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>> Headsprout is an
award-winning online kids'

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reading program

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that puts your students
on the path

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towards becoming
successful readers.

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With a cast of fun,
animated characters

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to help them
along the way,

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students log in using
a computer or mobile device

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to complete short,
instructional episodes

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that teach key foundational
reading skills

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and comprehension
strategies.

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As students
progress episode by episode,

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the program tracks errors
and addresses them right away,

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with personalized
instruction and practice

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at the exact moment
and in the exact amount needed.

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This innovative
online instruction is delivered

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in three unique
instructional sequences:

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early reading,
reading comprehension

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and advanced
reading comprehension.

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The program's
early reading sequence

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teaches students the critical
foundational reading skills

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of phonemic awareness,
phonics, fluency, vocabulary

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and reading comprehension.
The early reading sequence

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also includes engaging books
after each episode.

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Sprout's stories foster
student's love of reading.

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Once students have mastered
the basics of learning to read,

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they begin reading to learn,
developing important

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reading comprehension skills
along the way.

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In the reading
comprehension sequence,

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students learn how
to utilize inferential,

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factual, main idea and derived
meaning comprehension skills

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and then how to select
which of these skills

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is required to answer
different types of questions

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found on summative
standardized assessments.

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Headsprout advanced reading
comprehension adds 50 episodes

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that introduce new strategies
to help students

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follow and interpret
a broader range of texts,

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including episodes
that help students

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learn to discern facts
and opinions.

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New vocabulary work includes
synonyms, idioms and prefixes.

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Using Headsprout's
proven approach,

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students move towards
reading proficiency

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and become better prepared
for classroom

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and standardized tests.

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Headsprout includes
a quick placement test

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that determines
which episode each student

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should begin at
within the program.

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The kids A-Z management hub

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contains a number
of detailed reports

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that allow you
to easily monitor

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your students' recent
activity and progress.

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Headsprout is a critically
acclaimed reading program

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proven to get results.
Start using Headsprout today

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and watch your students'
skills grow.