Animalia: The Land Where Literacy Lives, Volume 1.Animalia: The Land Where Literacy Lives, Volume 1PorchLight Learning.com 11050 Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA 90025 $149.00 www.porchlight.com Animalia: The Land Where Literacy Lives, Volume 1 collects ten episodes of Animalia, a marvelous computer animated DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. series designed to help teach literacy to elementary school elementary school: see school. children. Animalia features classsroom and home-based activities unique to the series yet created to uphold the professional Standards for the English Language Arts, as distributed in 1996 by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English Mission As stated on their official website, the NCTE ( National Council of Teachers of English) is a professional organization dedicated to "improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. . Structured around the key goals of enabling reading, writing, vocabulary, critical thinking, word usage, second language, speech, visual literacy, media literacy, and research skills including library and Internet research, Animalia: The Land Where Literacy Lives is as enriching as it is fun to watch--the amazing rendered creatures, from tigers and lions to apes and reptiles, are sure to keep the attention of young viewers! Enthusiastically recommended for elementary school classrooms, public and elementary school library collections, and as a supplement for home schooling. 10 DVDs, 16.9 widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1. |
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