Best New Software

Volume 28, Number 2, December 2000

Software: Animal, Maps, and Time - PreS-Grade 3

Joanne Troutner

That's a fact Jack!
Tom Snyder Productions (www.tomsnyder.com). Read, Grades 2-4
Learn to read a map by navigating through a park via video and a map. The program also allows for adding to the map and contains a guided practice option. Great for learning centers or an entire class.

Theme weavers - Animals.
Edmark (www.edmark.com). PreS-Grade 2
Based on teaching a thematic unit on animals, the program contains 10 math, 16 language arts, 14 science, 5 social studies, and 8 interdisciplinary activities. Teacher developed activities can be downloaded from the Theme Weavers web site. Good for entire classroom or learning centers.

Stories & more - Animal friends. Grades K-1
Stories & more - Time and place. Grades 2-3
Edmark (www.edmark.com).
Excellent pre-reading, comprehension and extension activities for three well known children's book are included in each title. Good for entire classrooms or learning centers.

Joanne Troutner is director of Media/Technology for the Tippecanoe School Corporation and owner of Creative Computer Enterprises in Lafayette, Indiana. She can be contacted at troutner@mindspring.com.