4. Club House In the Club House, students practice each theme’s vocabulary through fun, engaging activities that help them master key learning objectives. Students in Grades K–1 have three vocabulary activities per theme while students in Grades 2–5 have an additional two activities per theme (for a total of five activities). The activities may be completed in any order, and students earn stars for completing each, as well as incentives such as “stickers” to customize their virtual Club House. Upon finishing all the Club House activities associated with their selected reading passage, students are directed back to the Book Nook to read the second passage for the theme and complete the learning cycle again with all-new content for the new passage, still utilizing the same high-utility vocabulary. 5. Free Choice After students have spent 15 minutes in the W.O.R.D. program, they are rewarded with five minutes of Free Choice. During this time, they can choose to reread the current theme’s passages, replay any of the activities to earn more stars, customize their Club House, or revisit themes they have previously completed. If a student is in the middle of an activity at the 15-minute mark, W.O.R.D. will wait until the activity has been completed before offering Free Choice. Similarly, if a student has not finished an activity after five minutes of Free Choice, the program will wait until completion before transitioning the student back to the learning cycle.
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