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  • Parent wondering about spelling resources for middle schooler

    Is there a program a parent can do at home or a computer program you recommend for a middle schooler who has had (in spades) all of the direct 1:1 interventions and now just needs to gradually improve spelling?

    April 17, 2025
  • Equipped for Reading Success

    Equipped For Reading Success is a comprehensive step-by-step program that bolsters phonemic awareness and fluent word recognition in order to promote orthographic mapping.

    October 5, 2025
  • DocsPlus

    Aimed at students in secondary school, DocsPlus is a resource that gives support to students so they can independently learn and understand course curriculum.

    January 12, 2024
  • Touch-type Read and Spell

    Touch-type Read and Spell (TTRS) is a training program for anyone with difficulties with reading, writing, or spelling. Its highly-structured program is aimed at dyslexic individuals, with positive reinforcement aspects to increase confidence and self-motivation.

    January 12, 2024
  • Vocabulary.com

    For dyslexics and those who struggle with words, Vocabulary.com is a very useful tool to master vocabulary.

    January 15, 2024
  • Seventh Grader is Having Difficulty Transferring Spelling Skills to Everyday Writing

    I am a fifth and sixth grade reading specialist. I have worked with a student using the Wilson program completing ten of twelve books. This student came into fifth grade a non-reader and left after sixth grade reading quite well. He has just completed seventh grade, and when I inquired about how he was doing his resource teacher had said she started the program over because he was having difficulty spelling. Are there programs for students like this child who have completed a multi-sensory phonics program but still struggle to transfer spelling skills to everyday writing?

    April 23, 2025
  • Measures of Kindergarten Spelling and Their Relations to Later Spelling Performances

    When looking at kindergarten spelling performance, what is the best predictor of second grade spelling performance? See the results of a study that looked at this and what it might mean for how spelling is taught.

    January 16, 2024
  • Tech: American Wordspeller

    American Wordspeller is an application for iPhone and iPad that assists users in their spelling of hard, and often unphonetically intuitive, words.

    January 16, 2024
  • Grammarly Grammar Checker

    Grammarly is an online grammar checking website that can scan essays, articles, and other documents to find mistakes in the text.

    January 16, 2024
  • Tech: Arnold Reading Magic

    Arnold Reading Magic is an application for the iPad that combines reading and spelling learning with the success of flashcard studying.

    September 3, 2025
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