AppleWorks (Apple Computer) http://www.apple.com
Powerful word processing, graphics and illustration, spreadsheet, charting/graphing, presentations and database capabilities?as well as the ability to save your work in HTML for publishing it on the web.

Arthur’s Reading Race (Broderbund) http://www.broderbund.com
An electronic book that includes five activities to help young students develop reading, math, creativity, and logic skills.

Bailey’s Book House (Edmark) http://www.edmark.com
An interactive program with five different activities that explore letters, words, sentences. rhyming and stories.

Clicker 4.0 (Crick Software) http://www.cricksoft.com
A talking word processor that can connect each word to a graphic, sound or movie. Clicker documents can be saved as html. An online community allows for sharing Clicker grids, lesson plans and more.

Destination: Neighborhood (Edmark) http://www.edmark.com
Familiar settings and characters encourage kids to write about actual or imagined adventures. Students can develop creativity, writing and communication skills as they explore the Neighborhood and all the people who live there. As kids select scenes, choose and animate stickers, write, narrate, add music and record dialogue, their stories, journals, letters and poems come alive!

Discis Books (Harmony Interactive Inc.) http://www.discis.com
DISCIS Kids Can Read CD-ROMs feature live-voice narration, original music, sound effects, a slow reading and Spanish translation, all optional. Preferences can be set for each electronic book so students can hear the word pronounced, its definition, syllabication, and much more. Individuals can select the amount of text that appears on each page as well as the speed in which the book is read. There are a variety of genres, including 2 exposition series from National Geographic.

HyperStudio (Roger Wagner Publishing, Inc) http://www.hyperstudio.com
Multimedia tool that allows the user to create non-linear activities and presentations incorporating text, sound, pictures, animations, and movie clips.

Inspiration and Kidspiration (Inspiration Software) http://www.inspiration.com
Powerful visual learning tools that integrate webbing and outlining environments. They are great tools for brainstorming, planning, organizing, outlining, prewriting, diagramming, concept mapping and more!

Instant Readers (Harcourt Brace) http://www.harcourt.com
Each CD Rom includes 4 or 6 stories. Students can take a picture walk to preview or retell the story, listen to the story, read the story, and complete word work with high frequency words or concepts from the stories.

Intellitalk II (Betacom Technologies) http://www.betacom.com/bridges/products/italk2.html
This program offers an array of features that make it easy to develop meaningful activities. Insert graphics from textbooks or other sources. Use on-screen palettes as word banks or prompts. Create activities using locked text and set up student portfolios.

Kid Pix Studio Deluxe (Broderbund) http://www.broderbund.com
Child friendly paint and draw program that introduces students to many tools including: line tool, shape tools, rubber stamps, and text boxes. The SlideShow feature allows the program to become a powerful multimedia tool and allows students to create presentations with sound and simple animation.

Let’s Go Read 1 An Island Adventure (Edmark) http://www.edmark.com
Interactive program with over 100 activities that reinforce letter sounds, how letters form words, initial consonant sounds, short vowel sounds and how sentences form stories. Includes interactive books that students can read or have read to them.

Let’s Go Read 2 An Ocean Adventure (Edmark) http://www.edmark.com
Interactive program that reinforces beginning and ending blends, consonant digraphs, long vowel sounds, and the silent e rule. Includes interactive books that students can read or have read to them.

My First Incredible, Amazing Dictionary (DK Publishing) http://www.dk.com
Interactive picture dictionary that reads definitions and links to related words. Includes three game activities.

Pair-It Books (Steck-Vaughn) http://www.steck-vaughn.com
Paired fiction and nonfiction books provide engaging opportunities to read and explore topics in a multimedia environment. Read to Me supports readers by providing text narration. Learn More enhances children's experience by providing a database of additional factual information to support children's exploration of the topic. Activities give children practice with phonics skills, sequencing, comprehension, and vocabulary. Book Writer provides a tool to allow children to select images from the database, write their own narration, and print or show their work. Page Builder allows children to customize art from the books they read to create new illustrations by choosing from a variety of settings, characters, and details. Teacher Options provides ways to customize the software by allowing you to regulate children's access to the written and narrated text in the database and to modify special projects. The program is adaptable to all learning styles because of the variety and scope of the activities.

Stanley’s Sticker Stories (Edmark) http://www.edmark.com
Create animated storybooks building creativity and writing skills. Readers and non-readers can tell their own stories with over 325 stickers of familiar friends and objects and colorful backgrounds featuring scenes from the classroom to the beach. Students use words, animation, sound effects, and music to bring their stories to life. They can even record their own voices.

Tenth Planet Literacy Series (Sunburst) http://www.sunburst.com
Multimedia software that reinforces phonics strategies with tutorials, guided practice, independent practice, and opportunities to write and record reflections in electronic journals.