PRODUCT OVERVIEW

A Reading Specialist for Every Student

My Reading Coach is consistent with the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading. It is a structured, flexible, mastery-based, multi-sensory program that provides a virtual reading specialist and speech pathologist to every student. Embedded Teacher Intelligence™ individualizes instruction to help each student reach grade level in the skill areas of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics Sounds and Rules, Vocabulary, Word Structure, Syntactic Processing and Reading Comprehension.

Who should use My Reading Coach?

• Schools that want to close the gap between high and low performing readers
• Anyone ages 6 and up who is not reading on grade level
• Students referred to reading support programs or Special Education
• Schools that want all students to make AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress)
• English Language Learners (ELL) or those with Limited Language Proficiency (LLP)
• Dyslexia, attention deficit disorder (ADHD/ADD) students and other learning disabilities

My Reading Coach
A Reading Program That Actually Teaches

There are a number of phonics-based reading programs that claim to improve reading comprehension. However, My Reading Coach is unique in its approach and effectiveness. It turns a computer into a reading teacher for one-on-one interaction with a student.

This reading program teaches concepts and adapts to a learner's abilities and progress-without parent/teacher intervention. The parent or teacher can decide how involved s/he becomes in the process. The effect on most learners' reading abilities is almost miraculous. Studies involving this reading program show that most students gain at least a grade level in reading comprehension, usually two or more levels. The further the student goes in the reading program, the more dramatic the results. My Reading Coach - The unique system that puts a veteran reading teacher in front of every student. My reading Coach will raise student scores on standardized tests 2-7 grade levels - guaranteed!

• 61 Grammar and phonemic awareness lessons
• 24 grammar lessons to teach reading comprehension
• 300 practice stories embedded in the program with literal and inferential questions
• Over 300 blackline master sheets printable from the program, cover: memory aids and rules, reading, writing, grammar, and spelling
• Infused teacher intelligence with feedback for over 10,000 unique situations.

BENEFITS

Systematic and Consistent Instruction

Since the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the achievement gap between students who can and cannot read has received renewed and widespread attention. Independent evaluations of My Reading Coach with elementary, middle, high school and adult students prove that using My Reading Coach:

• Closes the gap between high and low performing students
• Is a cost-effective way to improve performance for students whose pre-test scores are 5th percentile or below
• Provides each student individualized, direct instruction with limitless patience and encouragement Scientifically Valid Success in Hours, not Years
• Pre-testing ensures that each student received appropriately targeted instruction
• Teaches students to read in an average of 40-60 hours
• Meets all critical components for scientifically-based reading programs identified by the National Reading Panel

Scientifically Valid Instruction for Struggling Readers My Reading Coach is a reading software program that provides a personal reading specialist and speech pathologist for every student, producing dramatic results in the classroom.

Feature Overview

• Initial testing ensures that each student is automatically assigned only those lessons that are needed
• Each lesson begins with an emulated teacher providing interactive instruction
• Your child progresses at his or her own pace through the program, repeating lessons or activities until mastery is achieved
• Each student is given unique, specific feedback based on his or her responses
• The program automatically adjusts the reading comprhension level based on your child's performance

Lessons & Activities

Lessons teach phonics, phonemics awareness, syntactic processing, grammar and reading comprehension in a structured, easy to understand environment. Students learn:

• Correct sound pronunciation and letter formation
• To spell English words by learning underlying patterns vs. memorization
• Rules and easy to remember strategies that work
• To read through practice with over 200 stories at reading levels 1.0 to 10.5

RESEARCH

MindPlay products are the result of scientifically-based research. In addition, we have sponsored research on our products since 1998.

Windows® Workstation Requirements

• Windows® Millennium or newer
• 1Ghz processor or better
• 256 MB RAM 3 gigabytes (GB) free space on hard drive
• 8x CD-ROM drive
• 16-bit color ("High color")
• Windows® compatible sound card
• speakers
• mouse
• Optional Equipment: Earphones (recommended), microphone, printer Windows® Server Requirements
• 500 MB of free hard drive space
• 256 MB RAM baseline and 256 MB RAM for every 20-30 workstations simultaneously using the program
• A Windows Server version (Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003) is required if more than 10 workstations are to be using the program at the same time
• Either MySQL™ or Microsoft SQL Server™ is required for use over a network
• A MySQL™ license for use with My Reading Coach Gold Edition is included with the program. Windows 2000 or later is required.
• Microsoft SQL Server™ requires a Server version of Microsoft Windows®.
• Microsoft SQL Server™ is a commercial product and must be purchased and installed prior to installing My Reading Coach Gold
• A shared directory accessible to all the workstations (if student recordings are going to be saved)
• These requirements are for a server dedicated to My Reading Coach Gold. If the server is going to be used for other things, additional RAM (at least 1 GB) and a faster processor or multiprocessor computer will be needed.

Non-Windows Server Options: There are special server installation CDs for Novell NetWare 6.5 and Linux versions supporting RPM. These must be requested at time of purchase. These OSes will use a MySQL database. The hardware requirements are the same as for Windows (above).

Macintosh® Workstation Requirements

• G4 or better processor
• Mac OS® 10.2 or higher
• 256 MB RAM 4 gigabytes (GB) free space on hard drive
• 16-bit ("Thousands") or better color setting
• speakers
• mouse
• Optional Equipment: Earphones (recommended), microphone, printer If everything is to be installed on one computer, it must have at least 512 MB RAM.

Macintosh® Server Requirements

• The network must be TCP/IP-based
• A static IP address
• G4 or better processor
• Mac OS® 10.2 or higher
• 512 MB RAM baseline, plus at least an extra 256 MB for every 15-20 workstations
• 700 MB of free hard drive space
• 8x CD-ROM drive or faster