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Teacher Interactive Software

Abilities Builder ^© Basic academic skills improvement

Dramatically improve academic skills
For all age and ability levels

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Language Plus and Whole Numbers Plus network versions have been updated and are ready for distribution. To arrange for your school district or organization to acquire network licenses for these programs E-mail us. sales1@tis-co.com

Recent Feedback

These are few of the unsolicited responses we have received recently.

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Name: * Elaine Reynolds
Status: Parent
Child’s School: Valley Classical Christian School
Child’s Grade: Just completed 4^th grade
Location: Phoenix, AZ

I give you permission to publish my email 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 2^nd quarter, he was getting As and Bs consistently. He ended his 4^th 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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Abilities Builder^© 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!

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Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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!

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

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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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

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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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

In the following fraction to mixed number problem of Level 2 difficulty there was an incorrect response and the correct answer appears.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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.

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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.

Basic academic skills improve reading spelling writing math

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