The Book Wizard Mobile application (School Edition) is a mobile extension of the Book Wizard which provides easy access to Scholastic’s database of more than 50,000 children's books. Hundreds of thousands of teachers already use Book Wizard at http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard. Book Wizard Mobile will save you even more time.Use the built-in barcode scanner to find book information. Sometimes, when a book has multiple editions with different barcodes, you may not find your book by scanning. Try searching by typing or saying the book’s title. New books and barcodes are being added all the time to make Book Wizard Mobile even more up-to-date.Book Wizard Mobile lets you instantly view:Cover ImageTitle AuthorInterest LevelReading Level by:- Grade Level Equivalent- Lexile Measure- Guided Reading Level- DRATeachers can also:• Create and save book lists, or an entire classroom library list to your existing Scholastic.com account.• Modify existing book lists associated with your account.• Share your book lists on your Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest accounts.• Email your book list to colleagues and friends.
Read on Sight is a great way for early readers to practice sight words, an important building block for independent reading. First a sentence is read aloud, then the word tiles scatter, and the player rebuilds the sentence.The latest version includes lots of fun game-play. For every word you place correctly you earn a star. When you complete a full set of sentences, earn enough stars, or other achievements you receive an animated badge which you can replay anytime you want.In addition to the fun, Read on Sight also helps parents and teachers by keeping track of the player's progress. Every sentence a player completes is recorded including the difficulty level.
About Sight Words:At some point we all learn to read without sounding out each letter in a word. We recognize the entire word and know what it means. This skill is especially important for common words that are not easily sounded out. The sooner a child learns these words by sight, the sooner they gain the confidence to read independently. In the 1930s, Edward Dolch went through children's books and created a list of words that were frequently used but hard to sound out. Once a child masters this list, he or she will be a much faster reader, able to enjoy stories without the words getting in the way.
Tags: Sight Words, Dolch Words, Reading
READING MAGIC 1 Short Vowel Words Deluxe can help your child’s future reading success. READING MAGIC focuses on CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words, such as cat, box and pig. In the first part of the app, the words are categorized by middle vowel sounds. In the second part of the app, the words are sorted by categories rather than by vowel sound. READING MAGIC has over 200 words to interest your child, and help them learn how to blend, segment, and read CVC words.READING MAGIC features both male and female voices for every word and picture.READING MAGIC stays committed to time tested phonics principles, to techniques proven to be successful.READING MAGIC will give your child solid and direct experience with letters and sounds to help build their phonemic awareness skills. It will help improve your child’s phonological processing ability guiding them towards becoming a good reader.
READING MAGIC has three skill levels for reading development:BlendingBlending is taking individual letter sounds and combining or blending them into a meaningful word. It could be called “auditory reading” or reading just by sounds with NO letters. This can be a difficult task when starting off and will take practice and patience to get the hang of it. The process of turning /b/ + /e/ + /l/ + /t/ into “belt” is a neurological challenge for emerging readers. It may take some practice to develop this skill, but the time spent is well worth it. Blending is the best way of preparing a child for the much more difficult and essential skill of segmenting. SegmentingSegmenting is one of the most important skills children need for successful spelling, reading and writing. Segmenting can be difficult. One way to look at segmenting is that it is spelling words using the sounds of the letters rather than the names of the letters. Segmenting is a skill and exercise that is not practiced and unknown by most parents and even many educators and yet, “The best predictor of reading difficulty in kindergarten or first grade is the inability to segment words and syllables into constituent sound units (phonemic awareness).” (Lyon, 1995). Segmenting is closely associated with spelling. Segmenting is taking a word and breaking it up into its sound parts. In segmenting, the sounds and not the names of the letters are used. ReadingThe READING mode should ideally be used only after practicing and becoming skilled at Skill 1 Blending and Skill 2 Segmenting. The reading mode is designed to encourage reading and discourage picture guessing by keeping the picture hidden until after the user taps on the empty frame. That way the user can read the word without being distracted by the picture and its clues as to what the word is.In order to give lots of practice to build strong skills with blending, segmenting and reading many words were needed including those that are outside the realm of everyday common words. There is no need to know what the picture is beforehand for blending and reading. For segmenting, the picture can always be touched to identify itself.
Tags: Kindergarten, Reading, Phonics, CVC Words, Consonant Blends, Short Vowels
READING MAGIC 2 will help your child gain mastery with consonant blends. This app will give your child practice with consonant blends to improve their reading skills. READING MAGIC 2 contains three lessons:
- The Blending Mode helps your child learn the essential reading skill of blending, which helps prepare learners for segmenting.
- The Segmenting Mode helps your child learn how to segment words. Segmenting has been recognized as the most important predictor of reading success.
- The Reading Mode helps your child read words. Pictures are hidden to encourage true reading instead of picture guessing.
READING MAGIC 2 Consonant Blends Deluxe focuses on CCVC (consonant - consonant - vowel - consonant) or CVCC (consonant - vowel - consonant - consonant) words. The apps are categorized into interesting and fun categories.READING MAGIC 2 features a second section of words which contain advanced consonant blends, words such as blimp or scrub.READING MAGIC 2 has over 300 words to interest your child, and help them learn how to blend, segment, and read words with consonant blends.READING MAGIC 2 also features both male and female voices for every word and picture.In order to give lots of practice to build strong skills with blending, segmenting and reading many words were needed including those that are outside the realm of everyday common words. There is no need to know what the picture is beforehand for blending and reading. For segmenting, the picture can always be touched to identify itself.
Tags: Consonant Blends, Reading, Phonics
READING MAGIC 3 Multiple Syllables Deluxe will help your child gain mastery with words with two or more syllables.READING MAGIC 3 contains three lessons:
- The Blending Mode helps your child learn the essential reading skill of blending, which helps prepare learners for segmenting.
- The Segmenting Mode helps your child learn how to segment words. Segmenting has been recognized as the most important predictor of reading success.
- The Reading Mode helps your child read words. Pictures are hidden to encourage true reading instead of picture guessing.
READING MAGIC 3 focuses on words with two or more syllables. The apps are categorized into interesting and fun categories. READING MAGIC 3 has over 300 words to interest your child, and help them learn how to blend, segment, and read words with consonant blends. READING MAGIC 3 also features both male and female voices for every word and picture. In order to give lots of practice to build strong skills with blending, segmenting and reading many words were needed including those that are outside the realm of everyday common words. There is no need to know what the picture is beforehand for blending and reading. For segmenting, the picture can always be touched to identify itself.
Tags: Reading, Consonant Blends, Phonics
This app is designed to help your child master the letter-sound connection. This app uses four different games to help your child learn and reinforce their knowledge of which sound each letter makes. Each game involves seeing letters and hearing sounds. The child decides which sounds do and which sound do not match the letter(s) being shown. The child either identifies the correct answer by tapping or drags and drops the correct answer in its place.This app is the third app in the ABC MAGIC PHONICS series. This app builds on the skills learned in the first two apps of this series. Those apps were about teaching letter/sound associations using phonetic pictures. This app focuses only on the sound of the letter and does not use any phonetic pictures as cues. We recommend the other ABC MAGIC PHONICS apps as means to develop and reinforce your child’s phonics skills and reading abilities.
Please note, that in this app, only the SOUNDS of the letters are used and NEVER the names of the letters. A child can actually read without knowing the common names of the letters, but a child only knowing the names of the letters cannot phonetically read. The ubiquitousness of the ABC song both at home and at school will surely give children the ability to name the letters. Many children, however, are not given the much-needed explicit instruction of the SOUNDS that the letters make. This app, therefore, is dedicated to helping children learn the SOUNDS that the letters make.
Only lower case letters are used, which is the most effective way for teaching children letters since 95% of the printed word is lowercase.
These games are designed so that children can do them independently after being given the basic instructions of how to play the games. The app has built-in feedback mechanisms to help the child to work independently. These mechanisms allow the child to learn at their own pace and in their own way.
Some pictures may seem indiscernible, but don’t worry, the pictures, when touched, will ALWAYS say their name. The child NEVER has to know what the picture is ahead of time. Tapping on the image box will ALWAYS play the audio file that names the picture.
Tags: Kindergarten, Reading, Phonics
SPELLING MAGIC 1 focuses on CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words, such as cat, box and pig. In the first part of the app, the words are categorized by middle vowel sounds. In the second part of the app, the words are sorted by categories rather than by vowel sound.SPELLING MAGIC 1 has over 245 words to interest your child, and help them learn how to build CVC words and help them with their blending and segmenting skills. The DELUXE version gives several choices in the options menu including;Two types of voices Three types of fontsTwo letter color stylesA special feature to connect the letters together.Over 185 additional words from the free version.
This app focuses on the skill of learning to build words with three phonemes using short vowel words. This app can also help your child learn the sounds of the alphabet. This app indirectly teaches the essential reading skill of segmenting as well. Two levels of challenge are available. The first part of the app has a limited alphabet for building words. The second part of this app has the entire alphabet available for building words. Please note that the purpose of this app is to provide many opportunities for practicing building CVC words. On account of this, there are words in this app that are not in the everyday vocabulary of the young learners using this app. Use this as an opportunity to build vocabulary. The pictures when tapped will always say the sound of the word that the app is asking user to build.
Tags: Kindergarten, CVC Words, Reading, Phonics
Spelling is fun and easy with ABC Spelling Magic 2.
This level focuses on teaching consonant blends. ABC Spelling Magic 2 teaches the sounds of the letters and how to build words.
This app can help your child learn the sounds of the alphabet. This app indirectly teaches the essential reading skill of segmenting as well. Two levels of challenge are available.
The first part of the app has a limited alphabet for building words.
The second part of this app has the entire alphabet available for building words. This app focuses on the skill of learning to spell words with four phonetic sounds with short vowel words.
Tags: Consonant Blends, Reading, Phonics
SPELLING MAGIC 3 Gives the opportunity to practice building 4-7 letter words that contain two or more syllables. SPELLING MAGIC 3 Short Vowel Words Deluxe can help your child’s future reading success. This is the third level in the series.SPELLING MAGIC 3 has over 300 words and focuses on words with two or more syllables. The DELUXE version gives several choices in the options menu including;Two types of voices Three types of fontsTwo letter color stylesA special feature to connect the letters together.
This app focuses on the skill of learning to build words with two or more syllables. This app indirectly teaches the essential reading skill of segmenting as well. This app has built-in features to help your child learn and reinforce phonics rules. Two levels of challenge are available.The first part of the app has a limited alphabet for building words. The second part of this app has the entire alphabet available for building words. Please note that the purpose of this app is to provide many opportunities for practicing building words with two or more syllables. On account of this, there are words in this app that are not in the everyday vocabulary of the young learners using this app. Use this as an opportunity to build vocabulary. The pictures when tapped will always say the sound of the word that the app is asking user to build.
Tags: Reading, Phonics, Short Vowels
Play table-top words game with your friends using Osmo tactile letters.
Using beautiful photos as hints, try to guess the word associated with
the image before you run out of tries!
Storytelling is a fantastic way to promote literacy, comprehension,
creative thinking, and self-driven learning. My Story is an amazing way
to engage your K-5 students.
* Create and share ebooks and movies of your stories by adding drawings, photos, and stickers. Export to iBooks!
* Record your voice on every page and share your story with friends, family and classmates!
* Choose from hundreds of fun stickers already included in the app, no extra downloads needed.
* No in-app purchases, hidden ads, or additional costs.
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Share your storybooks to the web, on Facebook and Twitter, and standard
ePub format to be viewed in 3rd party apps or edited in iBooks Author.
Export as a movie to Mp4 format straight to YouTube! Now you can export
as PDF as well (no audio).
* Teacher friendly: allows for multiple authors in one interface!
This is a great app for kindergarten through 3rd grade children. It
teaches a combination of high frequency and sight words (from the Dolch
Sight Word list). The list of 255 words was selected to cover words that
a child encounters most often when learning to read (high frequency),
including words that cannot be learned using pictures (sight words).
Learning to spell these words adds to a strong foundation in reading and
spelling for beginning readers. In this game, your child will help Cimo
the penguin reach an iceberg to catch fish. Each correct letter chosen
adds a block to his bridge. Finish the word and Cimo can cross, but
watch out for wrong letters, or Cimo will take a dip! This is the fun
game to improve your child's spelling abilities.
Also included is
a progress report for parents. The report allows them to track their
child’s performance in spelling the sight and high frequency words, and
provides play history with game details (i.e, On this date, your child
has played level 1 and level 2 and in each game, what item has been
asked and what your child has answered). An additional setup option
allows for a parent or teacher to customize the number of questions to
match their child. **In this new version, we add the options for
self-correction (i.e, kids could correct their answer in the second try)
and clearing out all the reports. This game will help your child
improve their reading skills in a fun and interactive environment.
Features
This
app is divided into 6 total levels to help children practice sight
words in grade appropriate levels (Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
grade), with one additional level for high freqency words. The final
challenge level mixes all the words together and adds incorrect letter
options to increase difficulty.
Join Stitch Bunny and friends and learn Sight Words in a fun and
engaging way. This app will help your child learn sight words through
seeing, hearing and spelling. The three different game modes (Flash
Card, Word Challenge and Spelling), will guide your child through the
different stages of learning the sight words. Those stages are: seeing
and hearing the word for the first time, recognizing the word and
selecting the correct word in a multiple choice word challenge mode, and
finally knowing how to spell the word in the spelling mode.
FEATURES:
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Three different game modes (Flash Card, Word Challenge, and Spelling)
that will progressively help your child learn their sight words.
- Create your own list and record your own word so you can add words that your kids get from their class room
- 240 of the most common Sight Words that are used in your child’s classroom, that are contained in 24 unlock able lists.
- View past results so you can monitor and keep track of progress
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Keep track of words that your child is having difficulty with during
Word Challenge and Spelling Mode, automatically, through Tricky Words
list.
- Earn a trophy each time a list is completed with a score of 100%
- No Ads, Social Media/External Links or In App Purchases
This
is an application that helps your child learn the most frequently used
English words without sounding the words out letter by letter. The game
is simple, utilizing touch screen operations, colorful and comical
graphics to persuade your child to play and learn.
In Flash Card
mode, the user can see the word. If quiz mode is on then user will not
hear the word until they tap on the word. The user can see the next
word on the list by either tapping on the "next" button or swiping the
screen.
In Word Challenge mode, the user has to select one of the
four displayed words that match the word that they hear. Each time the
user selects the correct answer, a new body part will be added to the
character outline. If the user selects the wrong answer three times,
the game will end. If the user selects the wrong answer, the word will
automatically be added to Word Challenge Tricky Words list which is
available from the Custom List selection screen. The word will be
removed from the Tricky Word list when the user selects the correct
answer when they encounter the word again. Once the game is completed
successfully a next list will be unlocked. The first time the user
completes the list without selecting a word wrong; they will be awarded
with that list’s trophy in black and white.
In Spelling mode, the
user has to spell the word that they hear by using the keyboard. The
game will end after three incorrect spellings. When the word is selected
incorrectly, it will automatically be added to the Spelling Tricky
Word(s) list which is available from the Custom List selection screen.
The word will be removed from the Tricky Word(s) list when the user
selects the correct answer when they encounter the word again. Once the
game is completed successfully the next available list will be
unlocked. The first time the user completes the list without getting a
word wrong, they will be awarded with that list’s trophy sticker in full
color.
Smiley Sight Words teaches high-frequency sight words to your child!
The
1,600+ sight words included with Smiley Sight Words comprises up to 85%
of the text in a child's early reading materials. A child who can
recognize just 8 of 10 words in a sentence can typically understand its
meaning! "Sight words" often cannot be illustrated via simple pictures
or sounded out according to regular phonetic decoding rules, thus they
need to be learned and recognized "on sight". Smiley Sight Words is a
handy way to keep track of and encourage a child's mastery of their
sight words.
FEATURES:
• Optimized for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
•
Over 1,600 common sight words comprehensively compiled from Dolch, Fry,
Pinnell-Fountas, UK, and many other high-frequency word lists.
• Beautifully recorded American-English pronunciations for all words
• Top 1000 - 40 levels sorted by frequency
• Dolch 300 - 7 levels (pre-primer, primer, grade 1-3, nouns 1-2)
• Dolch 300 - 11 levels sorted by frequency
• Fry 1000 - 10 levels sorted by frequency
• UK 1000 - 10 levels sorted by frequency
• AU Rainbow - 12 levels sorted by color-code.
•
More Words - Upper and lower-case alphabet, numbers 0-100, colors,
shapes, animals, months, days of week, family words, common nouns
• Words organized by number of letters
• 10 Customizable Flash Card sets
• 10 Shared Customizable Flash Card sets common to all 5 players
• Copy and Paste words from sets or emails
• Email export of word lists
• Show and Hide individual words
• Mark flash cards with smileys - try to earn 3 thumbs-up smileys for each word.
• Flash cards respond to swipes, shakes, and taps
• Customizable settings for up to 40 players
• Player names and photos can be customized
• Progress Report can be saved to Photo Library
• D'Nealian, Zaner-Bloser, Times, Helvetica, Marker Felt, Chalkboard, and Noteworthy fonts
• In-app Help documentation
Reading is important for students’ success.
Reading is a
fundamental skill, one which adults sometimes take for granted. But many
students have trouble learning to read. As they struggle to master
this skill, they often find other subjects difficult too, and their
self-esteem may suffer. Becoming able readers is crucial to students'
success in school and in life.
Struggling readers need more than
just books. They need a structured reading program that applies
research-based principles to keep them on track and maximize results.
They need a reading program like One Minute Reader.
• Engaging Content
One
Minute Reader features interesting, nonfiction stories, packed with
fascinating information. This engaging content taps into students'
curiosity, so they want to find out more. Examples of book topics are
Natural Wonders, Cool Creatures, and Fun Festivals.
• Develops Reading Fluency
The
One Minute Reader program is based on learning strategies that research
has shown are effective ways to develop reading fluency:
•
Modeling by a fluent reader: Readers read along with a recording of a
fluent reader to help them learn how to say the words and how to read in
a natural voice.
• Repeated reading: Readers practice
reading each story several times until they know the words and can read
accurately and expressively.
• Enhances Vocabulary
One
Minute Reader includes audio-supported definitions for selected
vocabulary words in the stories, which helps readers learn the meanings
and pronunciations of words they may find challenging.
One of four comprehension questions at the end of each story focuses on vocabulary.
An optional crossword puzzle in each book gives readers additional exposure to key words from the stories.
• Promotes Comprehension
A
quiz step asks questions about the story to make sure students think
about what the story is about and the ideas in it. The questions focus
on identifying the main idea, attending to details, vocabulary, and
making connections in the text.
• Motivating Feedback
Readers
see graphs of their initial cold-timing score and then of their final
hot-timing score, which shows how much they've improved. Watching their
scores go up motivates readers to keep working.
• The Right Fit for Each Reader
One
Minute Reader offers books in a range of reading levels from early
reader through fifth grade, so each reader can find stories that are a
good fit for his or her ability. You can use the placement program to
determine the best fit.
The Book Wizard Mobile application (School Edition) is a mobile extension of the Book Wizard which provides easy access to Scholastic’s database of more than 50,000 children's books. Hundreds of thousands of teachers already use Book Wizard at http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard. Book Wizard Mobile will save you even more time.
