The Sounding Out Machine for Android

11 things about The Sounding Out Machine

1. So The Sounding Out Machine allows children to submit a word in many forms, such as "reply," "replies," "replied" or "replying." This allows them to quickly continue with their reading work instead of getting stuck.

2. Then, just like a teacher sitting next to her students, The Sounding Out Machine models how to chunk the word into syllables and use phonics skills to blend the phonemes together and sound out the word.

3. •Students who report their book page looks like a "sea of words" - the Word Window helps them focus in on challenging words.

4. There are many color choices for word cards, and Shared Reading mode allows children to set a small pointer at the end of each line, just as they might see during a Shared Reading lesson.

5. Teachers love the way The Sounding Out Machine emails a report of students' challenging words.

6. Children who need extra support can use a digital card or marker to track the text as they read, in the same way they might use an index card to focus on a line of text.

7. It helps children focus on challenging words in their texts, and then models how to sound out those words.

8. The app has an extensive dictionary of over 80,000 words, including multiple forms for each root, ("reply" "replies" "replying") and names ("Huggins," "Lorax").

9. •Students who need modeling in chunking words and using phonics strategies to sound them out.

10. Children can use their own digital word card to practice and become independent.

11. They model how to chunk words, break them into syllables and use phonics skills to figure them out.