Description
The newest version of Simplex Spelling teaches English spelling and reading skills with a focus on syllables to strengthen phonological awareness. It introduces accented and unaccented syllables, open and closed syllables, compound words, consonant doubling, and a number of advanced phonograms that have not been covered in our introductory phonics app, Simplex Spelling Phonics 1. Phonics 2 uses a powerful combination of syllabication, advanced phonics lessons, spelling/word patterns, our unique “reverse phonics” approach and contextually relevant spelling rules.
Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 contains over one year of spelling curriculum and features over 650 high frequency spelling words to help build literacy. It provides 54 instructional lessons in phonics and spelling rules. Each lesson builds upon the skills learned in previous lessons, and students piece their spelling words together in a fun and interactive way. Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 uses our unique “reverse phonics” approach that acts like a personal spelling coach and guarantees success on every spelling word.
Spelling in the English language is often made difficult by the fact that the stressed syllable of a word is often spoken correctly, while the unstressed syllables are often spoken quickly with indistinct vowel sounds. In order to spell well, a student needs to know how a word is broken into its syllables, and how each syllable would sound if it were a stressed syllable. The words in Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 are broken into syllables both visually and auditory. As each word enters the screen, its syllables are spoken clearly and distinctly as they drop down. In this way the student learns how to sound out a word in order to spell it. Once the word is on the screen, the student can still break it down further by using the hint button to hear each phoneme and uncover each individual phonogram. In this way Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 teaches multiple levels of phonological and phonemic awareness by breaking words first into syllables, and then into the smallest units of sound, phonemes. Learning phonological awareness, phonemic awareness and phonics are all critical steps towards becoming both a great reader and speller.[1]
In addition to its focus on syllables, Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 presents compound words. It highlights accented syllables and explains the schwa sound for unaccented syllables. It describes the difference between open and closed syllables and discusses consonant doubling. It explains numerous reasons for using a silent E, and it introduces a number of new and more advanced phonograms.
Along with its new content, Phonics 2 also contains a number of new features: students can now view the spelling lists directly from the home menu; teachers and parents can now choose the number of times that a word needs to be correct before it will be called “Mastered”; students can view the words that they missed upon reaching the end of a list if they have scores turned on; and the maximum number of user accounts has been increased to 40 making it ideal for classroom use.
Simplex Spelling Resources
Word Lists.
Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 Word Lists.
The majority of the words for Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 are taken from some of the most frequently occurring words in the English language, but excludes words which are covered in our other spelling apps Simplex Spelling HD and Simplex Spelling Phonics 1. These high frequency words were then supplemented, where required, with additional other common English words based on word/spelling patterns to help enforce the concepts within each lesson.
Introduction
spelling, backspace, press, letter, correct, success, teacher, simply, divide, corner, clever
1] 3 letter minimum rule
inn, see, sea, add, egg, odd, sow, sew, low, guy, buy, bye, toe, owe, bee
2] Compound words
sunset, zigzag, pigpen, cobweb, cannot, armpit, popcorn, desktop, raindrop, rainbow, snowball, football, footstep, bookcase, pancake, handmade, homemade
3] Compound words
starfish, barnyard, backyard, birthday, maybe, grownup, uphill, windmill, password, crossword, crosswalk, itself, himself, herself, nobody, somebody, someone, something
4] Schwa ə
ago, alone, along, melon, dozen, cotton, control, contain, confront, color, compass
5] Schwa ə
today, together, pivot, pencil, polite, political, animal, capital, hospital
6] Long A open syllable
lazy, laser, baker, wafer, paper, taper, vapor (vapour*)(vapour**), favor (favour*)(favour**), major
7] Long A open syllable
navel, naval, nasal, basic, basin, bacon, bagel, label, labor (labour*) (labour**)
8] Long E open syllable
begin, beyond, below, beside, become, between, secret, create, even, fever, femur, female, feline, fealty, cedar
9] Long E open syllable
real, really, react, recent, regal, retail, repay, rebuild, remix, area
10] Long O open syllable
bony, pony, poem, ego, veto, halo, solo, solar, polar, local, focal, vocal
11] Long O open syllable
total, oval, over, oasis, robot, notice, program, reopen, also, potato, volcano
12] Long I open syllable
lion, tidy, slimy, idea, diet, diary, dial, trial, vial, vital, viral, virus, violin, viola, viper
13] Long I open syllable
spider, spiral, spinal, final, finest, finite, finance, sinus, silo, silent, liar, liner, lilac, tidal, titan, titanic
14] Long U open syllable
fuel, pupil, music, unit, unite, user, humid, human, humor (humour*) (humour**), formula, uniform, unicorn, universe, tribunal
15] U (oo) open syllable
ruin, ruby, tuna, lunar, ruler, judo, hula, tutu, lucid
16] u_e (oo)
tube, tune, prune, rule, assume, consume, conclude, solitude, deduce, produce, introduce, lute, flute, salute, resolute, absolute
17] Doubling consonants
diner, dinner, super, supper, later, latter, ruder, rudder, filer, filler, tiler, tiller, cuter, cutter, riper, ripper
18] Short I (y)
cyst, myth, mystery, crypt, cryptic, crystal, typical, symbol, system, acronym
19] Long I (y)
by, cry, shy, sky, style, type, try, retry, rely, deny
20] Long I (y)
reply, imply, apply, supply, nearby, lullaby, typify, simplify, notify, unify, qualify, justify, magnify, mystify
21] Silent e syllable
apple, title, little, bottle, candle, handle, needle, giggle, able, cable, table, possible
22] Silent e syllable
simple, middle, startle, buckle, tickle, purple, castle, puzzle, article, bicycle, syllable
23] No U endings
cue, due, sue, rue, hue, true, glue, clue, pursue, argue, value, venue, avenue, revenue
24] No U endings
fondue, virtue, accrue, subdue, statue, rescue, continue, barbecue
25] No V endings
save, wave, brave, live, live, arrive, survive, creative, dove, love, shove, above
26] No V endings
serve, nerve, curve, carve, starve, move, remove, prove, improve
27] No V endings
leave, heave, weave, sleeve, olive, active, motive, native, cursive, twelve, solve, resolve, involve, forgive, forgave
28] No I endings
lie, tie, pie, magpie, dry, glorify, modify, multiply, satisfy, occupy
29] Short E (ea)
head, ahead, bread, spread, sweat, sweater, thread, breath, breadth, health, heavy, ready, steady, instead, leather, weather
30] Long E (ie)
field, yield, shield, piece, priest, chief, brief, belief, relief, believe, achieve
31] Long E (ie)
diesel, brie, movie, collie, calorie, goalie, prairie, eerie, cashier
32] ou
our, hour, about, loud, cloud, found, sound, pound, compound, round, ground, surround
33] ou
noun, pronoun, pronounce, lounge, crouch, vouch, voucher, south, thousand, without, outside, outline, outcome
34] Silent E singular
house, mouse, horse, cheese, tease, lapse, dense, false, loose, nurse, purse, verse, louse, rinse, raise, choose
35] ow
owl, now, vow, how, bow, cow, cower, gown, town, clown, crown, brown, brow, browse, drowse, drown, down, downfall, downhill
36] ow
crowd, flower, power, powder, tower, towel, vowel, allow, endow, somehow, however
37] oi
oil, foil, boil, coil, soil, spoil, toil, toilet, turmoil, coin, join, joint, point, appoint, ointment
38] oi
poise, poison, noise, moist, moisture, moisturize (moisturise*) (moisturise**), choice, voice, invoice, loiter, exploit, void, avoid, devoid, avoidable, asteroid
39] oy
toy, soy, joy, enjoy, envoy, convoy, boy, boycott, coy, decoy, destroy, alloy, annoy
40] oy
ploy, deploy, employ, employee, employer, loyal, loyalty, royal, royalty, oyster, voyage, voyager
41] Long I (igh)
might, tight, airtight, thigh, high, height, right, upright, copyright, bright, brighten
42] Long I (igh)
fight, fright, frighten, sigh, sight, insight, eyesight, nigh, night, tonight, midnight, fortnight, overnight
43] Long I (igh)
blight, plight, slight, flight, light, sunlight, delight, daylight, twilight, enlighten, highlight
44] dge (j)
edge, wedge, ledge, dredge, dodge, lodge, dislodge, badge, budge, judge, judgement
45] No J endings
wage, range, strange, change, exchange, image, damage, manage, village, college, challenge, message, average, advantage
46] No J endings
nudge, fudge, grudge, trudge, smudge, sludge, ridge, bridge, fridge, porridge, cartridge
47] kn (n)
knew, know, known, knot, knob, knoll, knock, knee, kneel, knelt, knead
48] kn (n)
knit, knitting, knife, knight, knave, knuckle, knap, knapsack, knack, knickknack
49] n (ng)
bank, blank, rank, drank, sank, tank, thank, ankle, ink, pink, rink, drink, sink, shrink, blink, think, rethink
50] n (ng)
zinc, sync, distinct, trunk, junk, uncle, jungle, hunger, finger, single, mingle, angle, bangle, mangle, tangle, anger, anguish
51] wh
why, wheat, wheel, whale, while, whether, white, whither, whisper, whisk, whisker, whimper, whistle
52] wh
when, whenever, where, anywhere, whereby, nowhere, somewhere, what, whatever, whatsoever, which, whichever
53] wr (r)
wry, awry, wrote, write, writhe, writer, songwriter, written, wring, wrung, wrong, wrist, wrap, wrath
54] wr (r)
wreath, wreathe, wreak, wreck, wreckage, shipwreck, wren, wrench, wretch, wrinkle, wrangle, wriggle, wrest, wrestle
* UK spelling.
** Canadian spelling.
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“Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 is bigger and better, with over 650 high frequency words in 54 lessons.”
“Simplex Spelling Phonics 2 is an intensive app, and parents, educators, and students get a great deal. The app covers hundreds of high frequency words, and the app improves literacy, spelling, and phonemic awareness, all of which are necessary skills. Through an engaging game atmosphere, children will love testing and improving these skills. Simplex Spelling follows a progression and allows for mastering of spelling skills, so it can meet children on their individual levels and needs.”
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Sources
1.Report of the National Reading Panel (April, 2000). “Teaching Children to Read” | Summary Report