Learning and Living in the Online World » Game http://blog.gcflearnfree.org Tips, tricks, and tutorials for the technology you use everyday Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:21:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 72 Paths to Practice Reading http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2010/08/72-paths-to-practice-reading/ http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2010/08/72-paths-to-practice-reading/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:34:33 +0000 matt http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/?p=3335 Basic Conversation 2 - category of words, we now offer 72 ways to practice reading English!

Launch the reading program to explore the new category of commonly used words - or try the new launcher to create your own combination of activities and words.]]> With the recent addition of the new - Basic Conversation 2 – category of words, we now offer 72 ways to practice reading English! The Basic Conversation 2 category includes words commonly found in everyday usage – such as: already, probably, seem, oh, every, something, didn’t, just, very, its, else, within, and yet.

Visit the main page for the Reading Program to explore the new category, or choose a combination below to launch a quick tour directly to your selection (activities are on the right, and categories of words are along the top).

Basic Conversation I Basic Conversation II Action Question Transportation Medical Sports Art Direction
Letter Explorer go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
Word Explorer go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
Text Reader go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
Word Videos go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
Word Sounds go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
Sound Match go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
Fill-ins go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
Blast Off! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!

The Reading program is expanding this Fall – look for more new categories (Food & Beverage, Action Words (part 2), Shapes & Colors, and Buildings) and more ways to explore the program.

]]> http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2010/08/72-paths-to-practice-reading/feed/ 0 New Game and Categories in the Reading Program! http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2010/07/new-game-and-categories-in-the-reading-program/ http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2010/07/new-game-and-categories-in-the-reading-program/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:49:20 +0000 nikki http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/?p=3086 GCFLearnFree.org has added an exciting new game and two new word categories to the Reading Program!  The game gives users a fun way to practice recognizing words and completing sentences. The new categories contain words that are related to Sports and Art. These words are taken from a list of the 1,000 most popular words in the English language and then divided into word categories.

The Art category contains words such as draw, paint, and beauty. These words help the learner to explore basic terms associated with art. Check out all of the Art word videos.

The Sports category contains terms that are used in popular sporting events and games. These terms are used frequently in Sports broadcasts and in the sports section of newspapers. Explore the Sports word cloud.

Any of the categories can be used with our newest activity called Blast Off! In this exciting mini game, learners have to find the missing word in a sentence by flying around the screen. Find the missing word and collect a medal, but watch out for the wrong words – hitting them will slow you down. If you need to hear the sentence again, fly over the speaker icons placed throughout the screen.

See if you can find all the Direction category words in Blast Off!

Be sure to check back frequently as we will be adding new activities and categories throughout the summer. As always, if you like what you see – please tell a friend.

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