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Comprehension Booster Programme

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Comprehension Booster - Improve reading and listening comprehension

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Comprehension Booster is a new program for ages 7 to 14, that enables children to improve their reading and listening comprehension, and much more besides!

Over 20% of children have poor reading comprehension. Research shows that most of these children lack the practice to acquire effective reading skills. They have difficulties in relating text content to background knowledge and experience. They are unable to frame questions that will help them extract important information. They often have poor working memory.

Overcoming poor reading comprehension requires plenty of practice at reading different types of texts in an interactive learning environment that focuses on developing key strategies. In the face of competition from TV and computer games, few children get this essential practice. Their reading strategies remain weak, putting them at risk of failing SATs and other examinations.

Comprehension Booster will improve:

  • understanding of complex texts
  • listening comprehension
  • inferential thinking skills
  • verbal memory skills
  • vocabulary knowledge
  • verbal reasoning
  • concentration and attention
  • reading speed

Scientifically designed

Comprehension Booster not only gives lots of enjoyable practice in working with texts of varying content and complexity, it also includes question formats that specifically focus children’s strategic attention on key text content and encourages them to make inferential links within the text.

Comprehension Booster has been designed by experts in the development of reading comprehension. The interactive nature of the program ensures that children stay on task, which also helps develop concentration and attention.

Comprehension Booster provides interactive vocabulary support, so words that children find difficult can be understood in context, so extending their vocabulary.

No teacher supervision!

Comprehension Booster is very easy to use in the classroom or at home, and requires minimal supervision. In Automatic Mode the program automatically tailors the activities to the child’s individual needs and rate of learning. Alternatively, in Teacher Control Mode the teacher or parent can determine targets, difficult levels and learning requirements as desired. There is also a Student Control Mode.

The efficient way to develop listening skills!

Many children also have poor listening comprehension, which Comprehension Booster’s Listen Only Mode addresses. This mode improves children’s listening comprehension as well as attention, concentration and verbal memory skills. The Listen Only Mode is particularly useful for children with auditory processing difficulties, semantic language disorders, and general language delay.

Comprehension Booster features:

  • 70 fictional (expository) texts
  • 70 non-fiction (informational) texts
  • 7 levels of difficulty
  • varying lengths of text (50 - 300 words)
  • engaging and amusing illustrations
  • text read aloud by actors
  • enjoyable, interactive learning
  • detailed charts of progress
  • no limit to number of children registered
Standard Edition

Comprehension Booster Standard Edition

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Reading Booster Expansion Pack

Comprehension Booster Extension Pack
REQUIRES COMPREHENSION BOOSTER STANDARD EDITION TO RUN.
THIS SOFTWARE WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT THE STANDARD EDITION.

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Network Licences
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Comprehension Booster Standard

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Comprehension Booster standard + Extension Pack

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Comprehension Games

6 Comprehension Board Games Set One:
Early comprehension skills


Topics include cause & effect, context, fact or opinion, main idea, sequencing and vocabulary. Each game provides explicit instruction in comprehension strategies and provides activities that support understanding. Suitable for pupils aged 7 - 9 and older children with special needs.

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Reading Comprehension board games set one
   
   
6 Comprehension Board Games
Set Two Towards Fluency		  


This set teaches a range of reading comprehension strategies and encourages students to reflect on their own understanding and learning. Topics include context, inference, narrative text, non-fiction text, predicting outcomes and vocabulary. Suitable for pupils aged 9 - 11 and older children with special needs.

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Reading comprehension cubes

Comprehension cubes

Liven up your reading discussion with these foam cubes. Comprehension questions on each side of cube for the students to answer before reading (red cubes), during reading (blue cubes), and after reading (green cubes). For example, "What do the pictures on the cover tell you about the story?" "Find and define an unfamiliar word.” "What is the main idea of the story?". Good for individual or group use. Each cube measures 4cm x 4cm.

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Comprehension Wheels  

Prompt students to investigate a story's main event, conflict and characters, make predictions and relate to one's experiences with this multisensory tool.

Reading Comprehension Wheels Two double-sided, interchangeable wheels are colour-coded for before-, during- and after-reading activities (colours match Reading Comprehension cubes). Also includes blank, write & wipe wheel for customisation. Activity Guide included. Easel measures 25cm square and folds flat for storage.
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Reading Comprehension Cards
Boxed by year group attainment targets
  • Wipe Clean surfaces for answers and highlighting.
  • Clear, colourful presentation.
  • Interesting and diverse content.
  • User-friendly and comprehensive teacher's guide.
  • 5 sets, targeted to year groups 3-7

Fully aligned to the U.K. National Curriculum Literacy Attainment Targets, these large, colourful, double-sided cards will encourage your pupils to get to grips with reading. Full-colour photographs and a mix of fiction and non-fiction texts help keep them engaged while they learn. Cards cover maths, science and social studies topics and each includes multiple-choice questions to answer after reading. Each set includes 60 comprehension cards and Teacher’s Guide.
Wipe-clean cards measure 21cm L x 14cm H each. 

 

 


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Questions focus on:

  • Main Idea

  • Cause and Effect

  • Sequencing

  • Predicting outcomes

  • Making inferences

  • Context clues

  • Drawing conclusion
Set 1 (Yr 3) Set 2 (Yr 4) Set 3 (Yr 5) Set 4 (Yr 6) Set 5 (Yr 7)
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Reading Comprehension KS1 Starter Packs
These cards are a first step from teacher directed questions to reading written questions. The questions in these two sets are based on who, what, when, where, why and how, and introduce basic comprehension skills to Y1 and Y2 pupils.  Also included is a teacher's guide with answer booklet and index for ease of checking. Answers are given as complete sentences. Each pack contains 54 write-on, wipe-off cards with either fiction or non-fiction text and questions. Card size is 148 x 210mm.

 

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Hi-Lo Reading Comprehension Cards

The great value, self-checking reading programme for reluctant readers!
 
Engage beginning, struggling or reluctant readers with these high interest, low readability comprehension cards written to be as extreme, amusing and informative as possible.
Short passages with multiple choice questions add to the appeal. Included are fiction and non-fiction passages, poems and narratives to suit a wide range of learning styles. Each boxed set contains 60 double-sided full colour cards and Teacher's Guide. Coated wipe-clean cards measure 21cm x 13cm.
For reading levels 5-7, interest level up to Year 7.

Three parallel reading level sets available,
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Amazing Human Bodies
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Wierd and Wonderful Nature
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Sport and the Olympics
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“Hot Dots” Skills - related  Comprehension Cards
 Levelled cards, boxed by comprehension skills
                
These all-new Hot Dots™ Reading Comprehension Kits build comprehension skills—and give students immediate reinforcement!. Each 50-story set contains 10 high-interest reading selections for each reading level from years 2 to 6. After reading the story on the front of the card, the student flips it over to tackle four multiple-choice questions designed to test specific reading comprehension skills. The student can touch his answer choice with a Hot Dots Power Pen for immediate feedback or can write down his A, B, C, D answer choices and check them against the included answer key. Many genres are included in the stories. The perfect tool to challenge young students and hone reading comprehension skills.

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Getting the Main Idea		 Set 2:
Noting and Recalling Details		 Set 3
Drawing Conclusions/
Predicting Outcomes
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Using Context Clues
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Finding the Sequence/ Cause and Effect		 Set 6:
Making Inferences
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Set of 6 boxes

Save another £5.00 on the set of six boxes!

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Set of 6 boxes with 6 pens

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The Hot Dots Talking Pen (sold separately)
The amazing Hot Dots Pen TALKS, GLOWS, and makes the FUN REINFORCEMENT SOUNDS kids love! You select the sounds you want to hear. Incorrect answers receive a gentle wrong answer sound or phrase.
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   See Also: "Hot Dots" phonics flashcards! Click HERE

 

Comprehension Activity Books
Comprehension activity books Complete Comprehension

A series of 4 books that develop a vital part of the reading process - comprehension. The books provide comprehension exercises and cloze passages using texts with measured readability levels. The reading ages in the 4 books range from 6.2 - 10.0 with the texts arranged in groups of similar reading levels. The questions within the books require literal and inferential comprehension, generalisations and evaluative judgements. A fantastic resource that makes teaching comprehension fun and easy!

 

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Book 1 (Reading Age 6.6 - 9.0)  £17.99   Quantity :      

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Scanning for Details

 

Scanning for Details is designed to teach the alphabetical order, develop dictionary skills and to improve information retrieval. Students need to identify sources of information quickly and to discriminate between relevant and irrelevant pieces of information. This resource provides a wide range of activities to achieve these objectives. Suitable for ages 9+

 

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Getting the Idea

An insightful book that addresses higher order reading skills. The clarity of fonts, simple page layouts and low readability levels of passages in the book make it ideal for students with Specific Learning Difficulties. The resource covers categorisation, gaining the main idea, skimming for relevant facts, skimming for sequences, headline writing, text messages and mapping. Suitable for ages 9+

 

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