Have you head of Samson's Classroom? It's a web based educational software program designed for early literacy that focuses on sight words, spelling, and reading comprehension.
Well, about two weeks ago, I was offered a classroom account and not one... not two... but THREE free year subscriptions for my bloggy friends!
I was going to wait, since I just had a giveaway for the Easi Speak USB Recorder but I can't wait any longer. I got my students set up last week and we've been having a blast with Samson!
You can input your own spelling lists so students can get extra practice or use their pre-loaded lists. I love "Read with Samson". The passages are perfect and I love how, if you get a question wrong, the part of the text with the answer is underlined. This is really helping my students feel ok about looking back in the text to double check their comprehension because so often, they just like to "be done" without being right.
And I totally wish I would have had the "Sight Words with Samson" at the beginning of the year when my first graders were working on mastering their sight words!
Here's a link to a little video for you to get some more info...
Here we are at the computer lab today, completely engrossed in the activities:
So... you can enter once by leaving a blog comment AND if you "LIKE" Samson's Classroom on Facebook, you can leave two more comments for a total of THREE entires!!!
Good luck!!!! I'll announce the three winners on Saturday morning!
And... you can still enter at Teacher's Notebook for one of my Marshmallow Adjective packs! Click the pic for more info!
Looks like fun! I want to win so we can play too!! :o)
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I "liked" Samson's Classroom on Facebook! :o)
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I "liked" Samson's Classroom on Facebook - #2! :o)
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This looks great! Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
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Looks like a great tool!
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I like Samson on FB
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How cool!!!! I'm loving this!
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I would love to win...we want to play!
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I follow Samson's Classroom on FB!
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I "liked" them on FB too.
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Wow! That is a great giveaway! :)
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Soooooo cool!
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I "liked" them on FB =)
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Rulin' the Roost
This looks like a great program!
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I liked their Facebook page.
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This sounds great! I've been looking for a way to boost sight words with my firsties.
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Sounds like fun!
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Looks amazing!!!!! Would love to win!!!!
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I also liked Samson's on FB!!!
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I also liked Samson's on FB!!!
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You mean there's a program that makes it cool to go back and look for answers in the text!??
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Halle
Across the Hall in 2nd
This looks great! I'll have to talk to some people tomorrow about this!! ;)
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Looks like such a fun site! :)
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Amy
Looks really fun!!
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An Education Lasts a Lifetime
What a great tool! Thanks for sharing!:)
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Teachable Moments
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Teachable Moments
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Samson looks awesome!
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Wow! I'd love a chance to win for my kiddos!
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I likes Samson on FB
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Oops, that would be I liked Samson on FB.
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Cool!! i would love to win:)
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Another comment for FB :)
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I liked Samson on Facebook! So excited- I hope I win. This would be so awesome for my 2nd graders! LOVE!!!
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ReplyDeleteWow! This seems like a really great tool. I have a lot of interactive games and none of them highlight the answer! Thanks for sharing!!!
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ReplyDeleteThis looks great! I'm having the same issue with kids just wanting to be done and not looking back in the text.
ReplyDeleteOk, so I have a logistical question. I have a subscription through school, but I find it hard to get everyone signed in with my username and password...how do you deal with that?
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I liked Samson's Classroom on FB.
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okay does the list of comments wver end. i'm in., love to win mary at apopovic@primus.ca thanks
ReplyDeleteThis would be so awesome we use RAZ now but it would be neat to have a program that targets more then just comprehension. I will like Samson's on Facebook also.
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I liked Samson on Facebook as well:) Can't wait to hear who the lucky winners are; "I hope it's me!"
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ReplyDeleteThis looks wonderful...would love to use it in my classroom.
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I would be interested in using that program too.
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Cant wait for my students to try it out!
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Ps feel better!!!
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