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Dear Parent:<SCHOOL NAME> has begun using a new digital early literacy program called Amira to help <FIRST NAME> learn to read. As you know, reading is a critically important skill. Research shows that children have the best chance to succeed when they become good readers before the end of 3rd grade. So, I’m excited to tell you about Amira Learning, the solution we’ve chosen to help our students improve their skills and become good readers.How does Amira Learning help your child? Amira Learning helps students become better readers in two ways: Assessing students and giving me information about what skills students are ready to learn next. Listening to students read out loud 1:1, so they get the important reading practice they need to improve. What makes Amira Learning special is that the software doesn’t just listen to early readers, it also recognizes what students do well and identifies when they make mistakes. Amira Learning is classroom-tested and always learning, providing valuable insights to you and the teacher. Within the practice portion of Amira, Amira identifies learning moments, and provides immediate scaffolded help to the student at the moment when a reading miscue occurs. What benefits does the software deliver? In classroom research conducted by Carnegie Mellon University, DePaul University, the University of British Columbia and other leading universities, children working with a software tutor have shown significant increases in reading growth. More specifically, students have been able to grow their vocabulary, build comprehension skills and improve their ability to decode print into the sounds of a word. You can find out more about the outstanding results at Amira-researchAttached to this letter is a sample report Amira produces for parents. This report is designed to keep you up to date on your child’s progress and give you suggestions for how you can help. Amira provides similar information for the teacher, so that every time your child reads along with Amira, the software delivers an up to the moment view of progress and highlights next steps in the learning to read journey.A few important things you should know:Amira Learning was designed to protect the confidentiality and privacy of student interactions. Detailed information is only available to your child’s teacher. That digital information can be shared with you and you alone, by that teacher.All information is purged or archived consistent with the school district’s policy for handling data.All information is encrypted to prevent use by any unauthorized person.The software is designed to store no information that could enable identification of you or your children. Amira does not save or store addresses, credit cards, social security numbers, or district student identifiers.<IF USING ASSESSMENT>Driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Amira Assessment is the reliable classroom assistant that is always learning. Amira Assessment is both an oral reading fluency (ORF) and a screener to determine if students are at risk for dyslexia. Developed in conjunction with leading psychometricians, neuroscientists, reading scientists, and AI researchers, every interaction with Amira Learning generates actionable instructional recommendations, maximizing my time spent with your child.An assessment session takes just minutes and is an opportunity for the student to read freely. By guiding students through the reading and evaluation process and gives me more time to focus on instruction and intervention.<IF USING PRACTICE> Amira Practice provides students with the individual attention they crave, delivered through a patient AI avatar that reduces the stress some students feel when working with peers. Amira Practice is an essential ingredient in the learning to read recipe. The more a student spends reading, the more masterful a reader they become. Amira Practice helps make up for reading deficits. Studies show that students who read just 30 to 60 minutes a week with Amira Practice demonstrate the best results. By providing an engaging, interactive reading experience, the software helps students practice what they’ve been taught.We are all very excited about using this new solution. If you have any questions, concerns, or if any problems arise, please contact me directly.Sincerely<NAME OF TEACHER>###Amira Learning is exclusively distributed through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH).? Amira Learning is part of HMH’s comprehensive portfolio of offerings designed to empower educators and improve student outcomes. HMH is a leading provider of K-12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions and professional services, reaching 50 million students and three million educators in 150 countries. ................
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