Released on = December 5, 2006, 8:06 am

Press Release Author = Sierra Vista Software

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Sight Words are some of the most frequently used words in
the English language. Twenty new interactive Sight Words exercises have been added
to Quiz-Tree.com.

Press Release Body = Palm Coast, FL. December 5, 2006 - In response to requests
from educators, Sierra Vista Software has released twenty new Sight Words exercises
that teach

these important words in context.

Professional educators, as well as parents, know that reading is one of the most
important skills that a young person has to acquire in order to live a productive
life

in our society. Fluency with Sight Words is a major milestone on the way to
functional literacy.

Sight Words (also called the Dolch Word List) are some of the most frequently used
words in the English language. The standard Dolch Word List contains just

over 200 words, however they comprise approximately 50 to 70 percent of general
reading material.

In the past several months Quiz-Tree.com has added 40 Sight Words quizzes that can
also be used as exercises. Recently, 20 more exercises have been added,

which brings the total number of Sight Words exercises at Quiz-Tree.com to 60.

Unlike the previously added exercises, these new exercises teach Sight Words in
context. Each of the 20 new exercises contains 10 or more simple sentences.

The sentences have been specifically composed to contain very few words other than
the Sight Words. There is at least one sentence for each Sight Word.

Each sentence is read aloud by the program and displayed on the computer screen.
The audio portion contains the complete sentence, whereas the sentence is

displayed with one of the words missing. The student's job is to select the missing
word out of four possible choices. After the correct answer is chosen, the quiz

moves on to the next question. The last question is followed by a summary that
includes the number of right and wrong answers as well as the percentage of

correct answers.

The new exercises are intended for K-3 students and anyone else learning to read.


Availability

The Sight Words exercises at Quiz-Tree.com can be accessed at
http://www.quiz-tree.com/Sight-Words_main.html


About Quiz-Tree.com

Quiz-Tree.com offers hundreds of free interactive online quizzes on topics such as
Math, English, Foreign Languages, Standardized Tests, US History,

Geography, ESL, Science, Energy, Music and more.


About Sierra Vista Software

Sierra Vista Software is based in Palm Coast, Florida, and provides educational
software for organizations and individuals. Other products by Sierra Vista

Software: Quiz-Buddy for Windows, Quiz-Buddy for Palm OS, Free Quiz-Buddy for
Windows, QB - Spanish, QB - US States, QB - Math, QB - SAT. Sierra Vista

Software is an official Curriculum Online content provider.

Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are

the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Sierra Vista Software
P.O. Box 353165
Palm Coast, FL 32135
Email: pr@quiz-buddy.com
http://www.quiz-buddy.com/press.html
phone: 386-845-9261


Web Site = http://www.quiz-tree.com/Sight-Words_main.html

Contact Details = Sierra Vista Software
P.O. Box 353165
Palm Coast, FL 32135
Email: pr@quiz-buddy.com
http://www.quiz-buddy.com/press.html
phone: 386-845-9261