I accepted an offer for a month free trial of full features
of Spelling City. We’ve been using it for about 3 weeks.
The Toolbox is full of great
features. I can manage students, create lists and assignments, and track the
progress of each child.
I have chosen several activities that I want each child to
do for each list of words I enter. I entered words from our reading curriculum.
Words lists can be added one word at a time, in a batch, or cut and paste from
another document. Not only can you save custom word lists you can save sets of
assignments. This makes getting ready for next week simple.
One activity requires them to write sentences with the word
list. They can have their sentence read back to them by the computer to see if
they typed what they meant or left any words out. They can edit their sentences
before submitting them. They go to the writing section in your Toolbox for you
to grade.
On the vocabulary side they can play games with lists you
make or lists already in the system. There are math, science and geography
lists ready to go.
Besides the online games you can print many of the
activities for off the computer use.
They also offer lesson plans and a wealth of language
education related articles and links.
At just under $30 a year for 5 students it’s a great value.
