iPads at Horace Mitchell School: Build a Word Express

Build a Word Express

Build A Word Spelling Express helps students as young as three learn how to spell. Students are motivated through positive reinforcement in the form of a fun balloon popping game (optional) offered after each successfully "written" word.

Advantage for Special Need Students:

* option of using blank background helps children focus on letters only

* option to choose high-contrast background for visually impaired

* option to choose answer method: drag&drop or simple tap

* the letters are easy to spot due to big letter cards

* no frustration since visual and audio prompts in the Learn Mode lead the child step by step through the correct spelling process

*the right spelling technique becomes salient since the app leads the child step by step through spelling allowing dragging one letter at a time in the correct order

* choose any number of redundant letters: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

* wrong letters become obvious with the help of immediate sound feedback heard after tapping the wrong letter

* repetition of audio prompt helps with hearing and remembering the word and letters

LESSON IDEAS:

iPad Instructions

Assign the same iPad# to the same student each time
Make sure the students hands are clean
Carry the iPads with 2 hands
No food or liquids on the tables
When you are done with your lesson, have the students return the iPad to the "home" screen by pressing the home button.
Have students "close" each app they used by pressing the "home" button twice, then swipe the apps up!
Have students wipe the screens clean with the microfiber cloths after using them
Make sure the iPad rubber cover is on nice and snug
Put the iPads back in the corresponding number slots in the cart
Have the iPads screen face the left side of the cart
Plug in the power charger cord for each iPad

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Build a Word Express