Space Spell
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
Space spell is a fun and exciting game with great sound effects. Unscramble the word the Space Captain announces, get all the “lettered spaceships” to the correct docking station and the captain will have you on your way. If the “lettered spaceships” are not correctly docked don’t worry, only those that are incorrect will be sent out to space to try again.
Space spell has a large variety of words including the 37 most common word families and almost all the words from the Dolch word list. Word families are groups of words that have a common feature or pattern - they have some of the same combinations of letters in them and a similar sound. Space spell includes the 37 most common word families in English. The word families include ack, ain, ake, ale, all, ame, an, ank, ap, ash, at, ate, aw ay, eat, ell, est, ice, ick, ide, ight, ill, in, ine, ing, ink, ip, it, ock, oke, op, ore, ot, uck ,ug, ump, unk.
The Dolch word list is a list of commonly used English words which children need to recognize in order to achieve reading fluency. Space spell uses over 100 words from the pre-primer, primer, kindergarten, first, second and third grade Dolch list. Pre-primer and primer have been lumped in with kindergarten.
How to play:
1.Select your spelling word list
------You can use the scroll menu on the list, Dolch List or Word Families Icons
----------If you select Dolch then you will need to select Kindergarten, First, Second or Third Grade on the scroll menu
----------If you select Word Families you will get a list of vowels to select from and then use the scroll menu to zoom in on your word list.
2.The space captain will tell you what word to spell, you are to drag the spaceships to the correct docking station.
3.If some of the rockets are not at the correct station, the captain will put them out to space and you need to find the correct space dock for only those letters.
Space spell has a large variety of words including the 37 most common word families and almost all the words from the Dolch word list. Word families are groups of words that have a common feature or pattern - they have some of the same combinations of letters in them and a similar sound. Space spell includes the 37 most common word families in English. The word families include ack, ain, ake, ale, all, ame, an, ank, ap, ash, at, ate, aw ay, eat, ell, est, ice, ick, ide, ight, ill, in, ine, ing, ink, ip, it, ock, oke, op, ore, ot, uck ,ug, ump, unk.
The Dolch word list is a list of commonly used English words which children need to recognize in order to achieve reading fluency. Space spell uses over 100 words from the pre-primer, primer, kindergarten, first, second and third grade Dolch list. Pre-primer and primer have been lumped in with kindergarten.
How to play:
1.Select your spelling word list
------You can use the scroll menu on the list, Dolch List or Word Families Icons
----------If you select Dolch then you will need to select Kindergarten, First, Second or Third Grade on the scroll menu
----------If you select Word Families you will get a list of vowels to select from and then use the scroll menu to zoom in on your word list.
2.The space captain will tell you what word to spell, you are to drag the spaceships to the correct docking station.
3.If some of the rockets are not at the correct station, the captain will put them out to space and you need to find the correct space dock for only those letters.
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 58.87 MB of space to download and install Space Spell app. Space Spell is available on iTunes for $0.00
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Jennifer Polack-Wahl and Jacob Bowman Jennifer Polack-Wahl at http://hartwood.umwblogs.org.
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