners of varying abilities and learning styles.Character BuildingBiographies for each cast character can be accessed from themainplay or through a dedicated Cast feature. An illustratedcharacterrelationship map demonstrates key characters andtheirinter-relationships in the play.Ace that ExamEach Shakespeare In Bits title provides a wide selectionofintegrated analyses and study notes for each scene to helpyouunderstand plot summaries, key themes, language, imagery andquotesfrom the play. An easy-to-navigate visual scene selectionmenu isalso provided to help you to quickly get familiar with theplay’ssequence of events or to jump to your scene of choice.Product Features:- The unabridged original play text, broken into easilydigested‘bits’- A unique in-line translation system for obscure wordsandphrases- Nearly four hours of animation. (Audio provided byNaxosAudiobooks)- Biographies for each character, accessed from the main playorthrough the cast browser- A character relationship map, demonstrating keyrelationshipsin the play.- A side-by-side main play view that presents the animationsandthe text at the same time- High-resolution animations- A text highlight feature, that highlights the current lineoftext being spoken in the animation- Text highlight while seeking through an animation video,whichallows you to easily navigate to a particular line inananimation- Simple tab-bar navigation through all of the features intheplay.- The ability to add, edit and browse your own notes ontheplay.