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School Stories
School Stories for ELLs builds a strong foundation in school-related English vocabulary by teaching the meaning, spelling, and usage of essential words through eleven engaging stories. Developed by teachers and reading specialists, the program features optional auditory support in 12 languages, including Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic, ensuring accessibility for diverse learners. With interactive examples and exciting audio-visual content, this age-appropriate resource empowers students of all ages to build confidence and independence while learning vocabulary for school and daily life.
Targeted Skills
- Build Vocabulary And Language Concepts Around The Themes Of School
- Sports
- Classroom
- Playground
Highlighted Features
- Target vocabulary and language are contextualized in easy to understand, illustrated stories
- Students choose stories that interest them most, enhancing motivation to read and providing a sense of independence
- Includes a variety of interesting short stories with a different vocabulary or language focus in each one
- Offers constant feedback and positive reinforcement
- Includes activities such as: picture crosswords, word searches, scrambled stories, spelling bee, fill in the blank, word recognition and much more…
- Stories all focus on the daily experience of a language learner, using only language with real-life applicability
- Interesting, fun and easy to use
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PC and Mac (System Requirements)
The desktop version of Essential Skills is available exclusively as a school-wide license, giving your entire school unlimited access to our complete library of programs for one affordable, one-time price. There are no subscription fees, so you can use it year after year at no additional cost. This fast, reliable solution is perfect for schools with limited internet access and provides comprehensive coverage for every student. Easily installed on your network, it securely stores student data on a central server and works with any Windows PC.
Single (CD)
For use on a single workstation
$119 Perpetual License
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No subscription charges or renewal fees
Lab Pack (CD)
For use on any five (5) workstations simultaneously
$394.00 Perpetual License
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No subscription charges or renewal fees
Site License (CD)
For unlimited use on all workstations at an individual school
$826.00 Perpetual License
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No subscription charges or renewal fees