Read to Learn Book Library   Item #: AT1111   Interest Level: Gr. 6–12   Reading Level: Gr. 1–3   Components: Student Book, Teacher Guide and Software Sale Price: $142.00 « Back to product page

A comprehensive language arts curriculum for transition age students that features age-appropriate content with contemporary life skill themes.

The Read to Learn Book Library is a collection of six student readers and three corresponding instructor' s guides. Each reader features heavily illustrated text with accompanying student assessment/activity pages. A PDF on the CD is also provided for each title so you can print out student copies of stories and activity pages.

Read to Learn Software has many excellent features for the student and teacher alike. It reads stories aloud to students with professional narration. Text is highlighted word by word, line by line or by complete sentence. Students can also click on any individual word to hear it read. Graphics are plentiful, contemporary and age-appropriate. A test at the end of each story also provides speech support plus an optional hint feature that directs students to the page that addresses each question.

Introductory Kits include one Student Reader, one Teacher' s Guide (if available), a PDF file and a Classroom License for printouts, plus multimedia software that reads the stories aloud to students.

Classroom Kits include eight Student Readers and all other items in the Introductory Kit.

Life Skill Readers (Reading Level 1-2) presents 40 stories in six content areas: Community, Personal, School, Signs, Transportation and Work. Stories describe places (grocery stores, restaurants), things (community signs) and activities (going on a date). Each story has three to seven pages with study questions. The easy-to-read text is brought to life with engaging, colorful photos and is ideal for older students.

Safety Skills Reader (Reading Level 3.0) explores important home community, personal, and recreational, safety issues. Graphic novel style drawings illustrate 26 stories. Focuses on everyday concerns like Internet use, pedestrian travel, and sports involvement. Stories end with study questions and basic vocabulary definitions. Covered spiral bound book, full-color 162 pp.

Social Story Readers (Reading Level 2.0) teaches reading comprehension with 16 short stories that focus on common social issues. Ideal for older students who are reading at a second grade level or below. The Student Reader presents the short stories in a graphic novel style. Covered spiralbound book, full color, 90 page. The Instructor' s Guide features the 16 stories plus student activity pages. Covered spiral bound book, black and white 277 pp.

Self Determination Readers (Reading Level 2-3) explores transition issues in an illustrated short-story format. The Student Reader presents 16 engaging, full-color stories, illustrated in a graphic novel style. Each six- to eight-page story is ideal for one classroom session. The Teacher' s Guide features multiple student activity pages for each story. The activity pages vary in difficulty and content so you can select just the right one for each student. Covered spiral bound books, black and white, 172 pp.

Focus on Feelings (Reading Level 1-2) features 19 photo-illustrated stories to help readers recognize and understand the way people feel in a variety of life situations. Stories have simplified text, emotion photos, and comprehension exercises with an emotions dictionary. Covered spiral bound book, full color, 164 pp.

In Do The Right Thing (Reading Level 2-3) Students read about and analyze community-based social situations using an illustrated, short story format. Includes a Student Reader and a Teacher' s Guide, titled Social Competency in the Community. Student Reader is a covered spiral bound book in full color, 155 pp. Teacher' s Guide covered spiral bound book, black and white, 216 pp.

This program is ideal for:

• Special Education / Special Needs
• Struggling Learners
• Students-at-Risk
• Learning Disabled
• Remedial Education
• Differentiated Education