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Read, Write & Type! Learning System
Revolutionary reading software that includes phonics, spelling, keyboarding and word processing!
Special features for students with learning disabilities (LD), reading difficulties, or learning English as a second language (ESL)
Research-proven! Boosts reading scores significantly!
Easy-to-use reading software, assessment software and engaging materials for learning to read and teaching reading!
The Read, Write & Type Learning System Learning System adventure takes place in a fantasy world inside the computer. A lively gang of storytellers (Ann the Ant, Bud, the Banjo Cass the Cat, etc.) live in two houses that look like the two halves of a keyboard. A mischievous computer villain called Vexor tries to steal the letters and prevent the storytellers from writing down their stories. Two Helping Hands, Lefty and Rightway, help children foil Vexor through 40 exciting levels, building hundreds of animated sentences and stories as they go. Children are rewarded with certificates of advancement after every four letters.
The Twelve Steps to Reading, Writing and Typing
1. Children begin by connecting each sound with a friendly keyboard storyteller. The keyboard storytellers present their phonemes, their place on the keyboard, and their favorite stories. Children learn how new sounds come alive when 2 letters team up, like "aw" or "sh".
2. Children then look at a picture, identify the sounds in each word, and type the letter or pair of letters that make up each sound. Forty beginning, middle, and ending speech sounds are linked to their place on the keyboard.
3. Children begin to build words by typing sounds. No other program combines the sounds of phonics with correct finger placement, so children easily learn to type the sounds they hear.
4. Children start to read and write simple stories. They practice writing at the Story Tree in 40 delightfully animated scenes -- just by listening, looking and typing.
5. Children move on to creating their own stories, with their newfound typing and phonics skills and the Read, Write & Type!™ simple word processor and talking keyboard.
6. For further practice, children can send messages using the simulated email feature. The messages they "receive" are actually stories written by real children from different countries around the world.
7. Children build on their typing skills by playing the Power Fountain with Vexor, or they visit the Bonus Blimp for practice in areas where they need the most help.
8. In the Sound Game, children practice sound recognition by saying the name of the picture displayed and then typing the correct letter or pair of letters that represent the beginning, middle, or ending speech sound.
9. The Reading Game provides extra help in reading comprehension by matching a picture to a word or sentence. Children read a word or sentence at the top of the screen, and then match a picture to that sentence.
10. Children play the Spelling Game by looking at a picture, listening to the word that names the picture and sounding out the word as they type it. Read, Write & Type! gives feedback if a letter is missed and offers helpful hints about how to get it right!
Read, Write & Type! monitors student progress and automatically provides appropriate practice if a student is not ready to move to the next level. The criterion for passing a Spaceship level can be set by teacher or parent. The default setting is 70% unless it is changed up or down.
11. If a student has scored a 57%, when he starts to exit, he is told to return to RWT! and play five Bonus Blimps before he tries to pass the Spaceship level again. The Bonus Blimp keeps track of his scores on all activities. When he clicks on the Blimp it will take him automatically to the activities he needs to practice. He will be credited on his certificate for any Bonus activities he chooses to play. He can play any number at any time. When the student returns to the Spaceship to try again to pass this level, he will be better prepared.
12. Teachers or parents can print out individual or group reports of student progress and be able to see at a glance whether students are having difficulty at the level of phonemic awareness and phonics or whether their problems lie in Spelling or Reading Comprehension.
THE HOME EDITION INCLUDES:
55 sound games with more than 200 word pictures
118 typing challenges with more than 200 words and phrases
40 animated stories with more than 600 words
40 Power Fountain games with 3 difficulty levels and 1,000 words
84 writing samples from real children around the world
Spaceship Challenge CD ROM
9 Phoneme Awareness Challenges with more than 90 items
9 Reading Comprehension Challenges with more than 90 items
9 Spelling Challenges with more than 90 items
Reports of individual or class progress
40 printable RWT stories
120 clip art pictures and Read, Write & Type Learning System™ characters to illustrate original stories
School Edition:
2 READ, WRITE & TYPE CDs
2 SPACESHIP CHALLENGE CDs
One Activity Binder
set of Reward Stickers
Practice Keyboard
24" x 36" Poster
CURRICULUM PACK:
(includes RWTLS Lab Edition & Classroom Materials, described below)
Everything you need for reading and writing instruction, assessment and classroom activities for a 5-computer station and one classroom of 25 students
Classroom Materials:
25 Laminated Practice Keyboards for practice at home or at their desks
25 sets of Reward Stickers (featuring Read, Write & Type! characters)
Lab Edition:
6 READ, WRITE & TYPE CDs
6 SPACESHIP CHALLENGE CDs
One Activity Binder
Set of Reward Stickers
Practice Keyboard
24" x 36" Poster
SITE LICENSE:
25 READ, WRITE & TYPE CDs
25 SPACESHIP CHALLENGE CDs
One Activity Binder
One Poster
1 set of Classroom Materials
SITE LICENSE ADD ON:
Additional Sets of 2 CDs (READ, WRITE & TYPE & SPACESHIP CHALLENGE) Available ONLY with purchase of Site License)
Network Edition:
For installation on either Mac or Windows Server and up to 50 Mac and/or Windows Work Stations
One READ, WRITE & TYPE/SPACESHIP CHALLENGE INSTALL CD
PDF Install and User Manuals on CD
One Activity Binder
One Poster
1 set of Classroom Materials
Network Add-On:
Additional Network Workstations Authorized
System Requirements:
Macintosh (both CDs):
Classic Mac Systems 7.5 to 9.2 or Mac OSX
Hard disk with 2 MB free disk space
8 MB available memory (RAM)
Double-speed or higher CD-ROM drive
13" or larger 256-color monitor
System 7.5 or higher
Mouse
(Optional: Macintosh-compatible printer)
Windows (both CDs):
Runs on: IBM(r) PC and compatibles, 486 or better, Windows 95 or 98, 2000, NT or XP, with:
16 MB available RAM memory
Double-speed or higher CD-ROM drive
Windows-compatible Mouse
Hard disk with 2 MB free disk space
Windows 95/98 compatible printer driver (printer is optional)
Windows-compatible sound card
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