Records (printable) are kept once students have been added to the system. You can also add description and translation lists. You can also add your own pictures, and record the words yourself (or record your students). You can add as many lists of words as you like. Yes! This is one of the things that Wordshark users like most about Wordshark, and it’s very easy. An alphabet and dictionary skills course.Acourse to support ‘Alpha to Omega’ by Beve Hornsby and Frula Shear.A course to support ‘Letters and Sounds’.
Everyday vocabulary lists (especially useful for EAL).The Wordshark course (default) – a structured sequential course.An easy-to-follow course to support The 2014 national curriculum spellings.Several can be worked through in sequence – or dipped into as needed. Teachers have a very wide set of word lists to choose from, grouped into courses. More information on using Wordshark for different ages and abilities How are the words set out? The variety of games, concepts and words make Wordshark suitable for use in both primary and secondary schools. Some of the games are more suitable for younger children but most games are appropriate for any age. Wordshark is mostly used by students between 5 and 15. Variable speeds and other options meet all levels of skill.Within the program you will also find on-screen help for all games, tool tips and teaching notes.This same information is on the ‘ Using Wordshark‘ page of .uk’s website where you can view bite-size pdfs on Wordshark.Under Help in the program there are links to video tutorials (as above), as well as access to the pdf manual.There is plenty of help in using Wordshark: An on-screen keypad is provided with the program. The games are excellent for use on an interactive whiteboard and children enjoy playing the games on the big screen. The tailored games and structured word lists make Wordshark especially useful for students with dyslexia as well as for general use. All common letter patterns and auditory patterns are covered, also spelling rules, syllable work for longer words, homophones, and alphabet and dictionary skills. Different games include blending sounds into words for reading and also segmenting into sounds and syllables for spelling. Wordshark includes a spelling course mapped to the National Curriculum for England. It also includes a high quality phonics approach which is available for the majority of the word lists. The many permutations of games and word lists create both variety and motivation. It uses more than 60 specially designed games to teach and to reinforce reading and spelling using over 10,000 pre-recorded words grouped in specially selected word lists. Wordshark is a hugely versatile computer program for reading and spelling.
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