Target Vocabulary Set 1 – I will recommend this to every teacher I know! This was by far my favorite product I evaluated this year! Both my students and I loved this!!
– Teacher Tester
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What people are saying
- From: Virginia TeacherTo: Lone Star Learning
Were your ears burning? Last week, a team of visiting teachers paraded through my classroom after school during a school tour and they looked all around my room at the Vocabulary posters all over my walls. They remarked about how colorful and helpful these posters were and asked me where I got them. I told them all about you. Keep up the good work! I use these posters every day in my teaching and more importantly my students use them every day in their learning.
Virginia Teacher
- From: Kari BrewerTo: Lone Star Learning
I am a second grade teacher in Virginia. We received one copy of the Target the Question math program to try out. At first I was skeptical about the program and thought it was just something else I had to find time for. As soon as I set up the bulletin board for the program it got the students attention. We began using Target the Question during the second week of school right after finishing morning calendar. After about three weeks of using the program every day the kids started enjoying it and I was starting to see results during our regular math period. Each morning when I plug in the overhead the kids know it is time to put on their critical thinking caps and do Target the Question. Depending on which day of the week it is I always review the question or information from the day before. Then we review the overhead transparency. I will ask a student to predict what they think the question for the day is. The children get very excited and want to see the question quickly. Following the steps of the program I put the question in the pocket I made on the bulletin board. Then I ask the kids to find the important information (numbers and clue words) needed to answer the question. I circle the information on the board from the transparency, and underline the clue words on the pocket. Then the students set to work writing their number sentences. Upon completion of the number sentence we write an explanatory statement about our answer. We have been doing this part as a group, and are working towards writing it independently. Because of this program my class has learned what a number sentence is, how to write one and why it is different from a regular sentence. They are also more in tune with the important information found in math stories or word problems. On our regular math practice pages I see them circling this information to help them solve the problem. My children are also very good at writing their own math stories, because we work with them every day now. I have told the curriculum coach at my school what a great program I think Target the Question is. Other teachers have (observed) Target the Question and really like the way that there are specific steps to follow for each problem. I think this program teaches children the strategies.
Kari Brewer
- From: Manuel RuizTo: Lone Star Learning
My students look forward to Lone Star every morning. Thank you for helping learning be both challenging and fun.
Manuel Ruiz
- From: Julie McLeroy, Commerce ISD 4th gradeTo: Lone Star Learning
Target Math enhances our classroom learning while spiraling back through what has previously been taught. I love the questions as they are often posed with higher level question stems. (TEKSas Target Practice, 4th grade, digital user)
- From: Liz Silva LuebkeTo: Lone Star Learning
I have been using some form of Lone Star Learning for the past 10 years, and cannot imagine teaching without it! Currently using TEKSas Target Practice, and just ordered Target Reading. Thank you!
- From: Jamie BrotemarkleTo: Lone Star Learning
We want to thank you for developing the perfect Science vocabulary flash cards to help support our English as a Second Language (ESL) students. We initially ordered them with just our ESL students in mind, but as it turns out they have been helping many of our students who struggle with some of the more difficult science terms. If you are debating about purchasing these cards, you won’t be disappointed. You can tell a lot of thought went into choosing the right photos to help students understand and remember what many of the key science terms mean.
Jamie Brotemarkle
Spillane Middle School - From: Alyssa ThomasTo: Lone Star Learning
I was one of the first teachers to use Target Math at my previous school district, and it was amazing. I believe my students performed better on the state assessments because of this amazing product. I am sad that my current district does not have it because it is an amazing resource to have. It is worth every penny.
Alyssa Thomas
- From: Becky Schiller, Angleton ISDTo: Lone Star Learning
I also want you to know that with missing so much school for Hurricane Harvey and snow days, that my kids are shining like stars anyway and I owe it to Lone Star. I believe so much in your program, and I thank you!
- From: Nichole KertisTo: Lone Star Learning
It is always exciting to review best practices for all students and encourage our special educators that TEKS based instruction can be accessible to students with disabilities. We appreciate the structure, visual representation, and strategies embedded in your product design. Thanks for your generosity and support!
Nichole Kertis, LOT
Austin, TX
