Phonics First 5 - Literacy

Topics: Double-letter sounds (Dipthongs), vowels sounds with ‘r’, and silent letters

Ages: 4 - 7+ (suitable for adult learners)

Prices in NZ dollars. Excludes GST (NZ only) and freight
Phonics First 5 Single User	MWFF5S	$54.95
Phonics First 5 5 User bundle	MWFF55	$247.50
Phonics First 5 10 to 15 User, each	MWFF510	$27.50
Phonics First 5 16 to 20 User, each	MWFF516	$24.75
Phonics First 5 Unlimited Site Licence	MWFF5SL	$545.00

• Fully interactive, beginning phonics program
• structured reading development
• motivational learning activities
• phonemic awareness skill building
• fully narrated
• built-in achievement tests
• printable achievement certificates

This software is suitable for all beginning readers and is also useful for students in the middle primary years who are experiencing learning difficulties and reading problems, including those who are dyslexic or have dyscalculia short-term memory or ADD. It is also a suitable resource for ‘English as a Second Language’ students.

Phonics First 5 is the fifth in a series of five comprehensive, fully integrated, beginning reading programs that incorporate the skills of word attack, comprehension and spelling.

Phonics First goes from the earliest stage of letter-sound recognition to teach, at each successive stage, increasingly sophisticated phonics skills. At each of these stages Phonics First promotes the development of spelling and comprehension ability. The interactive nature of the instruction ensures that students remain highly motivated to master the skills taught in this carefully structured beginning reading program.

The key to the success of Phonics First is its careful construction and solid educational foundation. Students are asked to read only those words containing the sounds or rules they have been taught, and only then are they tested to demonstrate their progress.

In Phonics First 5, students learn increasingly complex sounds (known as diphthongs). They also learn the vowel sounds with ‘r’ and how to recognise silent letters in words.

As each of these skills is mastered, students are given stories that are carefully structured to reinforce these reading fundamentals. They are also provided with comprehension activities to demonstrate that they have successfully mastered the reading skills they have learned.

When students complete all 5 CD-ROMs they will have attained the skills they need to cope with a wide range of reading experiences and will be well prepared to develop the independent reading skills taught in the Word Workers and Reading Freedom series of programs.