Pluck-a-Pearl

Pluck-a-Pearl is an activity in JumpStart Reading for First Graders. It is accessed by clicking on the corresponding arcade game at the Pathway. It is designed to teach long and short vowel sounds.

Description
The player will instructed to find words containing a certain vowel sound. The oysters will periodically open and close. When an oyster is open, it will display a word. If the word contains the correct vowel sound, the player should click on it, which will allow one of the sea creatures to collect the pearl inside. When five pearls have been collected, the player will rewarded with a ticket.

Difficulty level differences
The activity has three difficulty levels. Each level features a different set of words.

Digital manual description
These sea creatures are hunting for undersea treasure! Can you help them pluck the pearls? Match the vowel sound you hear spoken with a vowel sound in one of the words. Hurry! These ornery oysters don't stay open long!


 * Listen carefully to the spoken vowel sound.
 * Watch the oysters. When you see the word that contains the same vowel sound you heard, click that oyster. You'll be looking for a short vowel or a long vowel.
 * When you pluck five pearls, you'll win one ticket!

SKILLS: short and long vowels

EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS: word recognition, listening skills

Trivia

 * Around the time of JumpStart Reading for First Graders' release, an online version of this activity was featured on the Knowledge Adventure website to promote the game.