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Grade Range: 4 - 8
Learn literacy and leadership skills through game play with Read to Lead’s virtual workplace games. The three games offer literacy practice through students participating as the leader of a newspaper, community center, or wellness clinic. Each game also includes many educator resources including mini-lessons, assessments, and further discussion questions. Easily set up your class after creating your account to create usernames and passwords or upload your class roster directly into your account. Performance, Progress, and Student Activity Reports provide individual and class feedback on student activity and progress within the games.
In the Classroom
Use information within the site to choose games for students based on reading levels or topics of interest. Instead of traditional reading homework assignments, assign one of these high-interest games to play. This site is also excellent for use with ESL/ELL students; use the icons in the game to translate speech into over 100 languages. Be sure to check out the many free included items with each game such as pacing guides and challenge activities. After playing the games, use the included ideas to support your career research and planning activities. Have students use a photo collage creation tool like PhotoCollage, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18310">reviewed here</a>, to extend their learning and visualize different aspects of any career. Take it a step further and have students modify their learning by creating a webpage featuring "a day in the life" of their career choice. Carrd, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17342">reviewed here</a>, is an easy to use webpage creator. Replace the traditional final report with a project to redefine learning by challenging students to use a multimedia tool like Canva Infographic Maker, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17570">reviewed here</a>, to share information about their chosen career using information from their research and based on information presented within the games found on Read to Lead.
At Home
Share these activities with your student to enhance reading and literacy skills. These games also provide opportunities for exploring the many demands found within the provided professions.