Comet Pack, 2nd ed.

Title: Comet Pack, 2nd ed.
Subtitle: Level 4: Developing
Release Date: 05/15/24
Type: Reading Academy Pack
Brand: Dreamscape Media: Lerner Publishing Group,FarFaria,HOMER
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: 2nd Grade

Launchpad Description: This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills — starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.

Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones:

- Can recount a story with descriptive detail
- Asks for clarification when needed
- Starting to decode unknown long vowel words
- Reads text with accuracy
- Writes using a topic
- Will spell more complex, long vowel words
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

Abigail's Tales: First Day (App)
It’s the first day of second grade and Abigail wakes up dreading it! She has a list of worries and has developed a severe case of the “butterflies.” The butterflies circle about as she ventures to school to meet her classmates and teacher for the first time. But with some helpful advice from her mom and a few familiar faces from last year, Abigail’s day turns out to be fun and exciting. Come join Abigail and her friends in this delightful storybook to find out how she copes with the twists and turns of her busy day! Also included are two playful word games that focus on improving your child’s vocabulary, spelling and concentration skills, all the while having fun! Features · Whimsical soundtrack · Narrated by the author, Melissa La Manna · 26 pages of lively and colorful illustrations · Word highlighting for beginning readers · Move between pages with swiping gesture or by selecting a page · Fun, developmental activities to boost language skills (i.e., “match” and “oppos

CC 2nd Grade Reading - Sight Words - Volume 3 (App)
This third in a series of Common Core programs teaches sight words covered in weeks 10 through 18 of 2nd Grade, where kids learn words such as "small," "draw," "clean," "grow," "left," etc. Join young host Kristin who explains what sight words are, and enthusiastically presents each word, sounds it out slowly, and uses it in a simple sentence with on-screen graphics and illustrations that reinforce the use of the particular sight word.

CC 2nd Grade Reading - Sight Words - Volume 4 (App)
This fourth in a series of Common Core programs teaches additional sight words covered in weeks 10 through 18 of 2nd Grade, where kids learn words such as "number," "people," "sound," "something," etc.  Join young host Kristin, who explains what sight words are, and enthusiastically presents each word, sounds it out slowly, and uses it in a simple sentence with on-screen graphics and illustrations that reinforce the use of the particular sight word. 

Make Way For Animals! (app)
Take a tour of wildlife crossings across the globe and discover how these inventive pathways have saved both animal and human lives and helped preserve ecosystems.

Phonics Playtime (App)
Get ready for over 10 exciting activities that are all about learning phonics! Phonics Playtime is designed to help children understand the different phonetic sounds, rather than the alphabet. By completing exercises and practicing the different phonics groups, Phonics Playtime will improve your child's cognitive skills in a fun and playful way. Phonics Playtime includes over 2000 unique exercises that were carefully made to learn the different phonics and phonics groups. Children can complete exercises within specific phonics groups or can play totally random exercises within an easy, medium, hard or mixed difficulty level. Features: • 10 different phonics activities with each 3 difficulty variations. • Over 650 phonics pictures and 800 phonics words divided across 3 difficulty levels. • Collect stickers on the sticker board. • Child friendly interface and design with big buttons and easy navigation. • Play by phonics group or start a quick play game. • Fully voiced

Robo Spelling (App)
Robo Spellings supports learning with the following features: * Save up to 20 personalised weekly spelling lists. * 'Chunking', feature allows learners to break the words down into manageable sounds or mini words. * Voice recording. * Multi levelled support. Some learners will like the test mode, some the open learning mode either mode can be used with or without 'chunking', support. * Instant feedback and opportunity to try again if needed. * Independent practice feature with over 160 pre-prepared spelling lists, from beginner sounds through the top 300 high frequency words and onto the end of the year 6 curriculum. * All lists are based on the New National Curriculum for primary school, KS1 and KS2. Liven up your spelling sessions with Robo Spelling, the simple and fun way to practise your spellings.

Scrapkins: Pirates of Smelly Cove (App)
The ScrapKins are a tribe of monsters who build their world, Scrap City, out of the things we throw away. They love to “scrapvent” things from old junk. When Digger finds a treasure map, he, Swooper, Wrecks, and Itcher set off on a pirate adventure to find buried treasure. They sail all day and sail all night until the treasure is in their sight. Join along in this story and see how the ScrapKins scrapvent tools for their journey and seek their fortune. What do you think the buried treasure is?

Sight Words Games & Flash Cards (App)
Abby Sight Words with Wordaliens is a new EDUCATIONAL READING APPLICATION by 22learn. The app is designed to help children learn and practice reading the most common sight words. Sight words are words in English language that do not have a simple one-to-one correspondence between sounds and written letters, and therefore have to be learned “by sight. ” Being able to quickly recognize sight words is a crucial part of learning how to read. Sight words mastery is a necessary step towards an enormous reading improvement. Sight Words offers children an easy-to-use interface and a grand choice of six fun educational games, through which children can acquire mastery over this subject matter. ----- The 6 GAMES included are: ? WORD MACHINE Control the Word Machine. Supply all the words that need to be produced by tapping on the words called. ? SPELLING Your dog is hungry! Make cans to feed him! To make a can, drag the letter cards to their correct place and make a w

The Galactic Rock Collectors 3: The Search for Giant’s Salt (App)
Join Tony and Toxu on another space adventure! Can they escape the giants on the Planet Argon? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

The Long-Haired Monster (App)
Eddie's got a problem... a monster problem. This long-haired monster gets little Eddie into monster-sized trouble! Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

The Magic Noodles (App)
Father and son learn that they can always rely on one another as they climb Mount Fuji together. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

Zombie Elementary: Stage Fright (App)
Tomorrow is Ivan's big day as a vampire, and he is nervous. Luckily, he has Tina and Zack to help him get through it. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.