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Reading Booster Programme

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Reading Booster - Improve reading and listening comprehension

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Reading Booster is a new program for ages 7 to 14, that enables children to improve their reading and listening comprehension, and much more besides!

Over 20% of children have poor reading comprehension. Research shows that most of these children lack the practice to acquire effective reading skills. They have difficulties in relating text content to background knowledge and experience. They are unable to frame questions that will help them extract important information. They often have poor working memory.

Overcoming poor reading comprehension requires plenty of practice at reading different types of texts in an interactive learning environment that focuses on developing key strategies. In the face of competition from TV and computer games, few children get this essential practice. Their reading strategies remain weak, putting them at risk of failing SATs and other examinations.

Reading Booster will improve:

  • understanding of complex texts
  • listening comprehension
  • inferential thinking skills
  • verbal memory skills
  • vocabulary knowledge
  • verbal reasoning
  • concentration and attention
  • reading speed

Scientifically designed

Reading Booster not only gives lots of enjoyable practice in working with texts of varying content and complexity, it also includes question formats that specifically focus children’s strategic attention on key text content and encourages them to make inferential links within the text.

Reading Booster has been designed by experts in the development of reading comprehension. The interactive nature of the program ensures that children stay on task, which also helps develop concentration and attention. Reading Booster provides interactive vocabulary support, so words that children find difficult can be understood in context, so extending their vocabulary.

No teacher supervision!

Reading Booster is very easy to use in the classroom or at home, and requires minimal supervision. In Automatic Mode the program automatically tailors the activities to the child’s individual needs and rate of learning. Alternatively, in Teacher Control Mode the teacher or parent can determine targets, difficult levels and learning requirements as desired. There is also a Student Control Mode.

The efficient way to develop listening skills!

Many children also have poor listening comprehension, which Reading Booster’s Listen Only Mode addresses. This mode improves children’s listening comprehension as well as attention, concentration and verbal memory skills. The Listen Only Mode is particularly useful for children with auditory processing difficulties, semantic language disorders, and general language delay.

Reading Booster features:

  • 70 fictional (expository) texts
  • 70 non-fiction (informational) texts
  • 7 levels of difficulty
  • varying lengths of text (50 - 300 words)
  • engaging and amusing illustrations
  • text read aloud by actors
  • enjoyable, interactive learning
  • detailed charts of progress
  • no limit to number of children registered
Standard Edition

Reading Booster Standard Edition

 £60.00 + VAT

 

Reading Booster Expansion Pack

 

 

 

 

Reading Booster Extension Pack

£20.00 + VAT

REQUIRES READING BOOSTER STANDARD EDITION TO RUN.
THIS SOFTWARE WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT THE STANDARD EDITION.

 

 

Comprehension Games

6 Comprehension Board Games Set One:
Early comprehension skills


Topics include cause & effect, context, fact or opinion, main idea, sequencing and vocabulary. Each game provides explicit instruction in comprehension strategies and provides activities that support understanding. Suitable for pupils aged 7 - 9 and older children with special needs.

£14.99 + VAT     
   
   
6 Comprehension Board Games
Set Two Towards Fluency		  


This set teaches a range of reading comprehension strategies and encourages students to reflect on their own understanding and learning. Topics include context, inference, narrative text, non-fiction text, predicting outcomes and vocabulary. Suitable for pupils aged 9 - 11 and older children with special needs.

£14.99 + VAT      
   

 

Comprehension cubes

Liven up your reading discussion with these foam cubes. Comprehension questions on each side of cube for the students to answer before reading (red cubes), during reading (blue cubes), and after reading (green cubes). For example, "What do the pictures on the cover tell you about the story?" "Find and define an unfamiliar word.” "What is the main idea of the story?". Good for individual or group use. Each cube measures 4cm x 4cm.

£8.95 + VAT      
Play by the Book
The interactive board game that gets children talking about literature

An interactive comprehension game using ANY work of fiction! Get students talking and learning about literature with the only literature-based board game where students read any fiction work and then develop their reading comprehension skills by discussing it.
Game play begins by all players reading the same chapter (or short story) in any fiction book. Readers then travel along the game board path through four regions, each representing a different genre and inhabited by familiar fiction characters. The object of the game is to reach THE END by correctly answering literature comprehension questions about that chapter, and confirming or disproving other players' answers with facts from the story.
Includes: 20" x 20" game board, 100 game cards (2 difficulty levels), 2 dice, 4 game markers, guide, reproducible for making custom game cards.

£19.75 + VAT      


Reading Comprehension Cards
Boxed by year group attainment targets
  • Wipe Clean surfaces for answers and highlighting.
  • Clear, colourful presentation.
  • Interesting and diverse content.
  • User-friendly and comprehensive teacher's guide.
  • 5 sets, targeted to year groups 3-7

Fully aligned to the U.K. National Curriculum Literacy Attainment Targets, these large, colourful, double-sided cards will encourage your pupils to get to grips with reading. Full-colour photographs and a mix of fiction and non-fiction texts help keep them engaged while they learn. Cards cover maths, science and social studies topics and each includes multiple-choice questions to answer after reading. Each set includes 60 comprehension cards and Teacher’s Guide.
Wipe-clean cards measure 21cm L x 14cm H each. 

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Questions focus on:

  • Main Idea

  • Cause and Effect

  • Sequencing

  • Predicting outcomes

  • Making inferences

  • Context clues

  • Drawing conclusion
 
Set 1 (Yr 3) Set 2 (Yr 4) Set 3 (Yr 5) Set 4 (Yr 6) Set 5 (Yr 7)
£16.89 + VAT      
 
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£16.89 + VAT      
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“Hot Dots” Skills - related  Comprehension Cards
 Levelled cards, boxed by comprehension skills
                
These all-new Hot Dots™ Reading Comprehension Kits build comprehension skills—and give students immediate reinforcement!. Each 50-story set contains 10 high-interest reading selections for each reading level from years 2 to 6. After reading the story on the front of the card, the student flips it over to tackle four multiple-choice questions designed to test specific reading comprehension skills. The student can touch his answer choice with a Hot Dots Power Pen for immediate feedback or can write down his A, B, C, D answer choices and check them against the included answer key. Many genres are included in the stories. The perfect tool to challenge young students and hone reading comprehension skills.

PACKS DO NOT INCLUDE HOT DOTS PEN
Set 1:
Getting the Main Idea		 Set 2:
Noting and Recalling Details		 Set 3
Drawing Conclusions/
Predicting Outcomes
£8.95+ VAT      
£8.95+ VAT      
£8.95+ VAT      
Set 4:
Using Context Clues
 		Set 5:
Finding the Sequence/ Cause and Effect		 Set 6:
Making Inferences
£8.95+ VAT      
£8.95+ VAT      
£8.95+ VAT      

Set of 6 boxes

Save another £5.00 on the set of six boxes!

£49.95+ VAT      
 

 

 

 

Set of 6 boxes with 6 pens

£74.95+ VAT      
The Hot Dots Talking Pen (sold separately)
The amazing new Hot Dots Pen TALKS, GLOWS, and makes the FUN REINFORCEMENT SOUNDS kids love! You select the sounds you want to hear. Incorrect answers receive a gentle wrong answer sound or phrase.
£5.95+ VAT      
        See Also: "Hot Dots" phonics flashcards! Click HERE

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