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Title: Word Expander


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Word Expander
  • Project for Mrs. Lynchs Kindergarten
  • Vartan Gregorian Elementary School

Erika Faires, Jennifer Rosenbaum, John Goodwin,
Caroline Weinstein
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What Mrs. Lynch Wants
  • Mrs. Lynch would like a word expander program
    that would let students try to spell or identify
    words based on visual images and/or audio cues.
    She envisions a program that would let a student
    stretch a word out, based on something they hear
    or see, using some sort of engaging point and
    drag interface.
  • - From the original project description

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Who is the audience?
  • Kindergarten children, many of whom are
    non-native English speakers
  • Students come from a variety of social
    backgrounds
  • Achievement varies from student to student,
    necessitating that the program be useful for
    multiple reading levels
  • Students that have computer access outside of
    school

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Goals
  • Reinforce spelling and word recognition for
    kindergarten students
  • Provide positive feedback for users
  • Use a combination of animation, graphics, and
    audio to interest students and present material
  • Mirror classroom learning by incorporating Mrs.
    Lynchs teaching methods of word families

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What do we mean by Expanding Words?
  • Mrs. Lynch teaches reading by focusing on a word
    chunk such as _AT or _OY
  • Students learn a group of words (a word family)
    with the same word chunk, like cat, bat, mat,
    and flat
  • Recognizing the word chunk helps the students
    stretch out or expand the word

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Flow of the Program
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Click to hear audio
Click and drag a letter to the blank
Each star represents a word spelled correctly
Final Answer
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