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Press RoomFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Start-to-Finish® upgrade provides students with purposeful reading experiences!This exciting new version takes the already successful Start-to-Finish Library and streamlines it to really focus on providing a rich reading experience to students of all abilities that motivates them to participate in the curriculum and interact with their peers.
May 1, 2005—International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX—
Don Johnston Incorporated announced today that a new version of their Start-to-Finish Library computer books and audio books are now shipping. This exciting new version takes the already successful Start-to-Finish Library and streamlines it to really focus on providing a rich reading experience to students of all abilities that motivates them to participate in the curriculum and interact with their peers. The Start-to-Finish Library has played an integral part in the lives of struggling readers since its inception in 1999. Many students report that the first chapter book they ever read from cover to cover was a Start-to-Finish book or that it inspired them to read the original works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain or other beloved authors. The Start-to-Finish Library has been responsible for growing the number of books struggling students read — therefore helping them to simply learn to read by reading. "Every day, struggling readers face materials that are uninteresting and hard to read, that's why they don't read any more than they have to," says Ruth Ziolkowski, President. "Our goal is to motivate students to read by providing them with a large volume of engaging considerate text." The Start-to-Finish Library uses an exclusive writing and editing process to produce is the best considerate text on the market today. Available in 3 formats — paperback book, computer book and audio book-teachers are able to differentiate instruction among their diverse student population. Based on best reading practices, Start-to-Finish offers five reading purposes for teachers to choose from for each individual student. This takes the guess-work out of setting technical preferences because they are automatically set when the purpose is selected — teachers just need to focus on what they are good at…teaching reading. Whether a student is practicing listening comprehension, building word recognition and fluency or reading for recreation, they will always have the right level of support for the reading task at hand. Teachers can closely monitor student progress for every book a student reads from Teacher Central — the hub for setting students' reading purposes and storing data. Teachers can view and print data from each of the chapter quizzes and listen to audio recordings from the fluency practice activities. They can even print quizzes and fluency practice passages for off-computer activities. Students will enjoy a new mature look to the screen layout, new quizzes and practice activities, as well as additional speech support in quizzes when needed. A one-time installation of a Start-to-Finish player makes accessing the whole Start-to-Finish Library as simple as "plug-n-play" on your Macintosh® OS X and Windows® 2000 and XP computers. The audio books will now be recorded on audio CD-ROMs to help better accommodate home use. New versions of the existing 72 Start-to-Finish titles will be released in groups starting in May 2005 through July 2005. New titles will also be released in May 2005. Upgrade pricing is available! To find out more about the Start-to-Finish Library, visit: www.donjohnston.com/catalog/stffrm.htm. About Don Johnston IncorporatedDon Johnston Incorporated is the leader in learning intervention resources and has been delivering life-changing interventions to struggling students around the world for over 25 years. Don Johnston is dedicated to building confidence and independence in struggling learners by providing educators with the best professional services and materials that ensure students' success! Don Johnston Incorporated offers industry-standard interventions that address every area of literacy — Word Study, Reading and Writing — as well as support learning in the content areas. Easy-to-use solutions ensure students reach independent participation in grade-level curriculum because unique content is considerate of each student's age, ability and needs. Photos accompanying this Press Release are the property of Don Johnston Incorporated and may only be used and/or published as accompanying photos with the information found in this release or with specific written approval from Don Johnston or members of his marketing staff. Don Johnston Incorporated | |