Co: Writer® 4000

Students who struggle with writing become frustrated, write little and avoid the very experiences that build better writing skills. Co:Writer 4000, the talking word prediction program used in thousands of classrooms every day, enables students to express their thoughts in writing with less frustration. This powerful writing intervention includes FlexSpell™ and TVS-Total Vocabulary System™ - to give students the tools they need to construct quality, content-rich sentences. Emerging writers can use FlexSpell to write the words they want, even if they can only spell them phonetically. Developing writers get immediate grammar support to improve the quality of their work. Co:Writer 4000 makes it possible for students to practice the art of writing every day.

Build writing skills that make the grade Choice of main dictionaries, topic dictionaries and customized dictionaries provides students with the vocabulary appropriate for their writing projects TVS—Total Vocabulary System—lets teachers provide concise vocabulary that lets students write on any topic with less effort Predicted words are read aloud to help students recognize and select the words they want Spelling– and grammar–smart word prediction help students write with correct conventions TVS Topic Dictionary Toolkit lets teachers and students create customized, topic-specific word lists—in less than 3 minutes—from any list, text document or text Internet file

Help struggling students find the right words Co:Writer is the leading writing intervention for students who: Have limited grammar, spelling and vocabulary skills Use phonetic approaches to spelling Are auditory learners Become frustrated because writing is too difficult Omit word endings and non-content words Can't visually recognize words

1. Students work at their developmental spelling level because FlexSpell lets them begin words phonetically or by cueing initial letters and both approaches provide the correct word
   
2. Background and text colors can be changed to maximize legibility for students with visual impairments or visual discrimination issues
   
3. Co:Writer 4000 automatically capitalizes the first word in a sentence and spaces after words to create a successful writing experience
4. Students can write with Co:Writer 4000 in any text program — including e-mail on the Internet

Students focus on writing topic when they use the TVS Topic Dictionaries.