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- Bilingual/ESL Software for Students
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- *Symantec Greatworks-eight applications/one program. It includes:
- word processing, spreadsheets, data bases, outlining, graphs and charts,
- drawing, painting and communications. (Available in English or in Spanish.)
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- *Lindy Enterprises (1-713-359-3647) TAAS Software to prepare
- students for standardized tests. Also Higley House and Mousetales,
- including Goldilocks & the Three Bears, Jack & the Beanstalk, Red Town and
- The Gingerbread Man. Very colorful with a great variety of activities.
- Highley House covers basics of learning the alphabet, sight words,
- counting, basic math facts, and map skills. The stories are similar to
- living books but do not require a CD- Rom drive. Available in English or
- Spanish.
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- * Fabulas Favoritas, written to develop Spanish literary skills
- for the minimally educated teenager. Written in Hypercard stacks,
- currently in black and white, includes buttons to have stories read
- aloud. Great introduction for teachers planning to have students write
- their own stories in Hypercard. Package includes lesson plans. Call
- 1-713-496-6969.
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- *Math-Blaster by Davidson. Covers Addition, Subtraction,
- Multiplication, Division, Fractions, and Decimals. Choice of 4
- activities. Seven levels of difficulty.
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- *Alge-blaster by Davidson -- fun and educational for language
- minority students. Similar to Math-Blaster but teaches Algebra.
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- D & F Maze (Bilingual Version Eng.-Spa.) Reward for working
- decimal and fraction problems is moving through a maze. Contains
- beautifully illustrated and culturally relevant artwork. Mazes vary in
- level of difficulty.
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- *Kid Pix - Paint and draw program fun for all ages. Commands can
- be switched from English to Spanish. Literate students can add text to
- their pictures by clicking the A in the tool box with the mouse.
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- *Kid Pix Companion --very easy to use. Students can create
- stories or reports (similar to ones written in Hypercard) using "Slide Show."