Reading

Explained simply, reading is being able to recognise (or ‘sound-out’) written words. Spelling however is the reverse. Spelling involves forming and ordering letters in order to represent the written form of words. Typically, students read more words accurately than they are able to spell. In schools it is common to find students whose reading performance is age appropriate but whose spelling performance is below average. Finding students with the opposite pattern is much rarer. For most, spelling is more challenging than reading.

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    Spell star 1a – cvc words

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    This first app (in a set of four), is designed for students who are on the verge of spelling or who have recently started to spell CVC words. The app is most suitable for the following age groups:

    • Advanced preschool children.
    • Average Foundation students as they embark on the journey of learning to spell along with their peers.
    • Older students who are still acquiring CVC spelling ability.
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    Spell star 1b – sh, ch, th, oo, ee, ck words

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    This second app (from a set of four), has been designed for students who are acquiring the ability to spell words which contain the early phonic concepts sh, ch, th, oo, ee and ck. The app is most suitable for the following age groups:

    • Year 1 students as they embark on the journey of learning to spell along with their peers.
    • Older students who are still acquiring the ability to spell words containing the phonic concepts sh, ch, th, oo, ee and ck.
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    Spell star 1c – ccvc and cvcc words

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    This third app (from a set of four), has been designed for students who are working towards acquiring words with double consonants at the start of words (e.g. st, br, sm, tr) and at the end of words (e.g. mp, nt, ld, ft). CCVC stands for consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant words.

    The app is most suitable for the following groups:

    • Year 1 students as they embark on the journey of learning to spell along with their peers.
    • Older students who are still acquiring the ability to spell with double consonants.
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    Spell star 1d – ar, or, ai, ay, oi words

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    This final app (from set of four), has been designed for students who are working towards spelling words which contain the phonic concepts ar, or, ai, ay and oi.

    The app is most suitable for the following age groups:

    • Year 1 students as they embark on the journey of learning to spell along with their peers.
    • Older students who are still acquiring the ability to spell words which contain the early phonic concepts ar, or, ai, ay and oi.
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  • Reading Race 1a - cvc words

    Reading Race 1a – cvc words

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    Reading Race 1a: CVC words is the first in the four-game ‘Reading Race’ series of reading apps from PLD Literacy & Learning. This fun educational game app was designed for children between the ages of 4 and 6.

    CVC words or consonant-vowel-consonant words are simple three-letter words such as mat, dog and sit.

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  • Reading Race 1b - sh, ch words

    Reading Race 1b – sh, ch words

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    Reading Race 1b: sh, ch, th, oo, ee and ck words is the second in the four-game ‘Reading Race’ series of reading apps from PLD Literacy & Learning.

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  • Reading Race 1c - ccvc and cvcc words

    Reading Race 1c – ccvc and cvcc words

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    Reading Race 1c: CCVC and CVCC words is the third in the four-game ‘Reading Race’ series of reading apps from PLD Literacy & Learning.

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  • Reading Race 1d - ar, ai words

    Reading Race 1d – ar, ai words

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    Reading Race 1d: ar, or, ai, ay and oi words is the fourth in the four-game ‘Reading Race’ series of reading apps from PLD Literacy & Learning and Australian speech pathologist, Diana Rigg

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  • Sale! General Starter Pack: Year 5/6

    General Starter Pack: Year 5/6

    Original price was: $323.40.Current price is: $274.90.

    The Year 5-6 Starter Pack contains the best selling programs and will assist catering for the range in ability evident in any upper primary classroom. Includes: Stage 5 phonic dictation Phonic flash cards Spelling activities for middle and upper primary Phonic & sight word sequence

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  • Sale! Pre-spelling and early spelling

    Pre-spelling and early spelling

    Original price was: $197.51.Current price is: $167.85.

    The set presents pre-spelling (‘sounding-out’ or phonemic segmentation) and simple early childhood initial spelling tasks (such as creating CVC spelling words with Wikki Stix).

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  • Sale! Reading Games - Stage 1 set

    Reading Games – Stage 1 set

    These Stage 1 reading games can be played over and over and enable students to rehearse and strengthen their spelling and reading skills. This pack contains: Phonic Bingo Games – Stage 1 Decoding and Spelling Games – Stage 1 Teaching the First 100 sight words

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  • Sale! General Starter Pack: Foundation

    General Starter Pack: Foundation

    This Foundation Starter Pack contains the best selling programs from the areas of pre and early literacy, oral language and movement and motor skills. This pack contains: Alphabet the multisensory way First writing activities First reading words Teaching the first 100 sight words Preparing for reading

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  • Sale! Middle & Upper Primary Spelling Essentials

    Middle & Upper Primary Spelling Essentials

    Original price was: $65.00 – $82.50Price range: $65.00 through $82.50.Current price is: $55.25 – $70.13Price range: $55.25 through $70.13.

    Together the two resources form the basis of a middle and upper primary synthetic phonics spelling programs.

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    Junior Primary Spelling Essentials

    Original price was: $65.00 – $82.50Price range: $65.00 through $82.50.Current price is: $55.25 – $70.13Price range: $55.25 through $70.13.

    Together the two resources form the basis of a junior primary synthetic phonics spelling programs.   Buy both resources in a bundle and save 15%.  Structured Synthetic Phonics Time Savers – Stage 1 & 2 Section 1: Ready to use spelling lists Section 2: Student spelling lists and activity templates Section 3: Rapid automatic reading Section…

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  • Sale! Phonic Charts - Stage 1-4 - Full Set

    Phonic Charts – Stage 1-4 – Full Set

    Original price was: $140.00.Current price is: $119.00.

    The Phonic Charts eBooks – Full Set contains four resources for teaching Stage 1-4. Buy all four of the eBook resources in a bundle and save 15%. Click on each of the links below if you wish to view the stages individually. Decoding and spelling is dependent upon phonics and “sounding out” (or phonological awareness)…

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  • Sale! Phonic Dictation - Full Set

    Phonic Dictation – Full Set

    Original price was: $390.00 – $495.00Price range: $390.00 through $495.00.Current price is: $331.50 – $420.78Price range: $331.50 through $420.78.

    The increasingly complex dictation passages with embedded phonic concepts can be read, edited, copied and finally presented in the form of dictation tasks.

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