Basic Skills Pack - Software that covers the basic skills students need to know

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

Writing / Grammar Basic Skills Curriculum
Concepts covered:

+ Recognize common errors in word usage
+ Identify parts of speech in context sentences
+ Identify common writing problems
+ Use pre-writing strategies
+ Correct faulty sentence structure

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.

Pricing for Basic Skills Pack
Skill levels 3 - 5
Represents a substantial discount compared to purchasing programs separately.

Program Versions	Price	License Terms
Home Version	$335.00	Use on one computer. Record keeping for 2 students.
1 Station: Stand-alone	$925.00	Use on one computer. Record keeping for 42 students.
5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone	$3,529.00	Use a 1 Station: Stand-alone version on up to 5 separate computers. (non-networkable)
5 Stations: Networkable	$6,685.00	Use on a network with 5 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.
10 Stations: Networkable	$10,555.00	Use on a network with 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.
Site License	Contact Us	Use on a network with more than 10 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.

School, Government, and Institutional Purchasing Information:

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

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