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Nessy - Reading, Writing And Spelling Help For Children With Dyslexia. Spelfabet - synthetic phonics resources for teaching spelling and reading. Strategies to help kids with LDs succees in school. Resources for Parents. Resources and Information for Parents Introduction Nursery Rhymes and Action Songs Developing Language and Maths Skills in Young Children Reading Special Needs Fine and Gross Motor Skills Development Christmas Introduction Resources 4 Parents is part of a new site that is constantly changing and each week we hope to add additional materials for you to use with your children.

Our aim is to provide parents with information and resources to help you have fun with and educate your children. Below will be links to free resources and ones that can be purchased. Two main factors affect your children's development. 1. 2. Parents often feel pressurised by advertising to buy a number of expensive toys and materials to stimulate their children and improve their development.

Nursery Rhymes and Action Songs Young children, even babies, love listening to and learning to recite nursery rhymes. Below are Nursery Rhymes and Action Songs for you to print and use with your child. 1, 2 Buckle my Shoe 5 Little Ducks. Macquarie University - MUSEC Briefings. On this page (either click on an issue number to take you to the PDF link and relevant references, or scroll down): Issue 41: The Davis Dyslexia ProgramIssue 40: Is it a scam? Issue 39: What is direct instruction?

MUSEC Briefing 41 - The Davis Dyslexia Program MUSEC Briefing 41 The Davis Dyslexia Program References Pfeiffer, S; Davis , R; Kellog, E; Hern C; McLaughlin, T. MUSEC Briefing 40 - Is it a scam? MUSEC Briefing 40 Is it a scam? MUSEC Briefing 39 - What is direct instruction? MUSEC Briefing 39 What is direct instruction? Becker, W.C., & Engelmann, S. (1996) Sponsor findings from Project Follow Through. MUSEC Briefing 38 - Response Cards MUSEC Briefing 38 Response Cards Berrong, A.

MUSEC Briefing 37 - Cogmed MUSEC Briefing 37 Cogmed Apter, B. (2013). MUSEC Briefing 35 - Mnemonics. Free Tips and Resources for Phonics Teaching | SPELD SA. Information, programs, games, activities and resources selected by SPELD SA teachers to support the teaching of phonics. 1. Synthetic Phonics Assessment: These tests were created for the SPELD SA Study to provide teachers with a tool for monitoring their students’ achievement on a term by term basis. The content of the tests relates directly to the progression of skills in the Scope and Sequence Chart. 2.

When should I use c, k and ck? 4. 5. 1. Year: Reception/Foundation Synthetic Phonics Scope and Sequence Chart modelled on the Jolly Phonics Program and Supporting Tests for Monitoring Achievement and Spread-sheets for Record-keeping. Reception End of Term 1 Test Materials [top] Reception End of Term 2 Test Materials [top] Reception End of Term 3 Test Materials [top] Reception End of Term 4 Test Materials [top] Year 1: Supporting Tests for Monitoring Achievement and Spread-sheets for Record-keeping.

Year 1 End of Term 1 Test Materials [top] Year 1 End of Term 2 Test Materials [top] 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Control Alt Achieve: 3 text to speech tools and 5 ways your students can use them. Many times people are accused of talking to their computers. Well with text to speech tools, your computer can talk back. Google Chrome has several extensions that will read web pages and Google Documents aloud, often with a variety of voices and adjustments for speed and volume. In this blog post we will take a look at five ways students can benefit from text to speech tools. Then we will examine three of the best Chrome extensions for this purpose. You can view the short video to see a demo of each of the three tools, and then read the rest of the post for more details on how these can be used in school.Demonstration Video Student Uses for Text to Speech Assistance for reading One of the most common uses for text to speech is to help students who have difficulty reading.

Multiple modalities Even if a student is able to read proficiently, using text to speech can provide additional support by tapping into a second learning modality. Self-editing for writing World language fluency Multitasking. International Dyslexia Association | Dyslexia Research, Education & Advocacy. The Code and The Challenge of Learning to Read It - Index of 100+ Videos. Pages - NIH Toolbox. NIH Toolbox is a multidimensional set of brief measures assessing cognitive, emotional, motor and sensory function from ages 3 to 85, meeting the need for a standard set of measures that can be used as a “common currency” across diverse study designs and settings.

NIH Toolbox monitors neurological and behavioral function over time, and measures the domain constructs across developmental stages. This facilitates the study of functional changes across the lifespan, including evaluating intervention and treatment effectiveness. Fees may apply for use of the NIH Toolbox in projects not funded by NIH. Cognition Domain | Emotion Domain | Motor Domain | Sensation Domain. Test your document's readability. When Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Word finish checking the spelling and grammar, you can choose to display information about the reading level of the document, including readability scores according to the following tests: Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level What do you want to do? Enable readability statistics Enable readability statistics Which Office program are you using? Outlook Word Flesch Reading Ease test Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level test Outlook Click File, and then click Options.

After you enable this feature, open a file that you want to check, and check the spelling. Top of Page Word Click the File tab, and then click Options. Understand readability scores Each readability test bases its rating on the average number of syllables per word and words per sentence. Flesch Reading Ease test This test rates text on a 100-point scale. The formula for the Flesch Reading Ease score is: 206.835 – (1.015 x ASL) – (84.6 x ASW) where: Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level test. The Readability Test Tool. Clicker 6 educational software, literacy software for children of all abilities. From planning, to writing, to proofing - Clicker includes all the tools your pupils need to succeed.

Clicker 7 makes it easier than ever for teachers to produce differentiated curriculum resources and create a classroom of independent, enthusiastic learners. What’s new in Clicker 7? The latest version of Clicker is more accessible, user-friendly and customisable than ever before. Clicker 7 helps every child to play an active role in their own learning and offers complete support throughout the writing process. The definitive primary writing tool What sets Clicker apart from other word processors is the extensive support it offers to emergent, developing and struggling readers and writers.

Child-friendly planning space Clicker Board provides Clicker users with a built-in planning tool to help them prepare for writing. Audio note creator Voice Notes enables pupils to record their own audio notes before they write. Realistic speech feedback Intelligent word prediction Clicker Sets Windows . Educational Reading Software Program Read Write & Type! Wilson Language Training. Bright Solutions for Dyslexia | Home. Dyslexia Treatment For Adults & Children Online in Australia. MultiLit | MultiLit helps low-progress readers improve their literacy skills.

Understanding Words > Reading Intervention Program. Learn to Read, Spell and Type with TTRS. Welcome to Units of Sound. Spalding Education Australia | Scientific Language Instruction. Elementary : Reading. Multiple intelligences - howard gardners multiple intelligences theory - visual auditory kinesthetic learnings styles VAK model. Multiple intelligences theory Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory was first published in Howard Gardner's book, Frames Of Mind (1983), and quickly became established as a classical model by which to understand and teach many aspects of human intelligence, learning style, personality and behaviour - in education and industry.

Howard Gardner initially developed his ideas and theory on multiple intelligences as a contribution to psychology, however Gardner's theory was soon embraced by education, teaching and training communities, for whom the appeal was immediate and irresistible - a sure sign that Gardner had created a classic reference work and learning model.

Howard Gardner was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania USA in 1943 to German Jewish immigrant parents, and entered Harvard in 1961, where, after Gardner's shift from history into social relations (which included psychology, sociology, and anthropology) he met his early mentor Erik Erikson. Multiple intelligences tests see also. Birmingham Grid for Learning - Multiple Intelligences (Secondary) Welcome to StoryBee. Storynory - Free Audio Stories for Kids. Storyline Online - Where Reading Is Fun! Interactive Story Books online. Children - Download Audiobooks & eBooks for iPhone, Android, Kindle and more!

Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century. Interactive activity finder. BBC Skillswise - BBC Skillswise. TimesTables. Communication 4 All Resources to Support Inclusion This has opened in a separate window - just exit to return to the Numeracy page. Time Tables Booklet: click the image to download A4 Multiplication square: click the image to download Times tables strategy cards: click the image to download Click on the images to download these resources: Times Tables Posters, 2-12 These posters not available in reversed (Scottish) format. Also available Excel Times Table Self Checking Quiz, 2-10 A4 times table fact sheet: 2s, 5s and 10s Also available in Reversed (Scottish) Format Also available -Double sided times table fact sheet: 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s and 10s (now available in Reversed (Scottish) Format) and a foldable times table helper for 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s and 10s (now available in Reversed (Scottish) Format) Times Tables Loop Cards Also available for 3x Table and 4x Table.

Irlen Dyslexia Centre: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra. Movie And Television Character Behavior Charts, Free Printable Behavior Charts. Primary Literacy Teaching Resources and Printables. Inference Riddle Game by Phil and David Tulga. Inference Riddles- having fun with inference and prediction - Welcome to my page on inference riddles. It includes my free Inference Riddle Game that you can play right now on your computer. You will also find information on my expanded activity featuring 101 Inference Riddles . If you already have access to the expanded activity, please click here! Inference Riddle Game 101 Inference Riddles Phil and his son, David, have developed an expanded version of their popular Inference Riddle Game. Riddles are an excellent way to practice interpreting figurative language, idioms, and homographs. In the “101 Inference Riddles” activity, your students progress through a graduated sequence of riddles, with riddle #1 being the easiest, and riddle #101 being the most difficult.

. “101 Inference Riddles” is a web-based application that is available to use on your computer, smartphone or mobile device. To purchase access to the “101 Inference Riddles” web activity, click the “Buy Now” button below. Home. Find a Book - Welcome | The Lexile® Framework for Reading. Welcome. Letters and Sounds. Test your document's readability.

When Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Office Word finish checking the spelling and grammar, you can choose to display information about the reading level of the document, including readability scores according to the following tests: Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level What do you want to do? Enable readability statistics Understand readability scores Understand how languages affect readability scores Enable readability statistics Which 2007 Microsoft Office system program are you using?

Outlook Outlook On the Tools menu, click Options. After you enable this feature, open a file that you want to check, and check the spelling. Top of Page Word Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options. Understand readability scores Each readability test bases its rating on the average number of syllables per word and words per sentence. Flesch Reading Ease test This test rates text on a 100-point scale. The formula for the Flesch Reading Ease score is: where: SMOG Readability Calculator. By G. Harry McLaughlin My readability formula SMOG estimates the years of education needed to understand a piece of writing.

SMOG is widely used, particularly for checking health messages. A 2010 study in the Journal of The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh calls SMOG the gold standard and concludes that it should be the preferred measure of webpage readability. But ATOS for Text has been much better validated than any other readability formula. If you still want to use SMOG use click here for a free online tool which calculates it and three other readability measures. SMOG was published in 1969 BC [Before Computers] so I made calculating a text’s readability easy by offering an approximate formula — count the words of 3 or more syllables in 3 10-sentence samples, estimate the count’s square root, and add 3. The precise formula for SMOG yields an outstandingly high 0.985 correlation with the grades of readers who had 100% comprehension of test materials. Copyright (c) 2008 G. Tests Document Readability. Readability Test. Contents Readability Tests Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease, and Flesch-Kincaid are reading level algorithms that can be helpful in determining how readable your content is.

Reading level algorithms only provide a rough guide, as they tend to reward short sentences made up of short words. Whilst they're rough guides, they can give a useful indication as to whether you've pitched your content at the right level for your intended audience. [Back to the contents] Test the Readability of a Website Interpreting the Results This service analyses the readability of all rendered content. Philip Chalmers of Benefit from IT provided the following typical Fog Index scores, to help ascertain the readability of documents. Gunning-Fog Index The following is the algorithm to determine the Gunning-Fog index. The result is your Gunning-Fog index, which is a rough measure of how many years of schooling it would take someone to understand the content.

Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid grade level Further Reading. A Free Web & Mobile App for Reading Comfortably — Readability. Phonic Books - Books for Beginner Readers - Books for Reluctant Readers - Decodable Books. Fast Forward | Cengage Learning Australia. Publishing fantastic books for dyslexic and struggling readers | Barrington Stoke. Syllable Types and Syllable Division - SchoolTube. Reading from Scratch - Spelling Rules. ENGLISH SPELLING RULES Short and Long Vowels 1. To spell a short vowel sound, only one letter is needed: at red it hot up 2. To spell a long sound you must add a second vowel.

The second may be next to the first, in the VVC pattern (boat, maid, cue, etc.) or it may be separated from the first one by a consonant in the VCV pattern (made, ride, tide, etc.). If the second vowel is separated from the first by two spaces, it does not affect the first one. Maid, made, but madder; dine, diner, but dinner. Spelling the Sound /k/ This sound can be spelled in any one of four ways: 1. c 2. cc 3. k 4. ck 1. 2. 3.

(Boring examples? 4. 5. (Forget about yak. The letter, k, follows any other sound: The Sound, /j/ The sound, /j/ is spelled in three ways: j ge and dge. 1. 2. 2. The Sound, /ch/ The sound /ch/ has two spellings: tch after a short vowel, ch anywhere else: Exceptions: Which, rich, much, such, touch, bachelor, attach, sandwich, and ostrich. Using -le Odds and Ends 1. Adding Endings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. /sh/ 2,128 free teacher resources at TopicBox.net. General Ficition (Story) Writing. Storyplans.pdf. Non-Fiction Writing. General Non-Fiction Ideas / Resources: Activity Clues - A fun writing task which requires children to think of clues related to particular activities.

Write to Santa! - Send a letter to Santa at Christmas, and receive a reply too! Describing Yourself - A game, useful for the beginning of term, which helps you and the children get to know each other. Letter Writing - Writing letters can be extremely enjoyable for children, and this page shows you how. Persuasive Writing / Adverts: Persuasive Words and Phrases - A selection of words and phrases which children can use within their own persuasive writing. Discussion: Discursive Writing - A discursive text (in PDF) with a framework. Explanations: Postcards - A fantastic way for the children to tell you about their holidays, encouraging independent writing without intimidating them.

A to Z Teacher Stuff Printable Pages and Worksheets | A to Z Teacher Stuff. Cursive Writing. Online - Free Map Quiz Games. BBC Bitesize - Dance Mat Typing. Resources - Home. Teaching Resources, Classroom Resources & Lesson Plans - TES Resources. Woodlands Resources - Woodlands Junior School. Words and Pictures - Wordblender Game. Free activities to directly develop phonemic awareness skills in children and students for parents and teachers.

RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus. FREE Rhyming Dictionary - Find Rhyming Words in Seconds. John Taylor's Freebies/ Point And Click - Room Escape - Find The Difference - Hidden Object - Play Games For Free. Free Online Hidden Object Games. Google Search Results | Search Results. Smart Kit: School-Safe Games & Puzzles.

I SPY Online Games: Play Free Games. Vision Northwest » Tangram Puzzles. Eye Can Learn | Eye Exercises for Visual Health and School Success. Visual Perception Activities. Words and Pictures - Starwords Home. Dolch Word. Dinosaurwordsrepeat. SEN Teacher Home Page ⋆ Special Educational Needs. A to Z Teacher Stuff. Dyslexia In Children - Helping Children With Dyslexia | Speech Recognition | BDA Technology. Text to Speech | BDA Technology. BDA Technology | Technology support for all dyslexic people.