Whomever stated worksheets were not an effective tool for instruction forgot to do their homework. Certainly, handing students a lackluster worksheet with no teacher interaction is ineffective. However, a creative and properly designed worksheet activity (that includes repeated teacher/student interaction), can dramatically enhance student interest and speed of learning. In fact, you'll find all the worksheets in our reading section achieve this exceptionally well.
Handwriting Worksheet Maker
Type and watch dot trace letters magically appear on the virtual writing worksheet. Select PRINT to send a copy to your printer and copy as needed. Includes larger layout - access to hollow-font - ability to change text at bottom of page and ability to SAVE all worksheets!
Alphabet Test
First Grade students MUST know all letter names and consonant sounds to learn to read. Unfortunately, they do not, especially letters h, , y, and digraphs such as ch and sh. Our Alphabet Test allows you to quickly identify and record the precise letters and sounds each student has yet to master. You will then be shown the results in a professional layout for PRINTING. You can also press a button to make a practice worksheet of just the letters or sounds said incorrectly.
ReadingKEY SuperTest
This is the test you want to give students at the end of Grade 1 or beginning Grade 2. It contains all 520 words students need to know to be in the top 10% of Grade 1 students. Sit next to your student and have them read the words. You select each word as mastered - hesitated or incorrect. Upon completion you can PRINT a list or worksheet of only words not yet mastered. How's that for efficiency!
ReadingKEY Weekly
Hong Kong University asked us to present our ReadingKEY program to teachers & parents after they stated our ReadingKEY program was the "most effective" they found for teaching children how to speak and read English. You'll see why 5 minutes afer giving us a try.
ReadingKEY Lightning
We call our online Grade 1 reading program "Lightning" for a reason. We use special memorization "tricks" that enable students to learn-to-read 10 times faster than what can be achieved with other programs. We can do this through our strong emphasis on grade level vocabulary words and phonics analysis. Lightning is a major confidence builder and a lot of fun too! If you have older students reading at Grade 1 level - definitely try Lightning!
MathKEY Grade 1 Test
Use our online math test to quickly determine mastery of Grade 1 skills. Reading is not required as our automated audio will talk your student through each math problem. Answers are selected by drag and drop, multiple choice. Results are recorded to the database for easy viewing. We also have an unprecedented feature, you can press a button and it will make a PDF packet of math worksheets of ONLY the skills they answered incorrectly on the test. Students can stop testing anytime and the program will restart on the next test question at a later time.
Mr. ED Phonics Tutor
Your student MUST, MUST, know all letter names and consonant sounds BEFORE he or she can make maximum progress in learning to read. If not, it's equivalent to having a ball and chain tied to their their leg of reading progress. We address this problem head-on with Mr. Ed Phonics Tutor. And what's truly great about this - No teacher needed! The program uses creative short videos, memorization tricks and intelligent interactivity to teach alphabet letter names, sounds and phonemic awareness skills fast!
Phonics Worksheets
We give you the tools to make teaching letter names and sounds easy as pie. We developed a collection of highly effective worksheets that you pass out to students and then lead the class in a fun and highly efffective learning process.
Database Access
Record student results on all our tests to keep track of progress throughout the year. Great for teacher parent conferences. You can record student results for our Alphabet Test, ReadingKEY Lightning, Grade 1 Math Test, and Mr. ED Phonics Tutor.