Lesson Two Learning Express

 Learning Express

#1  The first step would be to work with the child's teacher and so the teacher knows exactly what is happening with the student. 

 I would have the 4^th grade student go to the elementary school section in Learning Express and then click on the Reading Skills Improvement section.  Before he began I might make a chart to show score points with a prize if he reached an attainable goal.  I would start out with the ten 4^th Grade Reading Practice section. Since this only has nine questions per section it would be a good starting point.  After doing this section I would have him try the California 4^th Grade Reading Practice (54 questions)  and then the FCAT 4^th Grade Reading Practice.  (40 questions)

#2  I would have the high school graduate go  to the section of Job Search and Workplace Skills first.  She might want to look at the Business Writing section and  evaluate her grammar, vocab and  spelling to see if she needs any practice in those areas.  After that she should look at the items under job search, resumes and interviewing. 

#3  A person who is interesting in Nursing has a lot of resources to look at in  Learning Express.  Under Jobs and Careers he could look at the section on Nursing and Allied Health. This involves three sections. He might want to look at the Entrance Test Preparation to have an idea of all the tests on science and math that are involved in a health career.  The nursing school entrance exam is also available.

Another section is the License and Certification Test Preparation.  There are several preparation tests for nursing

Another option would be to go to the Career Guidance section where he could download or save to his center the e-book  Becoming a Nurse (240  pages) and look at the e-book Becoming a Health Care Professional.  It would be wise to look at the table of contents in each of these books.   

As far as the pharmacist information I could only find information under the License and Certification Test Preparation section under Nursing and Allied Health.   I found the Pharmacy Technician Exam to download. This is 251 pages with practice tests. 

Learning express does cover quite a few areas and age levels! 

Lesson One World Book Encyclopedias

 

World Book Kids I have been using this for the students in our lower grades. We have compared animals and they have looked at the Maps and More. The next assignment is to compare South Dakota to another state, specifically concerning population, state tree, state bird and state flowers. By looking at these items they will see other comparisons.
World Book Student Our students are participating in a Prairie Reader Contest. The next assignment will be to look up various authors in the biography section to find information about the authors on their book list.
World Book Advanced. I looked up Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I did not realize there were back in time articles or web sites about this book and Mark Twain. It would be useful for the students to use these sites and perhaps to hear a section or two read in class when discussing classics or any book that is in the E-book Center.
World Book Discover gave me a few problems. I finally set up an account thinking that would help me. I can not get the How to do Research section to come up as an article. I just get an outline. I will go back to that. I think this would be a great way to review or to learn how to do research correctly. I do not have a lot of interaction with the high school students so will have to give this resource information to the high school teachers.

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