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FCAT Explorer is a program that helps students prepare for the FCAT. The program provides FCAT-like practice questions that address the reading and math benchmarks and can be accessed from any computer with Internet access.
Password Information:
Teachers: The first 4 letters of last name & the last 4 numbers of the Employee Number.
Example: Name: Mary Rodriguez
Employee Number: 121234
Sign-in and Password: RODR1234
Students: A 6 digit randomly generated password has been created for each student:
- Go to: http://www.fcatexplorer.com
- In the bottom right, under announcements, click on:
Looking for your new sign-in name and password for the 2005-2006 school year?
Follow the directions to find the school FCAT Explorer Site Administrator (SA) identified there.
If your site administrator cannot provide you with the user name and password, you should call FCAT Explorer at 1-888-750-3228.
Galactic Library: 3rd Grade Reading Benchmarks
- Adaptive, changing the amount of support students receive based upon performance within the program
- Begins with students working at 3rd grade level, but adjusts to 2nd grade level if needed
- Students are able to hear each word in a passage pronounced
- Vocabulary building activities and games
- Passage-based incorrect feedback
- Readings are high interest and animated
Reading Odyssey: 4th Grade Reading Benchmarks
- Three entertaining modules-Land, Ocean, and Space
- Wide range of interesting fiction and nonfiction passages
- Adaptive, changing the amount of support students receive based upon performance within the program
- Passage-based incorrect feedback
- Readings are high interest and animated
Reading Island: 6th Grade Reading Benchmarks
- 27 passages and over 250 practice questions
- Passages cover topics in science, culture and history
- Island adventure interface
- Sequenced passages from easiet to hardest
- Vocabulary-building game
Reading Boardwalk: 8th Grade Reading Benchmarks
- Adaptive, changing the amount of support students receive based upon performance within the program
- Vocabulary building activities and games
- Passage-based incorrect feedback
- Main idea practice
Math Station: 5th Grade Math Benchmarks
- Colorful, appealing interface
- Over 150 context-rich practice math problems
- Five benchmark-based math games
- Hints for incorrect answer choices
- Detailed correct answer explanations
Math Navigator: 8th Grade Math Benchmarks
- Colorful, appealing interface
- 139 context-rich practice math problems
- Five benchmark-based math games
- Hints for incorrect answer choices
- Detailed correct answer explanations
Math Timeline: 10th Grade Math Benchmarks
- Timeline based navigation
- 139 context-rich practice math problems
- Problems focus on history, science, culture, and career
- Students freely navigate through program or work on problems related to a specific benchmark
- Over 140 practice problems
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