Vocabulary Fitness
Builds students' understanding of commonly misused words.
Provides students with interactive vocabulary lessons to help them master commonly confused and misused words.
After an assessment, students work at their own pace. They receive help and contextual feedback throughout.
Students' scores are kept in a record management system that allows teachers to view and print results.
The questions, answers and explanations of the program can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker.
Designed for students in grades 4 through 9 (ages 9 and up), also appropriate for English language learners and older students.
- Hynes Middle School, Metairie, LA
Curriculum
Set 1: Vocabulary Fitness, Skill levels 4 - 6
Set 2: Vocabulary Fitness for Upper Grades, Skill levels 7 - 9
- Each set contains 36 vocabulary lessons and 396 questions.
- 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.
- Content can be spoken aloud by using the Merit Text Talker.
Students will:
- Learn to recognize and correct common errors in word usage
Among the concepts covered:
- Advise vs. advice
- Pour vs. pore
- Number vs. amount
- Discrete vs. discreet
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Vocabulary Fitness Software
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Pricing for each set:
| PROGRAM VERSIONS | PRICE | VERSION DETAILS |
| Home Version | $79.00 | Use on one computer. Record keeping for 2 students |
| 1 Station: Stand-alone | $199.00 | Use on one computer. Record keeping for 42 students |
| 5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone | $699.00 | Use a 1 Station: Stand-alone version on up to 5 separate computers (non-networkable) |
| 5 Stations: Networkable | $1,249.00 | Use on a network with 5 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students |
| 10 Stations: Networkable | $2,125.00 | 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 |
Pricing for Sets 1 & 2:
| PROGRAM VERSIONS | PRICE | VERSION DETAILS |
| Home Version | n/a | Use on one computer. Record keeping for 2 students |
| 1 Station: Stand-alone | $299.00 | Use on one computer. Record keeping for 42 students |
| 5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone | $1,049.00 | Use a 1 Station: Stand-alone version on up to 5 separate computers (non-networkable) |
| 5 Stations: Networkable | $1,875.00 | Use on a network with 5 concurrent users. Record keeping for 1,000 students |
| 10 Stations: Networkable | $3,189.00 | 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 |
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