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2011
This document is a detailed description for the school's subscription in the World Book Online Encyclopedia. The subscription includes four parts of the encyclopedia: World Book Web for Schools, World Book Specialty Sites, World Book Digital Libraries, and World Book Classroom.
World Book Kids is the premier general reference Web site developed especially for young students. The site features simple navigation, easy-to-read articles, thousands of illustrations, videos, comparison tools, and a wealth of engaging games and activities.
World Book Kids features: A variety of simple search and browse navigation options Thousands of easy-to-read articles with embedded multimedia Engaging images, illustrations, and videos A tool for exploring and comparing animals An Important People feature to help students search and browse through several thousand biographies A collection of age-appropriate science fair projects Atlas, interactive maps, and outline maps and flags A tool for exploring and comparing places Over 200 educational games and activities Teacher resources Teacher resources
Specialty Sites
World Book Specialty Sites
L'Encyclopdie Dcouverte
L'Encyclopdie Dcouverte propose les excellents articles et les vastes possibilits du contenu mdiatique de World Book en franais canadien.
Base sur la Student Discovery Encyclopedia de World Book,L'Encyclopdie Dcouverte est rdige par des experts, un niveau appropri pour les jeunes utilisateurs dont le franais est la langue maternelle, ainsi que pour les lves plus gs et les adultes pour qui le franais est une langue seconde. Le site offre une navigation simple, des articles faciles lire, des milliers d'illustrations et toute une gamme d'activits plaisantes.
L'Encyclopdie Dcouverte offers World Books excellent editorial content and rich media in Canadian French.
Based on World Books Student Discovery Encyclopedia,L'Encyclopdie Dcouverte is written by expert contributors at a reading level appropriate for younger users who are native speakers and readers of French, as well as older students and adults for whom French is a second language. The site offers simple navigation, easy-to-read articles, thousands of illustrations, and a wealth of engaging activities.
Watch a video tour of the site Key features include: Easy-to-read articles on topics of interest to middle- and high-school students that include reading comprehension questions to help students focus on key concepts An uncluttered interface, easy-to-understand content, and useful activities Automated translations into 30 languages Text-to-speech feature that allows students to hear text read aloud, increasing accessibility and comprehension Timeline and citation builders Individual accounts that allow students to save their research A section on life skills helps students negotiate financial, health, and housing issues World Book Explains, a video series that features World Book editors and expert partners answering students questions on various topics Correlations to state and provincial curriculum and achievement standards
Digital Libraries
World Book Digital Libraries
World Book Digital Libraries offer an online, interactive complement to World Books newest print reference sets. Each library features all the content from the print set as well as videos and animations, interactive activities, Web sites, lesson plans, curriculum correlations, and links to encyclopedic content.
Key features include: Easy-to-read content that helps students understand core curriculum topics Translation tool generates content into 13 languages Text-to-speech feature allows students to highlight text and hear it read aloud Video tutorials and animations help visual learners grasp difficult concepts Interactive activities engage students in the topics Lesson plans and reading comprehension questions enable teachers to gauge students understanding of key concepts Users can enlarge font size for easy reading Correlation to state and provincial curriculum standards and benchmarks
The Early World of Learning is the premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades. Developed with experts on early childhood education, the Early World of Learning offers rich resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum. The site encompasses three interactive learning environments: Trek's Travels offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos that teach critical early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colors, opposites, and more. Welcome to Reading provides leveled reading practice to develop and strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills. This site
incorporates The Lexile Framework for Reading to make sure every child meets with success. Know It offers a richly visual interactive encyclopedia that will captivate early learners with non-fiction topics of interest and importance to them. Configurable settings throughout the Early World of Learning will provide educators with the ability to: introduce the engaging content to emergent readers of varying abilities leverage resources for group instruction as well as independent and small group study The Early World of Learning will stimulate a lifelong love of reading and knowledge.
Dramatic Learning
World Books Dramatic Learning expands proven approaches to building reading fluency and content comprehension. By turning texts into plays, skits, and monologues and providing teaching tools to apply these materials in the classroom, Dramatic Learning can help students become more fluent readers, understand core concepts, and internalize content.
How will Dramatic Learning help my students? View our collection of videos that show how Dramatic Learning helps: Improve reading fluency and sight-word recognition Develop comprehension skills for ESL/ELL and challenged readers Promote task engagement, independent learning and constructive movement Manage behavior and socialization Improve test scores through creative cross-curricular, standards-based instruction
How does Dramatic Learning work in the classroom? Witness the remarkable results of Dramatic Learning through this series of videos that show how a fourth-grade class used the program to learn and perform Hamlet in only one week. Studies on the efficacy of readers theater