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Start-to-Finish™ BooksOverview
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Raising expectations that all students can develop literacy skills...
“No student is too anything to be able to read and write”
Dr. David YoderDJI-AbleNet Literacy Lecture
ISAAC 2000
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Overview Objectives
Demonstrate benefits of Start-to-Finish Books
Provide opportunities for experience with: Becoming familiar with the three formats of
Start-to-Finish books – computer book, paperback book, audiocassette
Using all the buttons on a page Completing a chapter quiz Setting teacher options Gaining knowledge on the Start-to-Finish Books series Using Write:OutLoud to import illustrations from the CD Using Start-to-Finish Topic Dictionaries with Co:Writer 4000
Share ideas for classroom/curriculum integration
Provide opportunities for self-assessment
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Reading Statistics
• 38% of the nation’s fourth-graders do not read at basic level, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) studies.
• About 10 million children have difficulties learning to read. • In a comparison of 27 countries, the U.S. is ranked second
in reading literacy scores for 9 year olds and ninth for 14 year olds. (Children's Defense Fund: State of America's Children, 2000.)
• Most of the learning in middle and secondary schools is expected to occur through students’ reading.
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The Circle of Literacy Learning™
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Support Struggling Readers
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• Scaffolds students to independent reading
• Builds confident, motivated readers
• Increases background knowledge and supports content-area learning
Start-to-Finish™ Books
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Three Formats
Computer Book
Paperback Book
Audiocassette
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• Written and edited by experts in the fields of language, learning and reading disabilities
• 50 + guidelines ensure that vocabulary, idioms and sentence complexity are controlled and new words are introduced in a supported manner
• Acknowledges the developmental sequence of acquiring language and learning to read
Written for Success Formula
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Written for Success Formula
Examples from 50 guidelines (Gold Level):• Reduced dependence upon background knowledge
– Uncommon words and misleading idioms are carefully introduced and explained in context
• Simple, conversational vocabulary; simple suffix usage:– -ing, -ed, -s, -er, -est (exciting, lonely, destroyed)
• Limited types of complex sentences– Adverbial clauses use when, while, after and because
– Coordinated sentences use and, so, but
– Word order matches order of events
– Subject is not usually separated from verb
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Examples from 50 guidelines (Blue Level):• Idiomatic language and similes and metaphors used often and with
less direct explanation. When Penelope entered the great hall of the palace, the men fell silent marveling at her beauty.
• More complex and abstract vocabulary; higher level suffix usage: -ment, -less, -ness, -ful (excitement, loneliness, destruction)
• More varied types of sentence structure. Her name was Helen, and she was the wife of Menelaos, the king of the Greek city of Sparta.
• More ideas incorporated into longer sentences. Beautiful Helen, the cause of all the long years of fighting, was captured and returned to her husband, King Menelaos.
Written for Success Formula
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Reading Comprehension
• Customizable support provides the right scaffolds for each student
• Unfamiliar and key words are supported in context• Digitized speech enhances meaning
through correct intonation• Chapter quizzes provide motivation
for rereading • PDF files support extension
activities for comprehension• Two readability levels provide text
written to meet student needs
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Self-Selected Reading
• Engaging topics match the interests and issues of the older reader
• Two readability levels provide the right support for students at different levels
• Three formats provide the necessary support for successful independent reading experiences
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Teacher Options
• Individual student data collection
• Individual student reading preferences
• Testing preferences• Access preferences• View and print reports
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Engaging Literature
• Literature– Classic Adventures, Classic
Literature, Famous Short Stories
• History– A Step into History
• Mysteries– Nick Ford Mysteries, Sherlock
Holmes Mysteries
• Science and Nature– Natural Disasters
• Sports– Sports Biographies
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Off-computer Supports
Teacher Materials– Words for review
– Cloze comprehension
– Multiple choice
– Sentence completion
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Reading and Writing Connection
Import Topic Dictionaries
to use new vocabulary from
the story and write stronger sentences
Import Start-to-Finish illustrations to enhance
writing
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Curriculum Integration
• Reading— Use Start-to-Finish books as a supplement to or as part of your reading curriculum.
• Social Studies— Using a Start-to-Finish History series book, students explain the impact a hero had on the way we live today.
• Science— After reading a Start-to-Finish Natural Disasters book, students illustrate key facts from the book in BuildAbility.
• Math— Students track their own scores from the quizzes by charting their score results.
• Writing/Language Arts— Students write a draft comparing their own life to a main character’s life using one of the Start-to-Finish templates in Draft:Builder.
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• Students have increased motivation and positive attitude toward reading
• Students read with improved fluency, intonation and reading rate
• Students increase their reading comprehension skills
• Students increase their knowledge in content-area subjects
Student Outcomes
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