WORDSHARK 4 (Structured Courses for Phonics and spelling)

Wordshark 4 includes:
o structured courses to support the latest recommendations for a high quality phonic program
o blending sounds into words for reading
o segmenting words in to sounds, syllables, prefixes and suffixes for spelling
o all common letter and auditory patterns
o spelling rules
o high frequency words
o homophones
o alphabet
o dictionary skills
o use of words in context and much more

Wordshark features:
New "Letter and Sounds" course based on the UK's Department of Children, Schools and Families' Letters and Sounds: Principles and practice of high quality phonics . See also Guide to working with Letters and Sounds .
New short phonics course for Early Years / Intervention
New games to support teaching of new courses
New voice recording -- a new game Say word incorporates voice recording as you read and speak the words
New fonts -- easy to read Sassoon fonts have been added as the default font
More student management options added
9000 words and sounds are pre-recorded
Personal learning support -- by setting up individual program of work for each student
Records of student activities are stored
Interactive whiteboards support -- an effective way to use Wordshark with groups.
Wordshark 4 comes with is own onscreen keypad. Works great with touchscreen monitors too!
Customisable speeds and options meet all grades of skills
Easy to follow printed A4 manual with tips and advice on use of Wordshark
Search engine gives quick access to find individual words, letter patterns, and graphemes
Printouts of word searches, word lists, and sentence worksheets
Help screens can be shown and spoken alongside games as you play them
Your own words can be easily added and recorded

Structured Courses
Designed for three categories:

Early years / Intervention
1.Letters and Sounds -- detailed week-by-week support phonic program
2.Short phonics course to support different phonic schemes with a choice of the order in which letters are introduced

General Use
Three alternative structured courses with 6,000 words which include spelling and reading, using phonemes, words and sentences.
1.Alpha to Omega -- follows the structure of the book
2.Literacy Hour
3.General course for older users and adults

Secondary
3,000 extra words and relevant sentences in 13 curriculum subjects for secondary schools

Contact :
Ms. Gloria Yeung, Junior Consultant

ETC Educational Technology Connection (HK) Ltd
Rm 1509 Cityplaza 4
Taikooshing, HK
Tel: 2560 6561
email: sharisyeung@hotmail.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Phonics
• program
• Letterland
• blending sounds/words
• spelling rules
• homophones
• alphabet
• Wordshark
• games

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This software is fantastic, but I would love it to exist in french.