Designed for Educators and Speech Language Pathologists who are working with students learning english, this app can be used in the classroom and home. The app includes a wide variety of words appropriate for second grade - see below for a full list.
A variety of scaffolding support has been built in including the following:
- 3 hint modes: letter, vowel or consonant, and vowel or consonant and letter
- normal and slow pronunciation for each word (tap on the sound button to hear the slow pronunciation)
- uppercase and lowercase options
This app uses a QWERTY keyboard layout. As a result of the built-in scaffolding, this app can be used for different levels of spellers. The variety of scaffolding support make this spelling app stand out. This is great for tutoring and independent play in the classroom.
The reward at the end of each level is a short optional balloon popping game. Pop as many balloons as you can in 30 seconds to see who has the fastest fingers.
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Below is a full list of the words for each level:
Level 1-2 - Various Vowel Sounds
lime, tine, fine, mine, tell, well, yell, belt, rave, gave, pave, save, ill, bill, fill, rill, hill, cull, dull, gull, hull, mull
Level 3-6 - Long Vowel Sounds
blaze, craze, shape, state, fume, spume, fluke, flume, sneer, creed, steep, sleek, fleet, spite, quite, whine, spine, drive, tribe, brine, spire, bride,
Level 7-10 - Various Vowel Sounds
clasp, grasp, flask, graft, craft, book, good, took, foot, hook, small, stall, fall, wall, squall, boon, spoon, bloom, broom, stool, cramp, stamp, grand
Level 11-13 - Long Vowel Sounds
fatal, pagan, baby, lady, lazy, navy, racy, legal, regal, real, penal, taper, dial, trial, final, vital, rival, vial
Level 14-16 - Short Vowel Sounds
marry, rally, napkin, happy, pantry, tablet, elder, hectic, helmet, kennel, belfry, eddy, entry, envy, testy, selfish, civil, ditty, giddy, silly, livid, limit, limber, rivet, linen, millet, culprit, clumsy, funnel
Level 17-23 - Vowel Sounds of A.
care, share, spare, snare, game, lame, name, fame, tame, fast, mast, mask, past, scar, spar, star, garb, barb, charm, chart, lard, arm, yard, lake, gale, cape, shame, camp, damp, hand, land, sand, waft, raft, chaff, staff, war, warp, warm, ward, warn, fray, play, gray, stay, bray, danger, manger, wager, favor, flavor, savor, major, amber, banter, banner, handy, cancer, tamper, planet, hamper, stammer, larder
Level 24-26 - Vowel Sounds of E.
sheep, creep, sleep, sweep, speed, breeze, teeth, sneeze, bleed, freed, cedar, fever, tremor, secret, sequel, sequence, hero, zero, better, letter, enter, ever, never, sever, member, plenty, venom, clergy, fervor, hermit
Level 27-29 - Vowel Sounds of I.
bird, birch, chirp, flirt, girl, shirt, squirm, squirt, third, brier, cider, miser, spider, viper, client, giant, item, icy, spiral, ivy, bitter, differ, dinner, fritter, litter, river, shiver, silver
Level 30 - Vowel Sounds of O.
broker, clover, grocer, over, odor, solar, polar, poker, homely, poem, topic, moral