MEville to WEville with Literacy Starters
Program Overview
What makes the MEville to WEville with Literacy Starters Program different is that it offers a research-proven curriculum and age-appropriate content for older students, including three sets of Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters books and switch-accessible computer books written specifically for the MEville to WEville curriculum—all in one convenient package.
MEville to WEville
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MEville to WEville was specifically developed for students with disabilities who have difficulties learning to read and write through traditional instructional methods. Designed to build a classroom community that promotes a sense of belonging, each unit offers students a new and different perspective on themselves, their families and their school. |
Extending MEville to WEville Lessons
with Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters
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Like AbleNet's original MEville to WEville curriculum, Extending MEville to WEville with Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters systematically integrates reading, writing, speaking, augmentative communicating and listening into lessons and activities designed to build a classroom community that promotes a sense of belonging. |
Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters
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The MEville to WEville with Literacy Starters Program includes three sets of books written specifically for the MEville to WEville curriculum. Each book set includes three book types. Each type plays a unique and important role in literacy development.
- The Enrichment texts emphasize language learning and the development of concepts about print.
- The Transitional texts emphasize print referencing and print processing with minimal demands on language and word reading.
- The Conventional texts emphasize word reading in connected text.
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Program Contents
MEville to WEville |
MEville to WEville with Literacy Starters Program |
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Grades K-2 — Three Units: Me, My Family, My School
Each of the units includes:
- 300-page spiral bound manual in full color
- 75 lessons and 60 extension activities that focus on
- reading activities
- vocabulary and word wall activities
- writing activities
- creating books
- art projects
- games
- brainstorming
- relationship building
- Action Dictionary: Assistive Technology Guide
- One literature book that supports the theme and content of the
lesson
- Activity reproducibles created with BoardMaker Symbols
- Data collection tools for collecting and sharing student progress
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Grades 3-5
Each of the additional 3 unit lessons include:
- One set of Start-to-Finished Literacy Starters
- 3 paperback books
- 3 computer books on a CD
- 3 vocabulary cards
- 1 teacher materials CD
- 45 Lessons mapped to the included Start-to-Finish content
- 15 word study lessons that focus on
- 7 vocabulary lessons
- 8 Word Wall lessons
- 15 comprehension lessons
Read to:
- Choose a title
- Identify feelings of characters
- Identify the problem
- Select or Propose an alternate ending
- State your opinion
- 15 writing lessons
Structured writing activities with connections
to MEville to WEville
Write to:
- Describe a picture from the book
- Write a list of emotions
- Write a list of things to do to help
- Tell about likes and dislikes
- Write a note to a friend
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