World+Book+Classroom

//** World book classroom **//- This site can be accessed by.....
 * Entering the Methacton homepage and Clicking on "World Book Encyclopedia Online." Click on the icon on the far right of the page that says, "//Early World of Learning//" under **World Book Classroom**.
 * A World Book icon can also be found on the student wiki site


 * //**Trek's Travels**// - centered around 11 early childhood themes
 * Colors
 * Numbers
 * Size
 * Shapes
 * Sounds
 * Places
 * Taste and Smell
 * Moving around
 * Texture
 * Opposites
 * Time


 * //**Welcome to Reading**// - read stories, nursery rhymes, or sing along to familiar tunes (finger plays)
 * Story Corner - 28 trade books ranging from Lexile 310-920
 * A, B, C, D books - leveled stories according to Lexile (see chart below)
 * [[file:BooksourceLeveledTextChart.pdf]] - This is a chart that shows the correspondence between Lexile Level and other levels of reading (DRA, Guided Reading, etc).
 * [[file:WBC Activities by Level.xls]] - This Excel spreadsheet lists every phonetic reader (A --> D) in the Early World of Learning. Next to each reader, it lists the phonics skill taught in the story as well as sight words.
 * Remember: For each story, there is a **full lesson plan** when you click on the "For Educators" link.
 * Under the "__**Play**__" button - students can play games associated with a skill from the story.


 * //**Know It**// - interactive encyclopedia of nonfiction topics (science and social studies)
 * Animals
 * My Body
 * Community Helpers
 * Transportation
 * Weather
 * Plants