Today's Giveaway: Classroom Spelling

One of our favourite developers, @Reks, have a new app and we have TEN codes to give away!

 

Classroom Spelling is an app chock full of choices!

Firstly the user can choose between Phonics Spelling lists, Spelling Lists with Dolch's spelling words or custom made spelling lists.There's also a choice of narration; you can have a child's voice or an adult narration or you can choose to focus on upper case or lower case letters.

An extra special feature is the accessibility options - for those who are visually impaired or have difficulty with fine motor skills, there is the choice to use a simple tap as an answer method instead of having to drag and drop.

I really appreciate that this app was developed as a direct response to the many emails and feedback that @Reks received about their other spelling apps. This is definitely a user friendly app, with child-proof settings, over 700 words and the ability to customise the app for students with special needs.

If you'd like to win a copy of Classroom Spelling, please comment below and winners will be posted on June 30th, 4pm, EST U.S.

You can also purchase the app by clicking this little button here.

 

*From iTunes*

► option to create a list of spelling words (type in the new word and record your voice)!
► Built-In Phonics Lists with separate lists for word families
► Built-In Spelling Lists with separate lists for Short Vowels, Long Vowels, Sight Words, Dolch’s Word Lists (Pre-Primer, Primer, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade), and more…
►audio and/or visual prompt
► PROFESSIONAL narration or child’s narration
► three modes: Learn, Practice and Test (quiz)
► upper or lower case letters
► optional Montessori-style color coding of vowels and consonants
► immediate sound feedback heard upon tapping the correct/incorrect letter
► positive reinforcement lowers affective filters making learning a more engaging and enjoyable process
► focus is put on letter recognition, word recognition, as well as on word/letter association
► ACCESSIBILITY options to for VISUALLY impaired and those struggling with fine motor skills
► option for custom made features for special needs students
►Child proof SETTINGS button (press and hold)

Build A Word Spelling – School Edition Application helps children as young as three learn how to spell. Children are motivated through positive reinforcement in the form of a fun balloon popping game (optional) offered after each successfully "written" word.

Advantage for Special Need Students:
* option of using blank background helps children focus on letters only
* option to choose high-contrast background for visually impaired
* option to choose answer method: drag&drop or simple tap
* the letters are easy to spot due to big letter cards
* no frustration since visual and audio prompts in the Learn Mode lead the child step by step through the correct spelling process
*the right spelling technique becomes salient since the app leads the child step by step through spelling allowing dragging one letter at a time in the correct order
* choose any number of redundant letters: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
* wrong letters become obvious with the help of immediate sound feedback heard after tapping the wrong letter
* repetition of audio prompt helps with hearing and remembering the word and letters

@Reks (aka AtReks) Apps are designed in compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).

 

 

Comments

[Ontoinette Threatt]

Looks like a great app. Would love to try it out.

[Jenn Breidenbach]

Would be great for my first grade students!

[L. Boyd]

Sounds great!

[Renee @ Made By Renee]

looks like a wonderful app - thanks for sharing :)

[Sarah]

This would be great for my kindergarten students!

[Lori Blancett]

This looks like a great app. Would love to try it out. Thanks!

[Lisa Swedo]

What a great app! Would love for my kids and my K kiddos!

[Kim D.]

This would be great for my daughters. Thank you for the giveaway!

[Kathleen Dorsey]

I am just beginning my new job as a Reading Resource teacher and this app looks like a great one for children struggling to both read and spell. Would love to have it.

[Rachel Trim]

As a library media specialist, I'm always on the lookout for apps teachers can use, especially with special needs students, or with students who struggle. This app looks like it features a variety of options.

[Jill Kowitt]

As a mom of a second grader, this app would be very, very helpful with weekly spelling lists. Thanks for your consideration.

[Leslie m. Guzman]

I like that you can choose your spelling list, would love to have it for my kids at work and my daughter as well.

[Leslie m. Guzman]

Continued reading the description and sounds like a really great app!

[Valerie]

Looks like a great app!

[Robin Parker]

I would love to give to a student of mine who just got an iPad and is a student with autism who uses AAC to communicate and he is beginning to read and write. This app would help him with his spelling and thus writing.

[Beth Andersen]

I would love to try this for my letter-and-spelling obsessed boy! We are getting ready to start using his ipad at school.

[Spayskdet]

I agree with all the others - this is a beautiful little app to turn weekly homework into fun :-)

[Leslie m. Guzman]

Would love this app for my kids!

[Leslie m. Guzman]

I am a speech therapist and I would love to use this for my kids!