Students use Phonics Companion for Students' on-screen activities and teachers use Phonics Companion's activity sheets to reinforce students' skills. Supplement your phonics program with Phonics Companion for Students, a dynamic new program that combines fun, multimedia activities with a solid curricular base to create the ideal phonics program for your classroom. Using a hands-on, objective-based approach to learning, the program employs digitized natural voices that instruct your students in correct vowel pronunciation. An excellent complement to the Phonics Companion activity generator, Phonics Companion for Students not only meets state and national reading standards, but includes everything you need to reach every child in your classroom or home school. Covers: Long vowels, Short vowels, Vowel digraphs Ideal for: Initial teaching, Guided practice, Independent practice Engages students in fun, animated activities such as: Phonics activity sheets, Center games, Whole-group games On-screen activities for: Word usage, Spelling, Word recognition, Phonemic awareness, Sound blending, Student record keeping by objective, Teacher management. System Requirements: Windows: Pentium processor, 133MHz or faster, at least 64MB RAM, Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, 40MB disk space Macintosh: Power PC processor (PPC), at least 64MB RAM, Mac OS 8.1 (does NOT work with OSX), 40MB disk space. Contains: 1 Mac/Windows hybrid CD-ROM, 1 Binder.