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Assistive technology has enhanced individuals abilities and capacities to read. Throughout this post I will identify and share 5 different reading software and 5 different websites offering reading remediation. Furthermore, this post will provide links to the reading software and websites, elaborate on the supports these software/websites present, and discuss the individuals who would benefit substantially from these software/websites. Subsequently, 5 Reading Remediation Apps will be provided at the end of this post.
1) LEXIA
Website: http://lexialearning.com/
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Description: Simply by teaching the core framework of the Reading Horizons methodology - the 42 Sounds of the Alphabet, 5 Phonetic Skills, and 2 Decoding Skills - students are empowered with skills that allow them to prove they are reading, spelling, and pronouncing the majority of the words in the English language with accuracy.
Benefits: Reading Horizons recognizes the necessary decoding skills involved in the reading process. Dyslexia is associated with deficits related to understanding the "code" associated with reading. Therefore this software is designed for all readings but indefinitely supports students with Dyslexia.
3) THE SENTENCE MASTER
Website: http://www.laureatelearning.com/products/descriptions/sentdesc.html
Description:
Benefits: The Sentence Master is designed for students who are struggling to learn to read or haven’t responded to a phonics-based approach. This software supports students with Autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, language-learning disorders, and hearing impairments. Sentence Master is also tailored to meet the needs English Language Learners (K-6).
4) EAROBICA
Website: http://www.earobics.com/
Description: Aerobics is a mutlisenory reading intervention solution. This software incorporates interactive activities, guided instruction, students resources, teacher guides, correlations and assessments to enhance students reading abilities.
Benefits: This software is particularly valuable for at-risk readers and students who require support to enhance on of the five specific reading skills: phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, comprehension, and fluency.
5) SCIENTIFIC LEARNING READING ASSISTANT
Website: http://www.scilearn.com/products/reading-assistant/
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Benefits: Over-sized classrooms are prevalent in today's education system and educators are unable to provide the one-one reading support necessary to students. This software is beneficial to all beginning readers and aids in teaching reading strategies.
All the following websites have interactive tools to support early readers, free of charge!
1) STARFALL
Website: www.starfall.com
This website focuses on phonics development, beginning with letters and sounds and advancing to simple words. A variety of games and interactive books are available for learning. The target audience is pre-school, kindergarten, and first grade.
2) READING BEAR
Website: www.readingbear.org
Videos and slideshows teach phonics rules using a variety of vocabulary. This is done in a progressive manner to help learners decode 1200 different words. Students aged 4 to 7 are the main users of this website.
3) THE READING GAME
Website: http://www.learntoreadfree.com/
This website has interactive games using pictures and the first 55 words a student will learn to read, so is suited to the beginning reader. These games adhere to the Montessori approach to education.
4) SOFT SCHOOLS
Websites: http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/
This site offers phonics games, worksheets, and flashcards for learning to read. It also offers worksheets and projects for a variety of skills and subject areas for pre-kindergarten through middle school, many of which focus on the vocabulary aspect of reading.
5) TEACH YOUR MONSTER TO READ
http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
This site has a series of free games to practice the first stages of reading. It focuses on phonics to teach vocabulary.
5 Reading Remediation Software's
1) LEXIA
Website: http://lexialearning.com/
Description: Lexia provides reading skills for students of all abilities, and delivers performance data and analysis without interrupting the flow of instruction to administer a test. This technology-based approach accelerates reading skills development, predicts students' year-end performance and provides teachers data-driven action plans to help differentiate instruction.
Benfits: Lexia benefits all students by providing a personalized reading experience. This software teaches students an abundance of reading skills: rhyming, word prediction, letter recognition, sounds, comprehension, etc. This software is extremely beneficial to educators, because it provides data related to students strengths areas for improvement. Furthermore, this software offers strategies for improving a particular skill associated with a students reading abilities. This software is a reflection of Universal Design for Learning because it addresses the needs of ALL learners.
2) READING HORIZONS DISCOVERY
Website: http://www.readinghorizons.com/
Description: Simply by teaching the core framework of the Reading Horizons methodology - the 42 Sounds of the Alphabet, 5 Phonetic Skills, and 2 Decoding Skills - students are empowered with skills that allow them to prove they are reading, spelling, and pronouncing the majority of the words in the English language with accuracy.Benefits: Reading Horizons recognizes the necessary decoding skills involved in the reading process. Dyslexia is associated with deficits related to understanding the "code" associated with reading. Therefore this software is designed for all readings but indefinitely supports students with Dyslexia.
3) THE SENTENCE MASTER
Website: http://www.laureatelearning.com/products/descriptions/sentdesc.html
Description:
Benefits: The Sentence Master is designed for students who are struggling to learn to read or haven’t responded to a phonics-based approach. This software supports students with Autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, language-learning disorders, and hearing impairments. Sentence Master is also tailored to meet the needs English Language Learners (K-6).
4) EAROBICAWebsite: http://www.earobics.com/
Description: Aerobics is a mutlisenory reading intervention solution. This software incorporates interactive activities, guided instruction, students resources, teacher guides, correlations and assessments to enhance students reading abilities.
Benefits: This software is particularly valuable for at-risk readers and students who require support to enhance on of the five specific reading skills: phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, comprehension, and fluency.
5) SCIENTIFIC LEARNING READING ASSISTANT
Website: http://www.scilearn.com/products/reading-assistant/
Discription:
Benefits: Over-sized classrooms are prevalent in today's education system and educators are unable to provide the one-one reading support necessary to students. This software is beneficial to all beginning readers and aids in teaching reading strategies.
5 Reading Remediation Websites
All the following websites have interactive tools to support early readers, free of charge!
1) STARFALL
Website: www.starfall.comThis website focuses on phonics development, beginning with letters and sounds and advancing to simple words. A variety of games and interactive books are available for learning. The target audience is pre-school, kindergarten, and first grade.
2) READING BEAR
Website: www.readingbear.org
Videos and slideshows teach phonics rules using a variety of vocabulary. This is done in a progressive manner to help learners decode 1200 different words. Students aged 4 to 7 are the main users of this website.3) THE READING GAME
Website: http://www.learntoreadfree.com/
This website has interactive games using pictures and the first 55 words a student will learn to read, so is suited to the beginning reader. These games adhere to the Montessori approach to education.
4) SOFT SCHOOLS
Websites: http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/
This site offers phonics games, worksheets, and flashcards for learning to read. It also offers worksheets and projects for a variety of skills and subject areas for pre-kindergarten through middle school, many of which focus on the vocabulary aspect of reading.
5) TEACH YOUR MONSTER TO READ
http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
This site has a series of free games to practice the first stages of reading. It focuses on phonics to teach vocabulary.
5 Apps for Reading Remediation
Name
of App
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Targeted
Reading Skill
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Cost
|
Reading Raven
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Phonics and Decoding
|
$2.99
|
Marblemind Phonics
|
Phonics and Decoding
|
$2.99
|
Question Builder
|
Reading Comprehension
|
$5.99
|
The Land of Me-Story Time
|
Reading Comprehension
|
$2.99
|
Grammar Jammers
|
Grammar Usage and Mechanics
|
FREE
|
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