apps for Early Readers and Spellers (Kindergarten through 2nd Grade)

Are you looking for ipad apps to help your student read and/or spell?

I have some free and fantastic suggestions!

There are a series of apps called Spelling Magic.
Level 1 has students build cvc (consonant vowel consonant) words with short vowel sounds. Level 2 works on consonant blends. Level 3 focuses on multisyllabic words that contain short vowel sounds and Level 4 focuses on the silent e as an introduction to long vowel sounds.

Phonemic awareness is important in the development of early reading skills and strong Phonemic Awareness has been linked to future reading success.Phonemic awareness includes the ability to listen to sounds in a word and blend them to determine the word. Segmenting is the ability to determine each individual sound in a word. If your student struggle with phonemic awareness, the apps Reading Magic 1 and Reading Magic 2 give students experience with these isolated skills.

We will be adding the apps to student ipads here at Roberts. While apps do not take the place of good instruction, it does give students opportunities to practice and improve their skills in a fun and easy way.