The Basic Skills Pack is comprised of the following three curriculum components:
Reading / Vocabulary, Writing / Grammar, and Mathematics. Skill Levels 3 - 5.

• Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages.
• Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds.
• All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager.
• Voice support is available with most of the English programs.
  
  

Reading / Vocabulary Basic Skills Curriculum
Concepts covered:

• Determine main idea
• Identify sequence of details
• Draw inferences from text
• Draw conclusions
• Understand vocabulary from context

Mathematics Basic Skills Curriculum
Concepts covered:

• Practice using addition and subtraction
• Identify areas of weakness with whole numbers
• Break down word problems into steps
• Understand what fractions mean

Each of the Merit Software Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP programs in this package requires 5 to 8 MB RAM. About 150 MB hard disk space is required if all of the programs are installed. All programs also require a minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels.

The Reading / Vocabulary Basic Skills Curriculum consists of the following titles:
(listed in order of difficulty)

• Early Reading Booster
  Builds confident, life-long, readers
• Reading Shape-Up, Set 1
  Teaches students basic reading skills
• Reading Comprehension Booster
  Helps students improve reading comprehension
• Vocabulary Stretch, Set 1
  Helps students with word recognition, meanings, and origins

The Writing / Grammar Basic Skills Curriculum consists of the following titles:

• Basic English Fitness, Set 1
  Helps students cope with troublesome points of English grammar
  
• Grammar Fitness, Set 1
  Students learn to master troublesome points of grammar
  
• Starter Paragraph Punch
  Students learn different ways to write a basic paragraph

The Mathematics Basic Skills Curriculum consists of the following titles:

• Fraction Shape-Up
  Helps students understand and work with fractions
  
• Word Problem Shape-Up, Set 1
  Teaches students how to solve whole number word problems

The Basic Skills Pack consists of three curriculum components. Among the three components are 8 separate software programs that have been effective in improving students' basic reading, writing and math skills.

Evaluation versions of all of the programs may be downloaded by clicking the 'Download Demo' link for the corresponding program (each program approximately 10MB).

Reading / Vocabulary Basic Skills Curriculum:

• Early Reading Booster: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Reading Comprehension Booster: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Reading Shape-Up, Set 1: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Vocabulary Stretch, Set 1: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

Writing / Grammar Basic Skills Curriculum:

• Basic English Fitness, Set 1: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Grammar Fitness, Set 1: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Starter Paragraph Punch: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

Mathematics Basic Skills Curriculum:

• Fraction Shape-Up: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
• Word Problem Shape-Up, Set 1: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

Buy A Home Version Now: Check the program(s) you wish to purchase and press "Add To Cart." Basic Skills Pack Complete Curriculum - $335.00 Reading / Vocabulary Curriculum - $225.00 Mathematics Curriculum - $115.00 Writing / Grammar Curriculum - $145.00   More about Ordering from Merit Software: CDs ship within 24 hours. Download links are sent immediately. All Merit products are backed by a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. View complete Home Version details School / Institutional / Government users: How to Purchase a 1, 5, 10 and Site Program Version Program Versions Networking Our Software

SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT and INSTITUTIONAL PRICING INFORMATION: Represents a substantial discount compared to purchasing programs separately. PROGRAM VERSIONS PRICE Home Version $335.00 1 Station: Stand-alone $925.00 5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone $3,529.00 5 Stations: Networkable $6,685.00 10 Stations: Networkable $10,555.00 Site License Contact Us All versions of Merit programs come with the Teacher Program Manager which allows for student record keeping.