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PhonicsTutor® Software

• PhonicsTutor Frequent Words and PhonicsTutor Classic use our famous PhonicsTutor engine and teach an extended list of Orton-Gillingham phonograms with spelling rules. Each is a complete reading and phonics program, progressing from single-letter phonograms and single-syllable words to multi-letter phonograms and multi-syllable words. The PhonicsTutor method of direct instruction is self-teaching for most students over the age of 6.  PhonicsTutor has a reputation of teaching students of all ages to read when other methods have failed.
• PhonicsTutor Frequent Words groups 1,600 of the most frequent words of English according to spelling patterns and rules.  After teaching single-letter phonograms, it focuses on the phonograms and spelling patterns used most often, e.g., TH, CK, ER, -LE, etc.  Silent Final E is taught next for all vowels.  Exceptions are included where the first vowel is not long , e.g. have, come, etc.  By teaching the most frequent phonograms and corresponding vocabulary early-on, PhonicsTutor Frequent Words provides the greatest gain in reading skills and comprehension from each word taught. more...
• PhonicsTutor Classic has an extensive set of spelling family word lists that aid in pronunciation. Students who misspell words because they mispronounce them, along with young children and ESL students benefit most from PhonicsTutor Classic. more...

PhonicsTutor Books

With PhonicsTutor software teaching phonics, reading and spelling, PhonicsTutor books are designed to work with the software to teach elocution, grammar, and other language arts skills.

• PhonicsTutor Workbook of Grammar & Spelling.   From single-letter consonants to the five sounds of OU, Davy Diacritic invites students to listen as he tells them about English orthography. The activities assess a student's understanding of spelling rules, exceptions, diacritics, and pronunciation. Beginning grammar for early readers introduces parts of speech, use of pronouns and more. Eighty SilentSpell^TM tests assess a student's ability to spell many frequent words and a student's understanding of the spelling patterns of English. Test a student's ability to spell familiar words plus the most frequent words of uncommon spelling patterns, e.g., pneumonia, anxiety, curvaceously, and rheumatism. Vocabulary is drawn from the Phonogram and Spelling Pattern Chart in the PhonicsTutor Student Reader. more...
• PhonicsTutor Student Reader.  Provide reading practice with stories written to match the decoding skills of students.  They tell about both common and uncommon events and include a play, poems, informative and/or humorous paragraphs, dictionary pages, a science experiment, a recipe, a news article, tongue twisters, and riddles.  Word lists demonstrate the use of prefixes and suffixes and challenge students to use their decoding skills to read unfamiliar words. Oral reading assessment tests measure decoding skills. The Phonogram and Spelling Pattern Chart  lists the most frequent words for each of 173 spelling patterns along with notes comparing Orton-Gillingham phonograms, the pronunciation of The American Heritage Dictionary, and our own observations of the language. more...
• PhonicsTutor Classic Teacher's Manual. If you are using PhonicsTutor Classic and value your time, this book is must. A primary component is a complete set of simulated screen shots of all words that are presented/taught in PhonicsTutor Classic. Lesson planning is easy when you can see the content of upcoming word lists and all dictated sentences. Extensive instructions, observations, suggestions, and lesson extenders are included throughout. more...