A 40-story, illustrated reading comprehension program with functional daily living skills
Features and Benefits
Provides text written at a 2nd-4th grade reading level
Presents stories of six content areas
Each story is either three, five, or seven pages in length and includes study questions
Software offers a read aloud option with text highlighting and numerous graphics
This book is ideal for older students who are reading a 2nd -4th grade reading level. Story pages can be printed from the PDF on CD or photocopied. Or, each student can have their own book to enjoy and explore!
The book presents 40 stories in six areas:
Community
Personal
School
Signs
Transportation
and Work
Stories describe places (e.g. grocery stores, restaurants), things (e.g. community signs) and activities (e.g. going on a date).
Each story has three, five, or seven pages with study questions. Easy-to-read text is brought to life with engaging, colourful photos.
Life Skill Readers Introductory Kit includes one book, one PDF CD, and the Life Skill Readers software on a Win/Mac CD. The PDF CD includes a printable PDF file with a Classroom Licence that lets you print stories for each student.
Life Skill Readers Software incorporates Attainment’s software which reads the stories aloud to students with professional narration.
Features include:
Text is highlighted word by word, line by line, or by complete sentence.
Graphics are plentiful, contemporary and age-appropriate.
A test at the end of each story provides speech support and an optional hint feature that directs students to the page that addresses each question.
Students can access the software by mouse, touch screen, or single or double switches.
A unified management system helps the teacher quickly review or print out student performance data.
Teachers can determine reading lists and set options that best suit each student’s learning style.
Choose word-by-word or natural speech narration, select the text highlighting approach and assign tests.
