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Read Naturally Masters Edition
Resources for Blind & Visually Impaired Students
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ME Product Series
- Order Sequenced Series
- Order Phonics Series
- Order Spanish Series
- Order American Manners & Customs Series
- Order Idioms Series
- Order Multicultural Series
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- Webcast: Read Naturally Strategy
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Read Naturally now offers resources that enable blind and visually impaired students to take advantage of the Read Naturally Masters Edition (ME) program. Special resource CDs enable customers to create braille and large-print versions of the stories for use with the audio support that is available with the corresponding Read Naturally ME levels.
What's Included
For each Sequenced series and Phonics series level, the resource CD includes the following:
- Story files compatible with Duxbury and Braille2000 software, enabling you to print all 24 stories in the level in braille.
- PDF and text files of the stories in the level so you can cut and paste the text to create large-print versions for visually impaired students.
- For guidelines for optimal readability when using large print, see this article from the American Print House for the Blind.
- Placement story files for levels 1.0 through 8.0, compatible with Duxbury and Braille2000 software, and PDF and text files for creating large-print versions of the placement stories, for use with the Read Naturally Masters Edition Placement Packet.
- A braille help file, notes and instructions for using the resources, and information about any special symbols.
Product Levels
If you already have a Read Naturally ME level, you can purchase the corresponding resource CD for $69.00 per level. If you don’t have a level, you can purchase the resource CD with the corresponding Read Naturally ME level with audio CDs for a special price of $159.00 per level, a savings of $29.00 over purchasing them separately.
Sequenced Series
Levels: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.5R, 4.5R, 5.6, 7.0R, 8.0
(Resource CDs for Sequenced levels 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 5.8/6.0 will be released at a later date.)
Phonics Series
Levels: .8 (short vowels), 1.3 (long vowels), 1.8 (blends/digraphs),
2.3 (r-controlled),
2.6 (short vowels), 2.7 (long vowels)
Note: The contents of the resource CDs match our most up-to-date versions of the Read Naturally ME audio files. If you're not sure whether the resource CDs will be compatible with Read Naturally ME levels you already have, visit this web page:
Determining whether you have the latest audio
Software Requirements
Duxbury Software
The Duxbury files (dbt file extension) are compatible with software versions 10.5 or later. The files will not open in software version 10.4 or earlier. The files are formatted for wide braille paper. For more information about the Duxbury software, visit the Duxbury website.
Braille2000 Software
You
can open the Braille2000 files (abt file extension) in the Braille2000 software. The latest software build is always available for download at no additional change. (Downloading the latest software is required for Windows Vista users.) The files are formatted for wide braille paper. For more information about the Braille2000 software, visit the Braille2000 website.
Placing Students
Placing students in appropriate instructional levels and reading-rate goals is crucial to the their success in Read Naturally. Read Naturally provides the placement stories in Braille2000 and Duxbury formats so that you can create braille versions for placing blind students. PDF and text files of the placement stories are also available for creating large-print versions for placing visually impaired students.
Instructions for placing students
Notes on using the story files in braille and text formats
Story files in Braille2000 format
Story files in Duxbury format
Story files in PDF format
Story files in text format