Scholastic F.I.R.S.T. vs Alpha|Beta

New from Scholastic! A new adventure in learning to read! Small Actions. Big Results. Ooka Island transforms teaching foundational reading skills by breaking the process down into thousands of micro-actions — 6,695 to be exact. With an instructionally robust methodology and highly adaptive technology, Ooka Island actively personalizes each student’s path toward fluent reading. - Steeped in Research and Efficacy Built on Dr. Kay MacPhee’s proven, research-based concepts, Ooka Island purposefully leads with securing children's phonemic awareness while teaching phonological skills to ensure reading words becomes as effortless as speaking-so students can focus on comprehension. Dive into the research to learn more about Ooka Island's effective foundational reading program. - Reporting for Educators at All Levels It's important to know how a student, class, school or district is progressing at both a high-level and the most granular. It's equally important to make that data actionable for educators. Ooka Island’s meaningful reports are filled with the richest and most impactful metrics, giving educators the tools they need to help meet their critical reading goals. - Adaptive. Really. Being highly adaptive means seamlessly supporting all students throughout their early reading journey. With three levels of adaptability—immediate scaffolding, adaptations to pacing, and more complex interventions—Ooka Island's continuous formative assessment understands the precise moment, and the right type of intervention, to help a student succeed. - Learning After the Bell Connecting reading to the home and family has a significant lifelong impact. Purposefully designed to be equitable for outside of school access, Ooka Island can be used anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Using their personalized account, students pick up wherever they left off, continuing to make measurable progress on their own learn to read adventure.

Learn to read Greek, Cyrillic, and other non-Latin alphabets — one letter at a time. Alpha|Beta ships with ten scripts: Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Armenian, Georgian, and Coptic. WHAT'S INCLUDED • A card deck for each alphabet — filter by category (capitals, lowercase, diphthongs, combinations), shuffle the order, or hide names to quiz yourself • Tap any card for pronunciation, an example word, and related case forms • An adaptive quiz that weights questions toward the letters you're still learning, with daily streak tracking • Custom color themes for every language, or build your own palette • Switch languages anytime PRIVACY, BY DESIGN Alpha|Beta has no ads, no account, and no tracking. Your progress syncs across your own devices through your private iCloud account — we never see it.