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		<title>Unscramble</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many versions of anagrams, boggle, unscramble, descramble. Scrabble, text twist and other make-word games that it boggles the brain. It scrambles the&#8230;.cerebellum.   Whats the real educational value of them? Sure, I know that its fun while waiting in line to play Words with Friends. Or with strangers. I&#8217;m no stranger to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are so many versions of anagrams, boggle, unscramble, descramble. Scrabble, text twist and other make-word games that it boggles the brain. It scrambles the&#8230;.cerebellum.   Whats the real educational value of them? Sure, I know that its fun while waiting in line to play Words with Friends. Or with strangers. I&#8217;m no stranger to words with friends myself.  But how about these games&#8217; value?  Intellectual? Yes. Educational?  Harder to say.</p>
<p>The object of the <a title="unscramble" href="http://www.spellingcity.com/Games/unscramble.html">unscramble game</a> is to unscramble letters to form each of your spelling or vocabulary words. To create the words, you may click on each letter in order or click and drag the letters into the box below. To move a letter, click on it and drag it into its new position before releasing the mouse button. Unscramble is a particularly popular word game that is a variation on other word games such as text twists, Boggle™, Scrabble™, Word Play with Friends™, jumbles, and anagrams. Anagrams often extend word unscramble to include phrases or sentences. VocabularySpellingCity also has a game where players <a href="http://www.spellingcity.com/sentence-unscramble.html">unscramble sentences</a>!</p>
<p><a title="word unscramble" href="http://www.vocabulary.co.il/word-play/unscramble-the-words/">Word UnScramble</a> is a fun and popular game. UnScramble is similar to other word games that ask the player to find words in several letters that have been scrambled up on a game board. Not only is this a great game to play for a fun time with your family, but it can also add educational value by helping to add new words to your vocabulary. If you enjoy playing this word scramble game you will probably enjoy other scramble games that also ask the player to</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some things keep changing in education, this site is mostly about the new things. But, some things do not change.  For instance, reading comprehension skills are as important today as ever.  I was thinking aobut this when I read about the process of learning to read and in particular, about mastering reading comprehension skills. And [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some things keep changing in education, this site is mostly about the new things. But, some things do not change.  For instance, reading comprehension skills are as important today as ever.  I was thinking aobut this when I read about the process of learning to read and in particular, about mastering <a title="Reading Comprehension" href="http://www.time4learning.com/readingpyramid/Comprehension.htm">reading comprehension</a> skills. And I quote:</p>
<p><strong> <em>&#8220;My child reads but she doesn&#8217;t seem to understand what she reads.  What can I do?&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Time4Learning teaches reading comprehension as part of an overall language arts program for enrichment, remediation, summer use, or homeschooling.  The key reading comprehension skills, interacting with the text versus just decoding it, is taught by Time4Learning as part of an integrated language arts program delivered on line including phonics, vocabulary, fluency, writing, grammar, and critical thinking.</em></p>
<p>For more info: <a href="http://www.time4learning.com/readingpyramid/index.htm" target="_blank">The Reading Skills Pyramid</a> illustrates that there are many steps to becoming a proficient reader. There are five key areas in learning to read: <a href="http://www.time4learning.com/readingpyramid/awareness.htm">phonemic awareness</a>, <a href="http://www.time4learning.com/readingpyramid/phonics.htm">phonics</a>, <a href="http://www.time4learning.com/readingpyramid/comprehension.htm">reading comprehension</a>, <a href="http://www.time4learning.com/readingpyramid/vocabulary.htm">vocabulary</a>, and <a href="http://www.time4learning.com/readingpyramid/fluency.htm">reading fluency</a>.</p>
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