The Sentence Master Assessment Test will help you determine which level of the program is appropriate.

Four different computer activities teach one word per day. An encouraging voice provides guidance and informational feedback, while optional amusing animated characters reward correct answers.

Word Recognition Here, the student selects the word that matches the example at the top of the screen.		Sequential Recognition In this activity, the student selects all instances of a particular word in the order he or she would normally read them.
Spelling In a series of spelling activities that do not require letter naming, the student: • completes words by finding the missing letters on the screen • chooses letters from the screen to spell an entire word • types in the entire word		Sentence Completion Here, the student finds the missing word to complete a sentence.

With these activities, students write, by hand or on the computer, the word just learned as well as whole sentences containing the new word and words that have already been taught.

Stories on the computer foster independent reading… with help always available.
After learning a set of words, the student is introduced to an animated story that contains only those words that have been mastered. First, the computer reads the story aloud and then the student reads it alone. Help is always available... at any time, the student can have a word or the entire page read aloud by the computer.

 

Simple on-screen icons can be used to hear the text read aloud, repeat the animation sequence, and move forward or backward within the story.

Story Booklets transfer the reader to print with ease.
After working with the story on the computer, the student is introduced to a printed version of the same story. After reading it, the student completes sentences by filling in the blank spaces. These exercises are designed to strengthen both writing and comprehension skills.