World's Worst Pet - Vocabulary
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Free | Curriculum Associates, LLC | iPad |
World’s Worst Pet is part of i-Ready— an award-winning, blended learning program published by Curriculum Associates. Learn more about i-Ready at i-ready.com/empower.
FEATURES
World’s Worst Pet is structured to provide repeated exposures to a cluster of conceptually related target words.
• Teaches more than 1000 words across five grade levels, from grades 4 – 8 with content available for students who are working a level behind
• Student-friendly definitions provide clear explanations with rich examples that illustrate how each word is used.
• Engaging narrative and reward system keeps students motivated
• Activities include word context, word sort, synonyms, and antonyms.
• Students see the same word multiple times in a single set of activities.
• Includes Spanish cognates
• Includes immediate feedback
• Uses a real human voice not synthesized robotic speech
• Aligns with Common Core State Standards
• Writing prompts provide an opportunity to use words in types of writing identified by the Common Core
RESEARCH BASE
World’s Worst Pet leverages best practices from Reading research
• Targets Tier Two words, selected from research-based lists.
• Also targets domain-specific words, including science and social studies words.
• Teaches words in conceptually related clusters
• Provides clear student-friendly explanations
• Provides multiple exposures and repeated practice across a variety of contexts
• Helps students make multiple connections between words and their experiences.
• Explores word relationships, including synonyms and antonyms
• Includes Spanish cognates such as vehículo for vehicle or numeroso for numerous
• Includes writing prompts focused on the target words in each cluster
ALIGNED TO COMMON CORE
World’s Worst Pet develops concepts, skills, and strategies as targeted by the Common Core.
• “The importance of students acquiring a rich and varied vocabulary,” write the authors of the Common Core, “cannot be overstated.”
• Tier Two words are central to understanding complex text, and World’s Worst Pet provides multiple exposures and repeated practice in these words.
• Aligns with vocabulary standards in these sections of the Common Core State Standards:
o Reading Standards for Literature
o Reading Standards for Information Text
o Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
SUPPORT
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Phone: 800-225-0248
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Reviews
Ok & not ok
eeese45
Sometimes it is a great app! Sometimes it is a bad app. When I do the answer it says it is incorrect when it is correct. For example, when u argue with someone it does not mean you question them, it means you disagree with them or you are mad at them & you yell at them. It is also a great app! I like the pet part too, that is very creative. Overall great app!
Provide way to mute music
CherylLO
The music is overwhelming for myself as a therapist, never mind my students with language processing disorders. Please provide a way to turn it off.
Engaging practice
Teach4thgrade
Kids really seem to enjoy the game, as well as getting some extra practice with vocabulary. A great way to keep the kids engaged and on task.
Great vocabulary practice
TeacherInFL
Very engaging way to get students to practice vocabulary skills in a variety of different formats!
Vocab and fun!!
Dawn Aubrey
My 5th grader eis really enjoying this game. it is a great way to reinforce and enhance his vocabulary.
Solid on many dimensions
DansEdApps
Very well thought out and put together. Engaging and educational.
Better than flashcards
Beathipstr
Finally, a game to practice words and not just flash cards for SAT prep. It's been hard to find something that's fun AND has a range of content.
Wow! What a game!
J dobs
This game is great. My son finds it fun and interesting and it is also education. Great app.
Awesome app for vocabulary, comprehension, and more!!
mom2alexthegr8
This is a wonderful app for working on vocabulary expansion, reading comprehension, learning antonyms and synonyms, abstract uses of common words and phrases, and much more. The app provides definitions prior to the engaging games, so that users who may not know a word will not be frustrated. There are 4 different interactive, engaging games to keep users interested! pLus, upon completing a level, users are prompted to write a narrative using the the targeted words. There are also multiple levels of difficulty with subsections within each level. I highly recommend this app!
