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	Reading for Meaning Single Install Item Description: 1 Individual install CD-Rom license for 1 computer	$75.95
	Reading for Meaning Lab Pack of 5 Installs Item Description: 5 Individual install CD-Rom licenses for 5 computers	$225.95
	Reading for Meaning Lab Pack of 10 Installs Item Description: 10 Individual install CD-Rom licenses for 10 computers	$459.95
	Reading for Meaning Lab Pack of 30 Installs Item Description: 30 licenses that may be installed individually or on the Network/Server, in 1 building	$900.00
	Reading for Meaning Lab Pack of 50 Installs Item Description: 50 licenses that may be installed individually or on the Network/Server, in 1 building	$1,050.00
	Reading for Meaning Unlimited Installs in 1 Building Item Description: An Unlimited number of licenses that may be installed individually or on the Network/Server, in 1 building	$1,200.00

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Item Description:

Reading for Meaning improves reading comprehension with literature, lessons and tools made for students in grades 3 to 8. Reading for Meaning is published by Tom Snyder/Scholastic.

Reading for Meaning targets reading comprehension based on a research-validated instructional model. Through explicit modeling and guided practice, students develop skills in five key areas: main idea, inference, sequence, cause & effect, and compare & contrast.

MEETS STATE AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
Your students will:

Draw inferences and support them with textual evidence
Recognize and understand themes
Identify structural elements in text
Demonstrate comprehension by answering open-ended questions
Discern main ideas and identify supporting evidence
Make comparisons and draw conclusions about text
Read nonfiction texts and provides evidence to support understanding

Instructional Focus in Language Arts

Comprehension
Literature appreciation
Fiction and nonfiction texts
Listening, speaking and Viewing
Graphics organizers
Open-ended responses

Product Features

Covers main idea, inference, sequence, cause and effect, and compare and contrast
35 easy-to-follow lessons incorporating authentic literature
An effective 4-step process builds critical reading skills
Multi-genre literature at three different reading levels
Graphic organizers help students interpret passages and map out ideas
Open-ended comprehension questions for each literature selection
30 additional lesson plans reinforce comprehension skills
Rubric assessment for open-ended responses

Reading for Meaning includes student assessment features:

Self-assessment rubric for students to evaluate their written responses on three criteria:

Answering all parts of the question
Using examples from the text
Using complete sentences, correct spelling, and good punctuation.

Type	Minimum Processor	Operating System(s)	Minimum Installed RAM	Minimum Display
Stand Alone Hybrid CD	PowerPC 200 MHz	Mac OS 8.1/ 8.6/ 9/ X.1	32 MB	Thousands of colors; 800x600 resolution
Stand Alone Hybrid CD	Pentium 200 MHz	Windows OS 98/ 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XPhome/ XPpro	32 MB	16 bit colors; 800x600 resolution
Network Hybrid CD	PowerPC 200 MHz	Mac OS 8.1/ 8.6/ 9/ X	32 MB	Thousands of colors; 800x600 resolution
Network Hybrid CD	Pentium 200 MHz	Windows OS 98/ 98SE/ ME/ 2000 / XPhome/ XPpro	32 MB	16 bit colors; 800x600 resolution