Overall, this app is outstanding. I am somewhat disappointed by the lack of the -ough cluster in advanced, 1, or 2.
Overall, this app is outstanding. I am somewhat disappointed by the lack of the -ough cluster in advanced, 1, or 2.
This app is worth the money--easy to use, provides much needed practice, and can be used with multiple students. The developers did a nice job with this one!
Simplex Spelling Advanced helps teach the phoneme rules by introducing the rule then providing spelling practice to use the rule. If correctly spelled a barely enthusiastic encouraging word is spoken and printed on the screen. If incorrect spelling one can manipulate the letters or get hints. I found the hints would highly benefit a struggling learner. Specific performance summaries are available for every child you enter into the app. It would be beneficial if one could create their own spelling lists. I also found the app too much like a teacher lecturing to the child. No enthusiasm or graphics throughout the app would lose my students immediately.
this is a great program that keeps kids excited about learning and motivates them to challenge themselves. would love to see kindergarten level added and ability for own lists. hope these improvements are soon but would highly recommend as is!
This is a very well thought out spelling app for students. Breaks down the words very well, the voice help is very well done.
It's app was easy to get started with. The user interface is easy to navigate. I love that it collects data. It was too hard for my special needs PreK class, but I could see it being helpful in a Kinder or 1st grade class.
Impressive! It's engaging and thorough. The reporting feature clearly shows how many times each word was spelled correctly. It is very easy to navigate both for students and teachers. The lessons are clear and concise. There are enough word lists that students can start at different levels depending on their current skill set. This is the must have spelling app!
This app has helped my english language students learn to spell english words. The student can listen to the sound of each letter and create words in a fun way!!
The app has a nice simple interface, like the phonics lessons that are built in. Has some data collection which is nice. would be good for my students who are older and fairly high functioning.
Spelling app breaks down practice by spelling patterns. Lots of practice with no thrills. Not very exciting for younger students.
This is an excellent overall tool to teach students with average or advance abilities the rules of phonics. Lots of options to customize the experience. Data is collected. Some of the interface would be difficult for some struggling users to navigate, but it's definitely worth a look for all other users.
Advanced phonics is a very smooth running app that is easy to set up and get a student started with using it. You have the option to customize it for individual students in several different areas. It keeps track of correct and incorrect answers and highlights errors in red so the student knows exactly which part of the word they have made a mistake with. It also allows for hints, repeated sentence cues and finally will give the correct answer if the student can not answer correctly. A very well written app.
Right off the bat, I love how you can change the settings and gear them for each user. The narration is great, it allows a non reader student to understand the wording. It also helps kids hear the the words, letters, and sounds. I like how you can tap on the box and it gives a pull down of letters or letter combinations that can be used. You can rearrange letters too. There are many different catagories of letters to choose from too. This is a fantastic app!
This is an awesome spelling app! It provides lessons and instruction on different spellings of sounds and sound combinations. It also gives the speller immediate feedback when they begin to misspell a word. It also gives specific lessons for easy vs. harder rules. I love this app!
Thank you for sending me an advanced spelling app. I like the instruction part that is given right before the test. I also like the fact that a student can request more instruction. When a word is spelled wrong, the app highlights the wrong letter or letters and gives the student the chance to correct it. Awesome!
This is a great app with a beautiful design and well thought out format. The user has the option of working through 52 different blends. Within each lesson you are taken through 10 works that are read out loud and then you get to spell out the word. You are given a nice green box for each letter you use correctly, and a red box for each incorrect letter. I found the game to be very fun and was immediately drawn into it. One thing I did notice is that words given were not necessarily common words, which made the app truly advanced. Overall a fantastic app. I would definitely recommend it for anyone looking for more challenging words or format.
I really liked how well Simplex Spelling Phonics - Advanced Phonograms taught uses how to spell long and short vowels. The app also gave good hints and explanations when needed. The audio voice sounded good and was easy to understand. The app also gave great sentence examples.
This is a great challenging spelling app for gifted or older students. There are 52 quizzes. Each one gives a mini-lesson for spelling goal, along with the word in a sentence. The words are broken up into spelling and there is a blending function as part of the "Hint". It could be a bit more colorful but overall it's a great spelling app in particular for gifted students.
This is an amazing app for in-depth work on phonics with multiple spell modes and keyboards with excellent visual cues for help and correction. This app has an extensive list of phonemes and using lesser known homophones in sentences not only teaches spelling, but increases vocabulary. While there is room for enhancement primarily in customization, this is a very useful educational tool.
Wow! This is such a great App. As a homeschooling mom to be I am definitely going to use this App once my children have passed through the other Simplex Apps. It's also great that you can change it to British Spelling since I am South African and we use the British system. Even my 4 year old could follow some of the simpler words. I will recommend this to the school I teach at in South Africa.
This is a great spelling/phonics app that is clearly designed by people who understand reading instruction. I was able to set it up and implement it into my reading intervention class in one day, and every student who used it reported that they liked it. It's rare that I find an educational app that allows multi-user support, and this can support a full class of students. This app is great, and I look forward to continuing to use it with students.
Simplex Spelling-Advanced Phonograms is a beautifully designed educational app, which will help upper elementary students learn advanced phonics skills, such as syllable rules, contractions and vowel combinations. There are many ways to customize the lessons for multiple users. You can set the volume level, choose American or British spellings, upper or lower case letters, and a qwerty or alphabetical keyboard. Each lesson contains explanations and helpful phonics hints so that children will be successful. Detailed reports show the number of correct attempts for each skill. With 52 lessons, and multiple ways to customize the learning for individual students, Simplex Spelling delivers a very powerful learning tool. Highly recommended for classroom teachers, special educators and parents.