Phonics based literacy software teaching sound blending.
THE
PROGRAMThe Sound Blender is a new and innovative Australian made literacy program teaching students the essential skills and phonologic knowledge of blending sounds. All forms of digraphs, diphthongs, silent letters and suffixes are explored and explained, e.g. ch, sh, een, kn, ar, aw, au, ith, wr, et and many more. The Sound Blender introduces and consolidates advanced decoding skills to assist students to recognise and decode previously unknown words.
The Sound Blender is a sequenced package that allows the student to work at their own pace. It consists of 12 modules. Each module will take an average student approximately 15 minutes to complete. It is self paced and highly interactive. Each module contains Introduction, Rhyming Exercises, Blending Exercises and a Keyboard Exercise to enable students to develop a fast paced blending process. Keyboard stickers are provided in lower case letters for this purpose. In Phonics Alive! 1, young students were introduced to the sounds of letters in the alphabet. These sounds were taught as beginning, medial and ending sounds. Now the Sound Blender takes the next step!
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
The program is suitable for students in a progressive stage of learning to read and write, those who are experiencing reading and writing difficulties, and it is of great benefit to those for whom English is a second language. The program is easy and enjoyable to use. It is important that all students working with the Sound Blender have a reasonable knowledge of single sounds contained in Phonics Alive! 1.
STUDENT
PERFORMANCE RESULTSThe program follows students progress throughout each module and a record of achievement can be viewed whilst in the program, or can be printed for later diagnostic analysis.
NAVIGATION
The program has an extensive navigation interface that can:
- return the student to where they left off the last time they used the program, or select a different task,
- help the teacher/parent plan lessons for students and keep track of their progress via the Administration Page,
- place the student anywhere in the program at any time,
- add or delete student's names in the Administration Page or the Name Page, display on-screen, all tasks included in the complete program.
System requirements
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