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Programs by Earl Paul TeBockhorst Programs by Mr. TeBockhorst have been used by thousands of Colorado students since 1988. And now through shareware these programs are being offered to the public. Mr. TeBockhorst has been a teacher for over twenty years. He is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals. Table of Contents Overview of all CUSTOMIZED INTEGRATED SPELLING and Phonetical LIBRARY (CISPL).............Page 1 ANTS..............................................Page 1 THE CUSTOMIZER....................................Page 1 CUSTOM SPELL......................................Page 2 SCRAMBLE..........................................Page 2 SEAWORD...........................................Page 2 SAVE THE GATOR....................................Page 3 WORDFIND..........................................Page 3 ABCORDER............................................Page 3 GUIDEWORD...........................................Page 3 MATH FACTS LIBRARY FLASH FACTS ADD SUBTRACT..........................Page 4 FLASH FACTS MULTIPLY DIVIDE.......................PAGE 5 FLIGHT OF THE FACTS BEE...........................PAGE 5 Overview of Early Childhood Package... BUTTERFLIES, BEES. AND HUMMINGBIRDS.............. CATERPILLARS...................................... DINOSAURS........................................ TROUT.............................................Page 6 Earl Paul TeBockhorst 5023 W. 120th Ave. Suite 290 Broomfield, CO 80020 CompuServe Email 72254,3107 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________ Overview of All 7 CISPL Programs CUSTOMIZED INTEGRATED SPELLING and Phonetical LIBRARY (CISPL) is designed to enrich any spelling curriculum with animated games, graphically enhanced drills, computer- generated worksheets, and computer-graded tests to produce a comprehensive computer-assisted spelling curriculum. The CISPL can be used with any words. THE CUSTOMIZER program creates the word files and voice files shared by the other CISL programs ANTS, CUSTOM SPELL, SCRAMBLE, WORDFIND, SAVE THE GATOR, and SEAWORD. ___________________________________________________________ ANTS ANTS is a graphic game where the child unscrambles spelling words by controlling an animated ant. The object of the game is to drag the letters into anthills and spell a specific word. The letters for that word are scattered at random across the computer's screen. Letters are snatched by the ant's pincers and then dragged into anthills. If the word is spelled before time runs out, Ant City is built. If the word is not spelled before time runs out, a gigantic tennis shoe comes crashing down and ..., well let's just say the ant isn't too happy with your ability to spell. ___________________________________________________________ THE CUSTOMIZER The CUSTOMIZER is the master utility program that enables you to create up to 60 word lists and record a voice file for each list. You can customize the word lists to your children's weekly spelling list. You can use basic sight vocabulary word lists, high-frequency word lists, and word lists which teach specific phonetical skills. You can use any words as long as they are 15 characters or less. You can utilize every letter in the alphabet(upper and lower case) and also the period(.), the hyphen(-), a space( ), and the apostrophe('). Both the word and voice files are saved and can be applied at any time in any of the following Customized Integrated Library programs: ABCORDER, ANTS, CUSTOM SPELL, GUIDEWORD, SAVE THE GATOR, SCRAMBLE, SEAWORD, and WORDFIND. When using voice files recorded by the CUSTOMIZER, all you need to do is select a list and the voice file is automatically attached. The Customizer truly customizes all eight programs to your basic educational needs. Page 2 ___________________________________________________________ CUSTOM SPELL CUSTOM SPELL can help your child learn to spell and read. CUSTOM SPELL comes with several lists which contain some of the basic phonetical skills your child needs. CUSTOM SPELL utilizes the three basic options, Pretest, Drill, and Posttest, found in almost every spelling curriculum. The Pretest option gives a test and then has a diagnostic component that drills your child over the words they misspelled. The Drill option drills your child over all the words. Finally the Posttest option tests the child and gives a percentage grade. The Posttest option also stores your child's scores in a file that can printed later for easy record keeping. You can utilize different sound devices (Sound Blaster or compatible, Disney Sound Source, DigiSpeech, IBM Speech Adapter) but CUSTOM SPELL works fine without any sound. ___________________________________________________________ SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE prints worksheets using scrambled words. ___________________________________________________________ SEAWORD SEAWORD is also an animated instructional game where one or two players dive for sunken treasure in marine- inhabited waters by guessing letters to spell a customized list word. When two players play, the object is to see who can get the most treasure chests. When one player plays, he must spell the word before running out of oxygen and having to surface. The first time a student guesses a letter, the scuba diver jumps off into the water. Every time a student successfully guesses another letter, the diver goes deeper and one of ten marine creatures swim across the screen with accompanying music. When the word is finally spelled, the winning diver finishes diving to the bottom of the ocean, retrieves the treasure chest, surfaces, and stashes his treasure chest aboard the boat. Page 3 ___________________________________________________________ SAVE THE GATOR SAVE THE GATOR is an animated variation of the old blackboard game HANGMAN. However, in SAVE THE GATOR the student tries to save a dandy gator from the gallows by guessing all the letters of a word. If the student successfully spells the word, the gator is set free. The gator then uses his freedom to go swimming, ride a skateboard, roller-skate, ice-skate, conduct an orchestra, play soccer, play badminton, or go skiing. If the student doesn't spell the word correctly, the gate on the gallows drops. Luckily, the rope breaks and the gator plummets to the ground. There he informs the student he might become a purse, a pair of shoes, a belt, etc. unless the student spells the next word correctly. Missed words are reused. ___________________________________________________________ WORDFIND WORDFIND prints a wordfind. WORDFIND like all wordfinds uses all 26 letters plus it uniquely utilizes the following four characters: the period (.), the hyphen (-), the apostrophe ('), and the space ( ). If any word in the wordfind contains any of these four characters, these characters automatically become part of the random selection of characters which surround the words in the wordfind. ___________________________________________________________ ABCORDER ABCORDER tests a student's ability to arrange words or letters in alphabetical order. Parents can create word lists using the CUSTOMIZER program. Single letters can be used at the primary level. The most advanced level can have up to fourteen identical beginning letters. The number of words to be alphabetized in each set can be designated from two words (easiest) to eight words (most difficult). A tutorial is provided for words missed by highlighting the identical beginning letters. Students scores are saved. ___________________________________________________________ GUIDEWORD GUIDEWORD tests a student's ability to use guide words for reference materials (i.e. dictionaries, encyclopedias, phone books, etc.) The child tries to identify whether an individual word would come before, on, or after the page that has the selected guide words. Parents can customize their word files to conform to whichever reference materials are at their school. This provides students with an unique hand-on interaction between their reference materials and the GUIDEWORD program. A tutorial is provided for words missed by highlighting identical beginning letters of the guide words and word being used. Words are entered using the CUSTOMIZER program. Page 4 ___________________________________________________________ Flash Facts Add Subtract Flash Facts Add Subtract is a diagnostic, customized drill and practice program for addition and subtraction facts. The parent or the child can select the type of operation (Addition and/or Subtraction), the specific facts, and the number of seconds the child has to answer each fact. When the child finishes the program, a percentage grade is given and the facts missed the most are shown. If desired, the child may print out an individual diagnostic summary sheet. This sheet reports the percentage grade, number of facts completed, number of correct answers, number of seconds given to answer each fact, plus a breakdown of how many times each fact was missed. Grades are saved and parent or child can go back and review the progress the child is making. Flash Facts Addition Subtraction is more than a mere drill program where facts are given at random. Not only does the program allow the parent or child to select which facts are drilled but it also has its own diagnostic component. If a child gets the correct answer to a fact, they move immediately on to the next fact. However, if the child misses the fact, they are immediately shown the correct answer. The child is then presented with the fact again. The child must correctly answer the fact before continuing. The missed fact is recorded. The missed fact will be continued to be presented with the other selected facts until the child answers it correctly. After all the facts have been answered correctly, Flash Facts Add Subtract drills the child once again over the facts that the child missed. Flash Facts Add Subtract helps the younger child (up to third grade) first learn addition and subtraction skills by displaying squares on the screen. For addition two lines of squares representing the two numbers to be added are displayed on the screen. For subtraction one line of squares are displayed on the screen but the number of squares subtracted are crossed out. At first the child should be encouraged to point at and touch the squares on the monitor. This concrete process helps the child understand the concepts of addition and subtraction. The timed component helps the older child (third grade and up) memorize the facts and to eventually give up counting the squares on the computer screen, or using the fingers, or other aids the child may use at first. At first the parent might set the time limit to 10 or more seconds. But as the child memorizes the facts, the time limit should be set to 5 or less seconds. Addition and subtraction facts are visually displayed in large numerals both horizontally and vertically. If you have Sound Blaster or a compatible, Disney Sound Source, or the IBM Speech Adapter, when a child misses a fact, the fact is also presented orally. This combination of oral and visual presentation helps the child master their facts. Page 5 ____________________________________________________________ FLASH FACTS MULTIPLY DIVIDE FLASH FACTS MULTIPLY DIVIDE is a diagnostic, customized drill and practice program for multiplication and division facts. The parent or the child can select the type of operation (Multiplication and/or Division), the specific facts, and the number of seconds the child has to answer each fact. When the child finishes the program, a percentage grade is given and the facts missed the most are shown. If desired, the child may print out an individual diagnostic summary sheet. This sheet reports the percentage grade, number of facts completed, number of correct answers, number of seconds given to answer each fact, plus a breakdown of how many times each fact was missed. Grades are saved and parent or child can go back and review the progress the child is making. FLASH FACTS MULTIPLY DIVIDE contains most of the same components as FLASH FACTS ADD SUBTRACT. (See Page 4.) ___________________________________________________________ FLIGHT OF THE FACTS BEE FLIGHT OF THE FACTS BEE is an animated math drill program. The object of the game is to fly the Facts Bee to the Facts Flower which contains the correct answer to the math fact shown at the top of the page. If a student lands on a Facts Flower containing the wrong answer, the total screen disappears and he is drilled over the fact he missed. When the student successfully navigates the bee to all ten Facts Flowers and back into the hive, his new bee speed will be listed sequentially with all proceeding bee scores in the honeycombs. There is an option to show just one student's bee speeds or show all students' bee speeds on the network. At the beginning of the program the teacher or student has the option to select which operation (+, -, x, or -) and which numbers to use or to select the same facts used in the last drill. FLIGHT OF THE FACTS BEE can use Sound Blaster or compatible, Disney Sound Source, DigiSpeech, or the IBM Speech Adapter to present the math facts audiovisually. Page 6 ___________________________________________________________ The Early Childhood Package is a collection of four animated programs and one central, animated menu program for children ages four to eight. In each program the child will enjoy guiding animated creatures through picturesque scenes while learning basic early childhood skills. In the program Butterflies, Bees, & Hummingbirds the child flies a butterfly, bee, or hummingbird through a flower garden to a correctly numbered flower. In the program Dinosaurs the child pilots a pteranodon across a volcano to snatch up letters. In the program Trout the child guides the trout through a pond to the correctly colored shape. In the program Caterpillars the child positions a ruler to measure cocoon-spinning caterpillars. In each program every successful attempt by the child is followed by an animated sequence such as: a volcano erupting, Tyrannosaurus Rex fiercely pursuing an pteranodon, an eagle swooping down to pluck a trout, a brown trout arching out of the water, or the complete life cycle of the butterfly from egg to caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly. The Early Childhood Package is organized so that even a young child can easily access any of the programs without parent supervision. Parents can readily customize the programs to different levels of learning as their child masters various skills. Listed below is a list of skills that the Early Childhood Package helps your child master. Math Skills Numeral recognition by matching numerals. Number conceptualization by counting butterflies and flowers. Number conceptualization by using a ruler as a number line. Counting by one's, two's, five's, and ten's. Decoding simple or complex numerical patterns Measurement using an approximated inch ruler. Measurement using an approximated centimeter ruler. Addition of two or three measured caterpillars. Decoding simple or complex numerical patterns Letter Skills Letter recognition by matching UPPER-CASE or lower-case letters. Letter recognition by matching UPPER-CASE to lower-case letters. Letter recognition by matching lower-case to UPPER-CASE letters. Alphabetical Order by picking letters in alphabetical order. Decoding simple or complex alphabetical patterns Shapes and Colors Color & Shape recognition by matching similar shaped and colored shapes. Shape recognition by matching simple shapes. Color recognition by matching colored shapes. Memorization Memorizing the left to right sequence of 3, 5, 7, or 9 colored shapes. Computer Skills Keyboarding Skills by locating letter and number keys Keyboarding Skills by using cursor arrow keys to move animated creatures. Mouse Skills by using a mouse to move animated creatures. Mouse Skills by pushing a mouse button for selections.