First Grade Spelling with Scaffolding for iOS

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Designed for Educators and Speech Language Pathologists who are working with students learning english, this app can be used in the classroom and...
Last updated on December 19, 2013
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By Tapfun

Designed for Educators and Speech Language Pathologists who are working with students learning english, this app can be used in the classroom and...

Designed for Educators and Speech Language Pathologists who are working with students learning english, this app can be used in the classroom and home. The app includes a wide variety of words appropriate for first grade - see below for a full list.A variety of scaffolding support has been built in including the following: - 3 hint modes: letter, vowel or consonant, and vowel or consonant and letter - normal and slow pronunciation for each word (tap on the sound button to hear the slow pronunciation) - uppercase and lowercase options This app uses a QWERTY keyboard layout. As a result of the built-in scaffolding, this app can be used for different levels of spellers. The variety of scaffolding support make this spelling app stand out. This is great for tutoring and independent play in the classroom.The reward at the end of each level is a short optional balloon popping game. Pop as many balloons as you can in 30 seconds to see who has the fastest fingers. Are you interested in joining our app testers group and influencing our future apps? Join us at tapfun.com and learn about our methodology and approach. About Tapfun Tapfun works with educators to produce educational apps for elementary school children. Our apps are designed to complement and supplement school curricula.********Below is a full list of the words for each level:Level 1-3 - Short Vowel Sound of Aam, an, as, at, rat, sat, cat, pad, mad, pad, sad, sap, gap, bag, gag, hag, lag, tag, ban, can, fan, pan, ran, tan, van, cap, map, nap, rap, jam, hamLevel 4-6 - Short Vowel Sound of Ebed, led, red, wed, beg, leg, hen, den, men, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, yet, fell, bell, sell, nest, zest, test, pest, rest, jest, tent, rent, sent, went, felt, pelt, meltLevel 7-9 - Short Vowel Sound of Iif, it, is, bit, hit, sit, rid, lid, sip, tip, nip, lip, him, rim, fix, six, din, pin, sin, tin, dig, fig, big, pig, jig, rig, bib, rib, fibLevel 10-12 - Short Vowel Sound of Oon, ox, got, cot, jot, lot, cob, job, rob, sob, cod, god, nod, pod, rod, log, hog, dog, box, hop, mop, pop, top, dot, jot, lot, pot, rot, notLevel 13-14 - Short Vowel Sound of Uup, us, cub, hub, rub, bud, mud, dug, mug, pug, tug, jug, sum, bun, run, sun, rut, hung, lung, sung, gush, dust, must, rust, gust, drumLevel 15-18 - Review of Short Vowel Soundsman, fin, fit, hot, rug, lap, get, dim, rot, hum, pat, ten, mix, fun, tap, wet, hid, dot, hut, had, peg, his, cut, had, den, did, sod, fun, fog, tub, bet, hug, dip, fog, gun, did, gum, nag, bet, pen, cog, flog, help, lift, rushLevel 19 - Long Vowel Sound of Adate, late, mate, jade, fade, rate, came, same, cage, page, lace, wakeLevel 20 - Long Vowel Sound of Eme, fee, feel, seek, we, she, feed, meek, beef, heed, deed, keep, reel, weed, deep, peep, weepLevel 21 - Long Vowel Sound of Ipile, file, mile, dike, like, fire, tire, life, rife, wife, hide, rideLevel 22 - Long Vowel Sound of Ocode, node, rove, jolt, molt, bolt, bone, cone, hone, tone, hope, rope, cope, note, vote, holdLevel 23 - Long Vowel Sound of Ulure, cure, pure, cube, tube, mute, dune, use, huge, cueLevel 24-28 - Short Vowel Soundscrab, grab, drab, slab, stab, brag, cram, clan, clad, dash, bled, fled, sled, sped, then, bent, best, vest, west, chip, ship, whip, slip, drip, spit, crib, gift, king, grit, shot, blot, spot, plot, trot, clog, frog, plod, stop, clod, bump, lump, pump, jump, hump, bulk, just, drug, shut, hushLevel 29-30 - Various Vowel Soundscard, hard, bark, dark, hint, lint, mint, tint, deal, meal, neat, heat, bang, fang, gang, hang, rang, tank, rank, sank, hank, dank, dime