Spelling Sounds 1 : Writing Words with Phonics for Android

10 things about Spelling Sounds 1 : Writing Words with Phonics

1. Spelling Sounds™ 1 Pro includes a large library of CVC (e.g. 'cat'), CCVC (e.g. 'stop') and CVCC (e.g. 'lost') words and is fully customisable, making it easy to set up custom activities to teach students to read specific word types (such as three letter words ending in -at, or four letter words beginning with st-).

2. It is a fun, effective and scientifically based teaching tool that helps you to teach students to segment (break up) words into speech sounds and to then spell them using letter-sound knowledge.

3. These skills help children to spell words successfully because understanding how letters usually represent the way we say words gives children an advantage in understanding our spelling system.

4. Skilled spellers are good at understanding that words are made up of speech sounds (a skill called phonemic awareness).

5. Spelling Sounds™ 1 Pro is ideal for helping beginning spellers, students with spelling difficulties and students learning English as a second language.

6. The app uses a unique teaching system that automatically identifies what a child knows, what the child does not know, and which words the student finds difficult.

7. They are also good at understanding how these speech sounds are represented by letters in words.

8. Spelling Sounds™ 1 Pro helps beginning and struggling readers to learn to spell.

9. - Spelling Sounds™ 1 Pro is not just a game - it is a powerful and fully customisable teaching tool.

10. Difficulties with these skills are a hallmark of the struggling speller.