Jungle Bowl

Jungle Bowl is an activity in JumpStart Reading for First Graders. It is accessed by clicking on the corresponding arcade machine at the Pathway. It is intended to teach spelling.

Description
Frankie will say a word, and the player must spell it. The player will be given coconuts with letters on them, and the player must roll each coconut into one of the bowling lanes so that the coconuts spell the word when lined up. If the player rolls a coconut into the wrong spot, s/he can knock it out by rolling another one in its place. The replaced coconut can then be rolled again. A magenta-colored monkey will move from side-to-side. If a coconut rolls into him, he'll eat it, and the player will have to roll it again. Each time the player spells a word correctly, a flower on a side on the machine will bloom. The activity is complete when player correctly spells 5 words, and the player will be rewarded with a ticket.

Difficulty level differences

 * Level 1: The player spells 3-letter words.
 * Level 2: The player spells 4-letter words.
 * Level 3: The player spells 4 and 5-letter words.

Digital manual description
Have a rollin' good time in the Jungle Bowl arcade game. You'll see a picture and hear a word. Can you roll the coconuts down the lanes so the letters correctly spell out the word? Better be careful-there's one hungry monkey who just loves to eat coconuts!

SKILLS: spelling
 * To roll a coconut, click on it, place it on the bug at the bottom of the correct lane, and click again to let it roll!
 * If you misspell a word, you'll get more chances until you get it right.
 * For each word you've spelled correctly, you'll see a flower bloom under the Toucan.
 * When you spell five words correctly, you'll earn one ticket!

EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS: word recognition, letter recognition