Packages:
Weekly Reader and AbleNet have teamed up to provide you scientifically proven, Specially Designed Content for your secondary or elementary special education students.

Weekly Reader Edition 2 publishes 32 issues over the school year.  The magazines arrive once a month, in a bundle of four different issues.  As part of your Weekly Reader AbleNet subscription, you receive 10 copies of each issue (a total of 40 copies monthly) to share with your students.  In addition, every month you'll also get 3 levels of electronic adapted AbleNet Edition content for each issue.

WR News Senior Edition publishes 25 issues over the school year.  As part of your Weekly Reader AbleNet subscription, each week you receive 10 copies of the current issue to share with your students.  In addition, every week you'll also get 3 levels of electronic adapted AbleNet Edition content for that issue.
 .

All subscriptions include:
  • Downloadable AbleNet Edition Teacher's Guide with Level 1, Level 2, and 
     Level 3 instructional strategies.
  • Plus premium lessons of: Sensory Activities, Literacy Games, Web-Links, and 
     Day-Filler Actvities.
  • All new specially designed, grade-level, content for Levels 1, 2, and 3:
       - Level 1 - typically used for students working on developmental skills or at 
          pre-emerging academic skills
       - Level 2 - typically used for students with emerging to beginning academic
          skills (readiness skills, beginning academic skills, K - 1 grade level)
       - Level 3 - typically used for students who benefit from academic grade 
          level content materials written with low vocabulary demands (text 
          readability from 1.5 - 2.9 grade levels.)
  • Core Content and IEP Skill Lessons with:
       - 3 Levels of Adapted literacy (see Levels 1, 2, 3) + Grade level literacy
       - Picture Symbol supports - using JupiterImages, the premier picture 
          symbols supports found most frequently in the integrated world of the 
          21st Century - proven to increase understanding & generalization of skills
       - Worksheets/Activities (*see Levels  1, 2, 3) in comprehension, writing, 
          vocabulary, math, science, social studies, health, communication, social 
          interaction, and more...
       - All NEW Bonus Activities Community Based Instruction, Surveys, 
          Interviews, Recipes, Art/Music Projects, Games, Interactive Bulletin 
          Boards, etc.)
  • Action Dictionary - the special educator's guide to differentiated instruction

Here's What People are Saying About Weekly Reader - AbleNet Edition...

"I really feel that every special education teacher and their students could benefit from the Weekly Reader AbleNet Edition subscription.  The adaptions and teacher lesson plan ideas are so well thought out and focus on presenting curriculum that all students can truly be engaged and have successful experiences.  Our state of Florida has recently developed access points to the State Standards for all content areas to align with the alternate assessment that our students are required to take.  The Weekly Reader is one of the few tools that I have seen on the market that is teacher friendly and provides what is needed to give our students a more rigorous curriculum." 

-- Gayle Zavala, 2009 Clarissa Hug National Teacher of the Year