Infrared Pack, 3rd ed.

Title: Infrared Pack, 3rd ed.
Subtitle: Level 5: Independent
Release Date: 04/15/25
Type: Reading Academy Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,Highlights,eKidz.eu
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th 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. Independent packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: - Will explore ideas for discussion - Engages in conversation - Reads with understanding and purpose - Reads and comprehends literature proficiently - Constructs text in an organized manner - Uses transitional and link words
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

4th & 5th Grade Vocabulary Words Search, Vol. 1 (App)
Find all the words in the fastest time! 24 built-in wordsearch puzzles Lots of different word themes Unlimited access to our Daily and Weekender puzzles Online Leaderboard! See how you compare each day! Words may run horizontallly, vertically or diagonally! Extra packs available for purchase within the game! Unlimited hints Perfect for children and adults, with varied word lists and lots of puzzles available!

4th & 5th Grade Vocabulary Words Search, Vol. 2 (App)
Find all the words in the fastest time! 24 built-in wordsearch puzzles Lots of different word themes Unlimited access to our Daily and Weekender puzzles Online Leaderboard! See how you compare each day! Words may run horizontallly, vertically or diagonally! Extra packs available for purchase within the game! Unlimited hints Perfect for children and adults, with varied word lists and lots of puzzles available!

All About Books (App)
For more than 65 years, Highlights for Children has been helping kids become their best selves through Fun with a Purpose™ magazines, games, books, and digital products. Kids will love exploring this colorful, fun-filled series that includes animated stories and poems, challenging games, puzzles & video.

CC 3rd Grade -Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences (App)
This program meets Common Core third grade language standards as it introduces and explores simple, compound and complex sentences. What elements comprise each sentence type? What are independent and dependent clauses? How do we spot them easily? Definitions and examples are given for all three sentence constructions. Detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.

Conjunctions for Kids (App)
Helps your child practice English conjunctions. A fun and educational app for kids in 1st Grade and above. The app helps in improving English Grammar and English vocabulary.

Isabel's Car Wash (app)
The Nelly Longhair doll is on sale at Murphy's Toys for ten dollars. But Isabel has only fifty cents. Isabel decides to start a car wash business; she's sure she can make money.

Know It Alls! Bears! (App)
As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! Series that features stunning graphics and engaging text, this video puts the spotlight on Bears! Did you know the Sun Bear is the smallest of all the bears? Sun Bears are not much bigger than a dog! They have a yellowish-orange mark on their chest that looks a little like a sun rising. Sun Bears live in the forests of Asia. Learn about Brown Bear, Kodiak Black Bear, Polar Bear, Spectacled Bear, Sloth Bear, Giant Panda Bears and Sun Bears. Awesome life-like illustrations and informative stat boxefilled with interesting factmake this 24-page book fun and exciting for young science enthusiasts age 4 and up!

Surfer’s Story, A (App)
Independent; fiction, following your dream, finding your ideal job. Nature description and an interview style conversation. Use of progressive and simple tenses, compound and complex sentences.

The Legend of Maui and the Enchanted Fishhook (app)
Independent; fiction, legend and fable relating how the north and south islands of New Zealand were formed. Uses past tense and historical present tense along with progressive and simple tenses, compound and complex sentences as well as adverbial phrases. Rhetorical question. Uses complex vowel sounds and polysyllabic words. Punctuation incorporates the full range of direct speech, apostrophes of possession and compression, colons, question and exclamation marks, parenthetic commas and of course full stops.

The Lie (app)
Independent reading. Fiction with the moral that "honesty is the best policy". Uses past tense as well as progressive and perfect tense. Incorporates a full range of sentence structures from simple to complex, sentences as well as adverbial phrases. Uses complex vowel sounds and polysyllabic words. Punctuation incorporates the full range of direct speech, apostrophes of possession and compression, question and exclamation marks, parenthetic commas and of course full stops.

The Wizard of Oz (app)
Independent; fiction. Classic abridged and popular story of Dorothy's adventure. Simple present tense. Polysyllabic vocabulary. Complex and long vowel sounds with compound and complex sentence use. Incorporates direct speech along with colon to introduce speech, the use of questions, exclamation, apostrophe of possession and parenthetic commas.

Wiggly Tooth (App)
“I felt a funny feeling while drinking some juice. The straw began to jiggle. My tooth was loose!” Read along and discover a little girl’s adventures with her loose tooth. This engaging story uses repetitive language and bright illustrations to show just how fun it is to have a loose tooth! “Wiggly Tooth” will help children achieve reading success in and outside of the classroom while laying the foundation for a lifetime of reading enjoyment!