Improve reading comprehension for your struggling readers and special needs students

GRADES 5 - 8

Thinking Reader is an innovative, research-validated program that systematically builds reading comprehension skills for students reading below grade level. The program presents core, authentic literature—the books your whole class reads—in a highly motivating and supportive environment. It embeds prompts, hints, model answers, and instant feedback into the text to provide individualized instruction. Students practice and master 7 scientifically proven reading comprehension strategies while they read. Thinking Reader also includes comprehensive support materials that make it easy for educators—including classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special education teachers—to integrate the program into a variety of instructional settings.

MEETS STATE AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
Your students will:

	Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency
	Read and interpret a variety of literary works
	Understand and acquire new vocabulary
	Monitor their own comprehension and make modifications when understanding breaks down
	Answer different types and levels of questions such as open-ended, literal, and interpretative as well as test-like questions such as multiple choice and short answer
	Offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to texts
	Paraphrase and summarize text to recall, inform, or organize ideas
	Describe mental images that text descriptions evoke

PRODUCT FEATURES

	Research-based and validated
	The only software program to use the unabridged text of award-winning core literature
	Provides instruction on 7 proven reading comprehension strategies: Summarizing Questioning Clarifying Predicting Visualizing Feeling Reflecting
	5 levels of embedded reading comprehension support for individualized instruction
	Quizzes within the literature test recall, inference, and vocabulary skills
	Tracks specific student performance and general class progress; view, print, or export 6 reports to monitor improvement
	A contextual glossary aids vocabulary development and includes Spanish translations for ELL students
	Human voice narration feature with synchronized highlighting helps build fluency
	Meets the latest guidelines on universal accessibility Adjustable font size Keyboard navigation Text captioning Screen reader compatibility

CHOOSE FROM A GROWING LIBRARY OF GREAT CLASSROOM READING:

	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
	Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
	Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
	My Brother Sam Is Dead by James and Christopher Collier
	Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
	A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
	The Giver by Lois Lowry

	Dr. David Rose and Dr. Bridget Dalton
			Dr. David Rose and Dr. Bridget Dalton combined their expertise and research on literacy, education, and special learning needs to develop Thinking Reader at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). Dr. Rose, a neuropsychologist, is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and one of the authors of the award-winning program Wiggleworks. Dr. Dalton Assistant Professor of Learning Literacy, and Culture at Vanderbilt UniversityÕs College of Education and Human Development.

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	Title		Thinking Reader
	(SKU)		THITHI
	1 computer			$250 / title
Note: This product is available for sale only in the US.

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	A stand-alone and network Mac/Win CD-ROM; teacher support materials including lesson plans, assessment rubric, and student/teacher conference guidelines; title-specific discussion guide; and 6 copies of the paperback (additional copies can be purchased separately).

	2005 Codie award: Best Education Instructional Solution for Special Needs Students
	2005 Ed Press Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing
	ComputEd Gazette's Best Educational Software Awards [BESSIE'S]: Middle School/Language Arts: Thinking Reader: Tuck Everlasting
	eSchool News 2004: Best Software for Building Vocabulary - Older Readers (grades 4+)