It's better to learn how to learn than to know. - Dr. Seuss
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Within five days of launching, Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 has been featured by Apple as New & Noteworthy in 5 different countries (US, Canada, China, Poland and Romania) under the education category. Simplex Spelling has been ranked as a top educational app, reaching #5 in the Education category in the US (#4 in Canada) and #84 overall across all categories in the entire App Store. Apple has also since featured Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 as the #1 app under What's Hot, as a Staff Favorite and also under "Words for the Wise" and "Spelling & Grammar" in the US. Teachers and educators are using Simplex Spelling with their students and have been seeing dramatically positive results. Pyxwise is absolutely thrilled that Simplex Spelling Phonics 1 also became a finalist under two categories in the 2012 Best App Ever awards "Best Elementary Student App" and "Best Special Needs App".

Food for thought...

Dyslexia impacts 5 - 17% of students
  • 26 Letters and 46 Sounds make up the words we use!
  • 1,000 Words make up 65% of the words we read and write
  • 74 Phonograms and 30 Spelling Rules explain 98% of English Words
-Logic of English Presentation: https://youtu.be/4ilthoEG39M

Five classroom accommodations for students with dyslexia.

  • Access to audiobooks: (Bookshare, Overdrive Education, Audible, Upload book on Kindle and ask Alexa to "read my latest Kindle book") "Ear-Reading can be offered at times to the whole class as an option. 
  • Note-taking apps: Students with dyslexia can struggle with everyday tasks like note taking, transcribing from lectures, and writing down spoken directions. Allow students to skip the arduous task of transcribing notes from the board by using assistive-technology apps like Notability or Evernoteto take pictures of lecture notes to review and study later.
  • Permit students to record assignment instructions and lectures for playback: At the root of dyslexia is a language processing issue, so students with dyslexia sometimes struggle with multistep verbal instructions and paying attention through long lectures. Allow students to record important assignment instructions and lectures for playback with voice notes using Siri from Apple or Read&Write,a free Google Chrome extension from TextHelp.
  • Offer reduced homework problems: Students with dyslexia need the practice that comes with homework, but because of their processing difficulties, homework can take three to five times longer for these students than it does for their peers. Allow students with dyslexia to do every other problem or only half the problems to keep the focus of homework on demonstrating and practicing content knowledge as opposed to making it an exercise in endurance.
  • Encourage use of text-to-speech: In later grades, students with dyslexia will need to access text that is above their academic ability in order to complete class assignments, and text-to-speech can be a real game changer. Students can look for the BrowseAloud logo to find websites that are speech-to-text enabled or download the Read&Write Google Chrome extension to translate all web text into spoken words.
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Uncovering the Logic of EnglishDenise Eide's multiple-award-winning book is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the English language. It explains the logical rules that underlie English spelling, explores the roots of America's literacy crisis, and offers compelling, hopeful, and vitally needed solutions.
Written in everyday language and designed for parents and students as well as educators,Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacyoffers real answers for English speakers, teachers, and learners worldwide.
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Click on the chart in order to be directed to the Logic of English Free Resources site.