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Name: Elaine Reynolds
Status: Parent
Child’s School: Valley Classical Christian School
Child’s Grade: Just completed
4th grade
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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address so that other parents or teachers can contact me.
Products Used: Spell Plus and
Fill-in Tests
Comments:
My son had just transitioned into an
accelerated school, and needed to “catch up” in certain areas
including Spelling and Latin. I found your products recommended in a
thread on study aids parents can use to help their children. After
reviewing your website, I knew my son would like the approach since he likes
computer games so much. I found your products easy to use, and the
customizability is invaluable!! My son did not mind “studying”
for spelling with Spell Plus, and was much more willing to do daily
reviews. I found the same to be true with Fill-in Tests, which I used to
create reviews for him in Latin, Vocabulary, History and Science. We
started using your products shortly after the beginning of the school year, and
by the 2nd quarter, he was getting As and Bs consistently. He
ended his 4th grade year earning academic honors. We owe your
products a great debt for that accomplishment. You gave us a tool to help
him study that he enjoys using, and that we can make perfectly relevant to his
whole curriculum. Thanks a million for developing such a great
product! I’ve recommended your product to many parents at my son’s
school, and have no hesitancy in recommending them to any parent looking for
tools to help their children academically.
Sincerely,
Elaine Reynolds
elainehendricks[at]cox.net
CD wrote:
"WOW, I have just checked out the
Abilities Builder software. I know
our students will benefit greatly from this great program. I really
like the animation, and I know the students will too. My students with
disabilities will love these programs, and I expect to see their math
and language abilities to increase dramatically."
M wrote:
"The program looks
great!! I am sure it will be more than
beneficial to my students. I visited the website and am
excited
to actually use the program and let my students get their hands on it."
CR wrote:
"Thank you for this wonderful
software. I downloaded it onto my home
computer so that I could check it out. The language arts program is
good but I especially like the math. This will be of great
use to
those students who need another approach."
*Kelda B. wrote:
"This is really exciting! The kids
wanted to play "Spell Words" instead
of another "for fun" computer game!! And I'm excited about
the
wide range of levels of difficulty.
Thanks again!
Kelda"
DA wrote:
"I did the trial and I know that the students and teachers are going to
love the program.
Thank you again."
*Eva Williams
wmseva[at]hotmail.com wrote:
"The faculty and staff as well as
the students in Sunflower County would like to thank you for giving us
the opportunity to try the teacher interactive software. Our six grade
students here at Ruleville Middle School are so excited about the
program, not just the six graders but all grade levels. I myself got
excited when going through the steps with them. I see this software
helping a lot of our low proficiency students in a lot of ways.I even
see growth for other in using this software. Again thank you for giving
us the opportunity to try this software.
Eva Williams
R Middle School Librarian"
*Juanita Ivory
juanitaivorysped[at]yahoo.com wrote:
"I love the English language and
math skill program. It is a
great program for the students. This will eliminate a lot of paper and
pencil.
Thanks,
Juanita Ivory"
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© programs
have met the legal compliance criteria of
the California Department of Education and have been approved by the
CLRN for use in California public schools. They have also
received top ratings in the software industry for safety, reliability
and content.
The reason is that the programs use unique and effective methods to dramatically
improve basic
academic skills in reading,
spelling, writing, math, and the retention
of subject materials.
Please read on if you
would like to see how
this is accomplished...
Here is an
example of how improvement in the reading and spelling of words is
accomplished.
For
illustration, a rather difficult word neurotransmitter
was used in this sample spelling word (Level
1) exercise. The entire word has appeared in the upper
text box for a interval of time determined by the teacher. The word was read to the student by
Peedy or Microsoft Voice and then the vowels were
removed. The student is now attempting to type in the entire word in
the lower text
box.
There are (4) more levels of difficulty in this exercise. In
Level 2,
the
word appears, is read to the student, and all consonants are
removed. In Level 3 all characters are removed
leaving an underscored space for each character. In Level 4 all
characters are removed and total visual recall is required. In
Level 5, the word is read to the student, but the
word does not appear. The student hears the word and must type it in
without any visual clues. Whew! That's a lot of exercising but the results are truly fantastic!
Here
is
an example of factual information is learned while the student is
simultaneously learning to read and write entire sentences. Since you
program the words and sentences, the possibilities for learning are
unlimited!
In the following exercise, the retention of the definition of neurotransmitter is
further reinforced while the student attempting to correctly punctuate
this sentence.
The fully punctuated sentence appears for a time interval. Then the
original sentence is stripped of all punctuation
marks. The student then attempts to place the cursor in the appropriate
places and add the punctuation marks.
Now, to test the
student's knowledge.
In the following matching test , the student is required to match neurotransmitter
with its definition. Peedy or Microsoft Voice will read the definition in the box
if the Say Box button is pressed. The selected option will be read if
the Say Option button is pressed. A real help for those with
reading deficits.
So what do you
think? Do you see the enormous possibilities for
learning subject materials while improving reading, spelling and
writing skills? Well that's exactly what happens when you use
our
language programs- guaranteed!
Now, let's take a student with absolutely no math computation skills to a
point where he is adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole
numbers and fractions with great speed and accuracy.
We begin with whole number math facts.
In this
multiplication
exercise, the fact was read to the student and he has entered the correct answer and will receive positive
feedback.
Below, the
student has entered an incorrect response. The
correct response appears below and read again to the student.
He is not
allowed to continue until he enters the correct response.
After
the student has learned the facts, he is ready to tackle simple to
complex math problems.
This 4 row addition
problem is waiting for the number 8 and the 1 that
will follow.
Now for a little
subtracting.
The following 4-column
subtraction problem is waiting for the number 5.
All problems are
randomly generated with no repeats, so borrowing may or may not be
required.
Now for a real
test!
This 3-digit multiplier (also
1 and 2-digit multiplier) problem is waiting for the 8 and
then the 1.
The addition phase will be similar to the format in used in addition
problems.
And now for the
ultimate test of a student's ability to work with whole numbers!
The following problem has almost been completed successfully.
It is waiting for the student
to enter the remainder 50.
Now that the
student has become a whiz with whole numbers, he is ready for fractions.
The
following fraction reducing problem, of Level 2 difficulty (there
are 3 levels of
difficulty), is waiting for the 5. Notice
that the greatest common factor (GCF) 6
appears in the box above the equal sign. The teacher has the option to
show or hide this box.
In the following
fraction to mixed number problem of Level 2 difficulty there was an incorrect response and the
correct answer
appears.
This mixed number
to fraction problem was correctly done. When the student
presses the Enter key
or the Check Number button, he will receive positive feedback.
Now that we know
how to reduce and simplify fractions, we are ready for some real
fraction addition and subtraction problems.
In this Level 3 problem (the
most challenging) of unlike
denominators (like
denominators is also an option),
the student has used up all his tries (the
teacher can set the number incorrect responses allowed)
and the correct
answer is displayed.
In this Level 1
subtraction problem (least challenging)
of unlike denominators the student has the correct
answer.
Everyone should
be able to measure accurately both in the English and metric systems. Abilities Builder Measure It helps you gain this skill quickly and easily.
This is the 16
divisions/inch scale (students can also chose from 4, 8
and 32 division
scales). The student has entered the 1 and the
13 correctly. If he
enters a 16, he will receive positive feedback.
The following
problem was generated from an option of measurements to be
expressed in either centimeters or millimeters. The student has
erroneously entered 7.3 instead of 73 millimeters and he is shown the
correct answer. The other 2 options are to express measurements (1)
only in millimeters and (2) only in centimeters.
TEXT MESSAGE TUTOR
Learn all acronyms quickly and easily with this memorization program.
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