Essential Skills Software™.....
All Essential Skills educational software programs include a progress reporting system that tracks student achievement throughout each program. This feature provides an accurate reflection of how a student is performing in respect to the various skill areas within each program. Progress reports can be easily printed for individual students or an entire class.
Word Recognition Overview
Includes two complete skill development programs, as well as a graded assessment. The skills programs teach the 220 Dolch sight words and the next 400 most frequently used words in the English language to students in grades K through 3. The assessment program provides an accurate measurement of reading ability up to the end of grade 8.
Sight Words
Teaches the 220 Dolch Sight Words and more than 100 other high frequency words to students a K to 2 grade level. The word lists in this program constitute over 50% of most reading material.
Targeted Skills
- Word Recognition
- 220 Dolch Words
- 100 other high frequency words
- Color Words, Number Words, and Contractions
- Reading and comprehension using context
- Visual and Auditory Memory
Sight Words Level 2
Teaches the next 400 words that have the highest frequency in the English language to students at a grade 2 to 4 grade level. Word lists have been researched and selected from a number of reputable sources including: The Fry 1000 Instant Word List and The Bedrock Sight Vocabulary List.
Targeted Skills
- Word Recognition of 400 high frequency words
- Visual and Auditory Memory
- Reading and comprehension using context
- Spelling.
Graded Word Recognition Test
This test provides an accurate and reliable measurement of reading and word recognition ability up to grade 9.
When to Use
- Evaluate students for program placement
- Provide special help for students who lack essential reading skills
- Measure changes occurring over a specific instructional period
- Identify trends in reading achievement at classroom, school and district levels
- Provide information regarding the effectiveness of instructional programs
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