Once students finish the Club House activities, they are directed back to the Book Nook to read the second passage for the theme and repeat the learning cycle with all-new content. A new theme is unlocked after they complete all of the activities for both passages.
Meeting the Needs of All Learners
W.O.R.D. automatically places students in the level that corresponds to their grade, but educators can change the W.O.R.D. level for individual students at any time. Similar displays and activities make it discrete for students to work at varying levels without peers immediately recognizing a difference. Such flexibility ensures that English learners and striving readers are working at a level that is appropriate for their learning needs. The placement activity at the start of each theme in W.O.R.D. also differentiates learning by determining whether students work at grade level or at a simplified level. Regardless of their learning path, all students working within the same grade learn the same words. Embedded supports are another way that W.O.R.D. addresses the needs of English learners, striving readers, and students with special needs. Text highlighting and read-aloud can be activated for any grade level, and students can click on any word in a text passage to read or listen to its definition.
SCHOLASTIC W.O.R.D. FOUNDATION PAPER 19
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