Making Words Kindergarten and First Grade Hack 2.0 + Redeem Codes
Developer: Tapfun Inc.
Category: Education
Price: Free
Version: 2.0
ID: com.tapfun.makingwordskindergartenfree
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Description
This app includes 50 lessons designed for students to build spelling skills and develop phonemic awareness. The format and word sequencing were developed by Patricia Cunningham and have been recognized for their ability to motivate students in a fun way. The audio narration was performed by Adam Ghassemi, a professional voice over artist with 10+ years of experience. While developing this app we received feedback from several educators on how to present this activity to students.
This free version includes 3 lessons. You can purchase the full version through an in-app purchase.
The app is designed to be used independently but can also work well where a teacher or family member is available to work through word families with the student(s). Speech language pathologists and special ed teachers will appreciate the structured sequencing in each lesson.
The top 3 reasons teachers love this app are as follows:
1) Features 50 fun and interactive lessons for building phonemic awareness, phonics, and spelling skills with your students.
2) Presents a concise method for identifying phonological units and patterns within words.
3) Promotes student awareness of similarities in words that helps develop writing skills.
Each lesson focuses on a primary letter pattern and includes a number of words in that pattern that the students spell. The first lesson is the 'at' word family. Students must place the letters in the letter spaces by dragging the letters from the bottom. The app will automatically determine if the word is correct when all of the letter spaces have been filled. Students are encouraged to use the audio support to hear clear instructions. Once the students have spelled the target word, the app will prompt them to spell the next word in the sequence.
The app automatically tracks how many errors the students are making during each lesson. If zero mistakes have been made, the students receive three stars which are shown on the home screen. If less than three mistakes are made, the students receive two stars. If three or more mistakes are made the students receive one star. By tracking the number of errors, teachers and parents can easily see how well their students are doing and which lessons they have completed on the home screen. To reset all stars to zero, simple press the 'Reset Stars' button.
Making Words has been recognized as a great activity because it helps students understand similarities in words. Further, it presents an effective structure for strengthening spelling and phonics skills. By keeping each lesson to one word family the app develops students understanding of letter patterns. A review level is presented after each set of word families that correlate. For example, after the at, am, ad, ap, and an families, there is a review lesson.
We’d love to hear how you are using the app in the classroom and/or home. [email protected]
Thank you for your feedback.
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More about Patricia Cunningham and Phonemic Awareness
Patricia Cunningham developed the Making Words activity while working with Title I teachers in North Carolina. In 1991 she wrote "Phonics They Use: Words for Reading and Writing" which is currently available in its fourth edition.
According to Allyn and Bacon, Phonemic awareness includes the ability to recognize that words are made up of a discrete set of sounds and the ability to manipulate sounds. Phonemic awareness is an oral ability - the ability to hear that words begin alike, that words rhyme, and that, for example, there are three sounds in the word c-a-t. Phonemic awareness is highly correlated with success in beginning reading. Phonics instruction begins with learning to tie particular consonant letters to the sounds they typically make. Unlike phonemic awareness, which requires students to attend to both the visual form of the letter and the sound it makes. Phonics knowledge is necessary to read or decode unknown words and to spell or encode words.
This free version includes 3 lessons. You can purchase the full version through an in-app purchase.
The app is designed to be used independently but can also work well where a teacher or family member is available to work through word families with the student(s). Speech language pathologists and special ed teachers will appreciate the structured sequencing in each lesson.
The top 3 reasons teachers love this app are as follows:
1) Features 50 fun and interactive lessons for building phonemic awareness, phonics, and spelling skills with your students.
2) Presents a concise method for identifying phonological units and patterns within words.
3) Promotes student awareness of similarities in words that helps develop writing skills.
Each lesson focuses on a primary letter pattern and includes a number of words in that pattern that the students spell. The first lesson is the 'at' word family. Students must place the letters in the letter spaces by dragging the letters from the bottom. The app will automatically determine if the word is correct when all of the letter spaces have been filled. Students are encouraged to use the audio support to hear clear instructions. Once the students have spelled the target word, the app will prompt them to spell the next word in the sequence.
The app automatically tracks how many errors the students are making during each lesson. If zero mistakes have been made, the students receive three stars which are shown on the home screen. If less than three mistakes are made, the students receive two stars. If three or more mistakes are made the students receive one star. By tracking the number of errors, teachers and parents can easily see how well their students are doing and which lessons they have completed on the home screen. To reset all stars to zero, simple press the 'Reset Stars' button.
Making Words has been recognized as a great activity because it helps students understand similarities in words. Further, it presents an effective structure for strengthening spelling and phonics skills. By keeping each lesson to one word family the app develops students understanding of letter patterns. A review level is presented after each set of word families that correlate. For example, after the at, am, ad, ap, and an families, there is a review lesson.
We’d love to hear how you are using the app in the classroom and/or home. [email protected]
Thank you for your feedback.
**********
More about Patricia Cunningham and Phonemic Awareness
Patricia Cunningham developed the Making Words activity while working with Title I teachers in North Carolina. In 1991 she wrote "Phonics They Use: Words for Reading and Writing" which is currently available in its fourth edition.
According to Allyn and Bacon, Phonemic awareness includes the ability to recognize that words are made up of a discrete set of sounds and the ability to manipulate sounds. Phonemic awareness is an oral ability - the ability to hear that words begin alike, that words rhyme, and that, for example, there are three sounds in the word c-a-t. Phonemic awareness is highly correlated with success in beginning reading. Phonics instruction begins with learning to tie particular consonant letters to the sounds they typically make. Unlike phonemic awareness, which requires students to attend to both the visual form of the letter and the sound it makes. Phonics knowledge is necessary to read or decode unknown words and to spell or encode words.
Version history
2.0
2016-02-27
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Thank you for your support. We have added an option on the home screen to turn off the letter sound.
Thank you for your support. We have added an option on the home screen to turn off the letter sound.
1.11
2015-03-31
Thank you for your support. We have fixed an issue with the sound and also with the message after the level is complete.
1.0
2015-03-18
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Ratings
2.2 out of 5
10 Ratings
Reviews
Aj the dj 15,
Pronunciation of "end" confusing
I got this app to work with students with dyslexia who need systematic phonics training. I like the app, but was disappointed with the pronunciation of word families that start with the letter "e". They sound more like short i than short e. This will be confusing for my learners. Maybe it's a regional thing. I am from the Northeast. I wonder if it would be possible to give a choice for the reader's voice in a future update. That would be great!
ails01,
No nonsense accessible method of helping kids see chunks in words.
No nonsense accessible method of helping kids see chunks in words. Just wish it went beyond 50
Dekv,
Never loaded; won't delete
This app just sits on my screen and says waiting. It has been this way for months. I tried to delete it, but it won't even let me do that. It's very disappointing. It looks like a good resource, but it doesn't do much good if I can't get it on the iPad. 😕
Ywamer08,
No Sound
Unfortunately there is no sound, which is really not helpful in a “making words” app. My children don’t know what word specifically they want him/her to write.
zarat199,
Scam
This app is a scam. The sound doesn’t work no matter what you do. Save your money
needscrnz,
Great complement to Making Words and Systematic Sequential Phonics
Our child has a disability related to reading and auditory processing. This app is a much better word study approach than Words Their Way type word sorts because it actively gets the student involved in seeing how changing 1 or 2 letters changes the word and focuses on rhyming words, not just those with the same ending consonants.
I hope Tapfun will add exercises to use words in sentences and add a lower male voice. For kids with fluid in the ear or other hearing issues, lower frequencies can sometimes be heard and processed better than higher frequency voices. I sometimes find my son cannot recognize the word if read by the app but if I repeat it, he has no problem. Slower enunciation with greater emphasis of blended letters like “SS-PP-LL-A-TT” if the child hits the repeat sound button will make it easier for kids with hearing/auditory processing issues to use it independently.
I hope Tapfun will add exercises to use words in sentences and add a lower male voice. For kids with fluid in the ear or other hearing issues, lower frequencies can sometimes be heard and processed better than higher frequency voices. I sometimes find my son cannot recognize the word if read by the app but if I repeat it, he has no problem. Slower enunciation with greater emphasis of blended letters like “SS-PP-LL-A-TT” if the child hits the repeat sound button will make it easier for kids with hearing/auditory processing issues to use it independently.
2000 Kris,
Disappointed
I am a reading teacher and thought this might be good to use with some students.
I opened up the first free game to try it out. The letter B is pronounced /bu/ instead of a clipped b sound.Children that learn /bu/ as the sound of b often add a u when spelling.
I went onto the second free game. It asked me to spell yam then it added a blank in front of the word yam and asked me to spell plam. P was not even a choice of letters. Because there was not a correct way to spell this nonsense word the game was stuck at that point.
I also read in other reviews that there are other sounds that are not pronounced correctly.
Based on the sampling I had and what other reviewers say, this would not be good for a child who is struggling with reading it; would only add to the confusion. Young children who are just learning would learn things incorrectly.
I opened up the first free game to try it out. The letter B is pronounced /bu/ instead of a clipped b sound.Children that learn /bu/ as the sound of b often add a u when spelling.
I went onto the second free game. It asked me to spell yam then it added a blank in front of the word yam and asked me to spell plam. P was not even a choice of letters. Because there was not a correct way to spell this nonsense word the game was stuck at that point.
I also read in other reviews that there are other sounds that are not pronounced correctly.
Based on the sampling I had and what other reviewers say, this would not be good for a child who is struggling with reading it; would only add to the confusion. Young children who are just learning would learn things incorrectly.
