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Reading / Vocabulary Basic Skills Curriculum
Reading / Vocabulary software that works!

A component of the Basic Skills Pack. Covers core competencies necessary to improve a students basic skills.

Contains a wide variety of learning activities effective in increasing students, reading comprehension and vocabulary.

Scores are tracked in a record management system that allows teachers to view and print detailed reports.

The questions, answers and explanations of the program can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker.

Designed for students in grades 3 through 5 (ages 8 and up), the software can also be used by older students.
“Some of the best reading software we've seen.”
- Neal Middle School, Fowler, OH
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Reading / Vocabulary Basic Skills Curriculum 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.

Concepts covered:

  • Determine main idea
  • Identify sequence of details
  • Draw inferences from text
  • Draw conclusions
  • Understand vocabulary from context
  • Use contextual clues
  • Increase word recognition
  • Differentiate fact from opinion
  • Recall facts and details

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.

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

Pricing for Reading / Vocabulary Basic Skills Curriculum
Skill levels 3 - 5
Represents a substantial discount compared to purchasing programs separately.

Program Versions Price License Terms
Home Version $225.00 Use on one computer. Record keeping for 2 students.
1 Station: Stand-alone $559.00 Use on one computer. Record keeping for 42 students.
5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone $1,959.00 Use a 1 Station: Stand-alone version on up to 5 separate computers.
5 Stations: Networkable $3,499.00 Use on a network with 5 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students.
10 Stations: Networkable $5,955.00 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 Reading / Vocabulary Basic Skills Curriculum consists of 4 separate software programs that have been effective in improving students' basic reading and vocabulary 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:


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Reading / Vocabulary Curriculum - $225.00  


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