Interactive Whiteboard Lessons
For more than a decade, Waterford Early Learning™ has helped millions
of students develop a foundation in reading, math, and science
with personalized, one-on-one learning. Using the same beloved songs, books, characters and proven strategies from Waterford Early Learning, Waterford Interactive Whiteboard Lessonsextend the teaching experience to an entire group. These lessons offer the same award-winning software curriculum, allowing classrooms the opportunity to interact and learn together.
Reading Comprehension Series
The Reading Comprehension Series provides teachers with engaging
activities to develop students’ ability to make meaning out of written
text. Research demonstrates that students benefit from modeling and
direct instruction on effective comprehension strategies. Waterford
Early Learning Interactive Whiteboard Lessons provides teachers with
proven strategies based on rigorous research.
Series Highlights
The Reading Comprehension Series is based on proven, research-validated strategies to develop stronger reading comprehension in students. Designed to engage English language learners, it aligns with national and state reading standards. The series features engaging traditional stories from around the world, narrated in interactive book form, with discussion prompts to foster active dialogue about the book. Students enjoy engaging activities to target proven comprehension studies, while teachers receive interactive assessments to help monitor student progress.
Product at a Glance
- Grade 1 through Grade 3, including English language learners
- 16 Lessons
- Build comprehension by reading and discussing a story
- Develop vocabulary within the context of the story
- Generate discussion questions about a story
- Use graphic and semantic organizers
- Understand and identify plot in a story
- Assess comprehension of story and target vocabulary
Phonological Awareness Series
The Phonological Awareness Series provides teachers with engaging activities to develop students’ awareness of the sounds in spoken language. Numerous studies have concluded that phonological awareness
is critical for learning to read any alphabetic writing system, but it is
often misunderstood by educators. Waterford Early Learning Interactive
Whiteboard Content provides teachers with proven strategies based on
rigorous research.
Series Highlights
The Phonological Awareness Series is based on proven, research-validated strategies to develop phonological awareness. Designed to engage English language learners, it aligns with national and state reading standards. The series features rich audio to focus students on spoken language, as well as music video sing-along nursery rhymes and songs to capture students¹ attention. Learners even receive opportunities to record and listen to their own production of spoken language, while teachers receive interactive assessments to help monitor student progress.
Product at a Glance
- Preschool through Grade 1, including English language learners
- 13 Lessons
- Identify and produce rhyming words
- Segment syllables
- Blend initial sounds of a word to the remaining syllables (onset-rime)
- Blend individual sounds into words
- Identify and count the first, last and middle sounds in words (segmenting)
- Manipulate the sounds in words to make new words
System Requirements:
- Software: Promethean ActivInspire
- Hardware: Interactive Whiteboard, Microphone, Speakers, and Promethean ActivExpression or ActiVote recommended
