Two Libraries Devoted to Supporting
Struggling Readers of All Abilities
 | Gold Library
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Inspire a love for reading
Choose the Start-to-Finish Gold Library if your struggling pupils are reading below age level and need to boost their motivation to read. You will never find a better way to introduce pupils to engaging stories and characters. Watch their vocabulary, background knowledge and fluency grow.
- Age 7-9 readable text
- Lower ability can read with support
- Syntax and grammar of conversational speech
- High-frequency and topic-specific vocabulary
- Limited number of ideas per sentence
- Word-by-word highlighting
- Auditory support for individual words
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Each book has:
- 5,000 to 7,000 words
- 100-150 words per page
- 10 to 12 chapters on average
- 450-750 words per chapter
- Full-page illustrations
- One page viewable on screen
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Track progress and extend learning
Computer quizzes after each chapter let pupils demonstrate comprehension and a practice activity allows pupils to master fluency. Quizzes are automatically graded, so pupils get instant feedback, and teachers get detailed reports on accumulated pupil performance and time-on-task.
- Cloze quiz format offers literal sentence completion after each chapter.
- NEW! Optional speech in cloze quiz allows for additional support, if needed.
- NEW! Short, manageable passages allow pupils to practice fluent reading through repeated reading.
- NEW! Fluency readings are recorded for pupils and teachers to assess the quality of rate, intonation and accuracy.
- NEW! Completed and blank quizzes can be printed by pupils for off-computer activities.
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 | Blue Library
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Transition to grade-level text
Choose the Start-to-Finish Blue Library to familiarise pupils with formal literary language and help them make the transition
to age-level text. Mature themes are appropriate for middle and high school.
- Age 9-10 readable text
- Lower ability can read with support
- Syntax and vocabulary of more formal English
- Complex or abstract vocabulary
- More ideas introduced into longer sentences
- Varied sentence structures
- Auditory support for key words
- Sentence-by-sentence highlighting
For more detailed examples of product and text features go to Start-to-Finish At-A-Glance. (PDF file, requires Acrobat Reader, v4.0 or higher.) |  |
Each book has:
- 10,000 to 12,000 words
- 150-200 words per page
- 10 to 12 chapters
- 900-1,200 words per chapter
- Illustrations, vary in size and placement
- Two pages viewable on-screen
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Track progress and extend learning
Computer quizzes let pupils demonstrate comprehension and vocabulary development. Recording their own reading, pupils master fluency with repeated reading. Pupils get instant feedback and teachers get detailed reports on accumulated pupil performance and time-on-task. Completed and blank quizzes can be printed for off-computer activities.
- Questions quiz poses inferential questions to demonstrate comprehension.
- Meanings quiz reinforces new vocabulary and idioms introduced in the chapter.
- Optional speech in quizzes allows for additional support, if needed.
- Fluency practice activity uses short, manageable passages to allow pupils to practice fluent reading through repeated reading.
- Fluency readings are recorded for pupils and teachers to assess the quality of rate, intonation and accuracy.
- NEW! Completed and blank quizzes and fluency activities can be printed by pupils for off-computer activities.
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