Even if slightly flawed, the way this does more than the routine – taking more work on its shoulders and carrying it all off perfectly well enough – is top marks. Is this a maths reviser the very young will want to re-read? Count on it. But that aside I just didn't expect this book to have it all – the educational aspect as well as the strong entertainment from the surprise. What with the colourfully-presented maths, and the count-along aspects, and the rhyming narrative, and the twist, I thought the constANT word punning was actually too much, a case of bad form(ica). We then start to count down backwards – only to find that not only is all this going on, but we're due a major surprise as well. So we get the narrative of their sort-of chant as they labour, and very easy sums, and a revision to one-to-ten, including a checklist midpoint through things. We're with a troupe of ants who are building their new home, and luckily it is a solitary building, of two floors, with three this and four that, and before long we're counting up, just as at the same time the industrious workers are doing their relevant maths. Thank you NetGalley and Capstone, for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review.Ī book that might not look like a five-starrer, but by the rules I set myself (ie the rules I set the books I review) this has to deserve it, for going the extra step and including the unexpected amongst the routine stuff someone would buy it for. Because I remember that by the age of 6, I already knew how to do multiples and division. I'm not very sure this kind of math is suitable for ages 5-7. □ There is some math in this book, but it's just very basic math with plus problems only, such as: 1 + 1 = 2 5 + 5 = 10 etc. Returning multi-year users in levels 1-11 will take a back-to-school assessment when they log in to Smarty Ants at the start of every school year. Students in levels 1-11 will receive a mid-year assessment in January. In a good way, it does help children learn how to pronounce it much easier way, but on the other hand, I found it could be misleading, and they might end up pronouncing it incorrectly instead of correctly. can be found in the teacher dashboard in Smarty Ants, under Training. Activate your free subscription today Call 87 and use code SmartyIDAHO. A Smarty Ants subscription available at no cost for all Idaho children who are currently 4 years old. □ Ah right, I know this is a story about ants, but did you need to put every word that contains the word "ANT" in capital letters?įor example: "constANTly" "plANTs" "gigANTic" "giANT" "vacANT" "repentANT" "mANTles" "tenANTs" etc Prepare your student for kindergarten success with this effective, research-based literacy program designed for young learners. But then they become friends with this elephant.The end! □ The story itself is just about ants who are working to build their home and, at the end, get stepped on by an elephant. □ When I picked up this book, I thought it would teach little kids about how ants worked or how they interacted with each other, but it did neither. Idaho families can start their early learners on the right start on the road to reading success with Smarty Ants, with a special partnership between Idaho State Department of Education and Achieve3000 - all 4-year-olds in Idaho receive a free subscription to Smarty Ants.□ Way too colorful there are some pages where i felt like the colors overlapped. SMARTY ANTS - A fun literacy program designed for young learners I-Ready is an integrated blended learning program that personalizes learning for all students and is a diagnostic tool for the teacher to pinpoints a students' needs down to the sub-skill level. Once you create a parent account and have more than one child. Click continue to access the Smarty Ants Parent Dashboard. Enter your first and last name and create your account password. Enter your email address and agree with the Smarty Ants Terms & Conditions, then click continue. I-READY - Diagnostic Tools with Games & Activities Click the Activate My Free Home-School Connection link. Compete with other students, classrooms or schools. combines the world's smarted dictionary with an adaptive learning game that will have your student mastering new words in no time. Sora by OVERDRIVE - Free e-books & audiobooksĬheck out eBooks using your personal computer, phone, tablet or iPad - at home or at school - from the CDA School District Overdrive website. Research shows children score higher on academic tests and perform better in school when they have support from home.īecause you are the most important and influential person in your child’s life, the CdA School District provides parents with FREE subscriptions to the following: Students are more successful when they have learning opportunities at home to support their learning in the classroom.
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