World's Worst Pet - Vocabulary

Help your students build a rich vocabulary of essential words! World’s Worst Pet exposes students to over 1000 Tier Two words at 6 different levels through four engaging games. Aligned to the Common Core, this app provides student-friendly definitions, a playful narrative, a fun reward system and thought-provoking writing prompts! World’s Worst Pet is part of i-Ready— an award-winning, blended learning program published by Curriculum Associates. Learn more about i-Ready at i-ready.com/empower. FEATURES World’s Worst Pet is structured to provide repeated exposures to a cluster of conceptually related target words. • Teaches more than 1000 words across five grade levels, from grades 4 – 8 with content available for students who are working a level behind • Student-friendly definitions provide clear explanations with rich examples that illustrate how each word is used. • Engaging narrative and reward system keeps students motivated • Activities include word context, word sort, synonyms, and antonyms. • Students see the same word multiple times in a single set of activities. • Includes Spanish cognates • Includes immediate feedback • Uses a real human voice not synthesized robotic speech • Aligns with Common Core State Standards • Writing prompts provide an opportunity to use words in types of writing identified by the Common Core RESEARCH BASE World’s Worst Pet leverages best practices from Reading research • Targets Tier Two words, selected from research-based lists. • Also targets domain-specific words, including science and social studies words. • Teaches words in conceptually related clusters • Provides clear student-friendly explanations • Provides multiple exposures and repeated practice across a variety of contexts • Helps students make multiple connections between words and their experiences. • Explores word relationships, including synonyms and antonyms • Includes Spanish cognates such as vehículo for vehicle or numeroso for numerous • Includes writing prompts focused on the target words in each cluster ALIGNED TO COMMON CORE World’s Worst Pet develops concepts, skills, and strategies as targeted by the Common Core. • “The importance of students acquiring a rich and varied vocabulary,” write the authors of the Common Core, “cannot be overstated.” • Tier Two words are central to understanding complex text, and World’s Worst Pet provides multiple exposures and repeated practice in these words. • Aligns with vocabulary standards in these sections of the Common Core State Standards: o Reading Standards for Literature o Reading Standards for Information Text o Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use SUPPORT Have questions or feedback? Email: i-readysupport@cainc.com Phone: 800-225-0248 Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. EST Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST