Reading Software and Reading Websites Treasure Hunt

When searching the web for reading remediation software and websites I came across the following:

Software

WordMaker

This phonics program systematically builds phonemic awareness, decoding, and spelling skills. WordMaker is based on Dr. Cunningham’s Four Blocks approach. There are 140 progressive lessons that focus on specific letter combinations, which teach early readers to look or patterns when encountering known and unknown words.

http://donjohnston.com/wordmaker/#.U3PwvSjjGqE

Reading Horizons

This software program uses a simple streamlined framework in its initial stage including: sounds of the alphabet, five phonetic skills, and two decoding skills. The software uses a multisensory approach and a unique marking system to engage users.  

http://www.readinghorizons.com/elementary-reading-program/product-overview

Ultimate Phonics 





Ultimate Phonics is a computer software program for beginning readers, struggling readers, adults, students with dyslexia, learning disabilities, or ESL students. The software consists of two hundred and sixty-three lessons that focus on phonic sounds and rules and progresses from basic to advanced. 

http://www.spencerlearning.com/

    

 

Websites

Into the Book

An interactive website that is easy to use. The website helps students learn how build reading strategies in the areas of: summarizing, visualizing, inferring, making connections, and synthesizing. This website also allows students to combine strategies.

   

http://reading.ecb.org/

Reading Bear

Reading Bear is a website that teaches students over 1,200 vocabulary items. The website uses presentations to cover all the main phonic rules. The content of this website is free for viewing. The website allows the viewer to listen to audio of vowel and letter sounds.

http://www.readingbear.org/

Starfall




Starfall is a website that students can use to take part in free online reading activities that is easy to use. It is a phonics based reading website that is aimed at children in preschool to early elementary school. It can also be used for ESL students and students with learning disabilities. There are four main sections to the site. It is highly interactive and starts with letter sounds and progresses through the reading process. 

http://www.starfall.com/

Raz-Kids 

 

Raz-Kids is an interactive website that uses interactive ebooks to help students work through the reading process. This is a subscription website that allows both teachers and parents to see the progress the child is making. Students are placed by their teacher at a reading level when they are registered and as they read the books and answer quizzes about the books, they progress to the next reading level. The student cannot move to the next reading level without reading all of the books and passing the attached comprehension quiz. Students are engaged with animation and sound effects as they listen for the first time to the book being read aloud. Then they read it on their own and also have the option to record their voice. Students earn stars for reading each book and taking the attached quiz to spend equipping their own Raz-Rocket. They also have access to collections of poetry books, song books, and nursery rhymes. New animated books and Spanish eBooks are added regularly to the site. 

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login

Studydog

 

Studydog is a website that offers a complete early reading program that is computer-based. There are three levels a student can enter. The level of the student must be determined before downloading the program. Each level builds on the next one and has over twenty lessons per level covering the alphabet, consonant sounds, vowel sounds, rhyming words, sight words, contractions, consonant blends, complex words, spelling, word families and more.  Students will receive a prize at the end of each lesson. 

www.studydog.com