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Wordshark 4

Wordshark is a computer program to help you read and spell.

It uses 55 specially designed games to teach and to reinforce reading and spelling using 9,000 pre-recorded words grouped in specially selected word lists. You can also add your own words.
 
The numerous permutations of games and word lists create both variety and motivation.

Wordshark includes a high quality phonics approach to reading based on 'Letters and Sounds'. Different games include blending sounds into words for reading and also segmenting into sounds and syllables for spelling. All common letter patterns and auditory patterns are covered, also spelling rules, homophones, alphabet and dictionary skills.

The tailored games and structured word lists make Wordshark especially useful for students with dyslexia as well as for general use.

The games are excellent for use on an interactive whiteboard and children enjoy playing the games on the big screen. An on-screen keypad is provided with the program.

The program has an A4 size manual with advice on use of the program. There are also on-screen help boxes for every game as well as pop-up teaching notes.

Variable speeds and other options meet all levels of skill.

Numbershark 4

Numbershark is a computer program to help anyone improve their understanding and use of numbers. The program teaches and reinforces numeracy using 45 carefully designed games. There are over 500 topics to choose from.

• The topics address each of the number operations
  + - x ÷ plus fractions, decimals and simple percentages, in very gradual steps.
• The topics are quick to access and clear examples are given on screen. Numbershark gives a fresh set of ‘sums’ each time a topic is selected.
• The wide variety of games and options give many ways to practise the same work and to promote both the understanding and the memorising of number facts, whilst maintaining interest. 
• The games are excellent for use on an interactive whiteboard and children enjoy playing the games on the big screen. An on-screen keypad is provided with the program.
• The program has an A4 size manual with advice on use of the program. There are also on-screen help boxes for every game and pop-up teaching notes

Eye Track

Eye Track is a new CD-ROM that contains a range of fun and motivational activities to support learners experiencing difficulty with visual perception. Particularly suitable for pupils with attentional, dyslexic or dyspraxic type difficulties of all ages.          
Fun, simple and easy-to-use, the activities are carefully differentiated and focused. Excellent printable follow-up activities and user options make this a valuable resource.
It covers:

Smart Phonics CD-ROM 1

Description: The first in a series of 3 CD-Roms covers alphabet and digraph beginnings. The Smart Phonics software follows an easy-to-use layout, based around 3 activities for teaching each letter/sound relationship.These are: listen to the poem, find the sound, and make words.

There are two other CD-ROMs which correspond to the Smart Phonics levels 2 and 3.

Vowel Sound CD-ROM

Description: A collection of 19 poems that teach the different vowel sounds (short, long and r-controlled). Each poem concentrates on the different spelling patterns for an individual vowel sound. e.g. the long o sound can be spelt: oa as in boat, ow as in grow, o_e as in bone or ough as in dough. Word work activities are also included where students can make words by dragging sounds into the correct area.

Tizzy's Toybox V2

Tizzy’s Toybox V2 is a stimulating and enchanting resource that introduces early learners to essential basic literacy and numeracy skills. The CD-ROM contains 12 simple, interactive activities that, whilst fun to complete, will develop children’s understanding of concepts such as sequencing stories, identifying letter sounds, matching numerals with sets of items and much, much more! Each activity has three levels of difficulty, allowing them to be used with a range of ability groups.

• Comparing and sequencing
• Matching and sorting
• Counting and sequencing
• Positional language
• Shape and spatial awareness
• Opposites
• Rhyming words

Oxford Reading Tree

The Oxford Reading Tree Stage 1+ First Phonics Talking Stories is a CD-ROM based version of the popular Oxford Reading Tree stories.

The CD-ROM contains six talking books. Each book is engaging and highly amusing, and contains the familiar features that have made the Oxford Reading Tree Talking Stories so popular in schools throughout the country. This program is easy to integrate into daily literacy work.

Includes:

There is Software to cover all levels from Stage 1 to Stage 9

Treetops

Extending the Talking Stories into Key Stage 2, Treetops Stage 10 & Stage 11 Talking Stories includes six new books that are full of colourful characters, motivating activities and engaging sound effects.

Each book contains thought bubbles and predictive questions to encourage further discussion about the characters’ thoughts and key events in the story. The program also includes comprehensive Inclusion and Support settings and a Teacher’s Tool which has been specifically designed for use with an interactive whiteboard. Truly versatile talking stories!

Contents:

• Six lively Talking Stories
• Picture Hotspots to activate animations, thought bubbles, speech bubbles, predictive questions and sound effects
• Teacher’s Tool to facilitate group teaching and analysis of text
• Inclusion and Support features
• Comprehensive Teacher Options and Record Keeping
  

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