SENTENCE READING MAGIC vs ¡Así lo digo! Level 1

Introducing "Sentence Reading Magic" – the app designed to transform your child into an excellent reader! Built on evidence-based Science of Reading principles, this app bridges the gap between reading words and reading books, focusing on the crucial skill of reading sentences. By offering a gradual and enjoyable step up from reading individual words, it instills confidence and fosters skill building in emerging readers. With its Sentence Reading Magic feature, this app empowers children to become proficient readers while familiarizing them with essential high frequency words and guiding them from reading words to reading sentences. By providing practice in decoding, blending, and comprehending complete sentences, it prepares young readers to tackle decodable sentences and books, all while boosting fluency and comprehension skills. What sets "Sentence Reading Magic" apart is its incorporation of the five pillars of reading – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension. Through engaging games and activities, the app helps children recognize and manipulate individual sounds in words, understand the relationship between letters and sounds, expand their vocabulary within a sentence context, and practice reading sentences repeatedly to enhance fluency and comprehension. The app offers four captivating sentence games that aid in building, reading, and spelling out short, simple sentences. Additionally, it includes five mini-games for learning and practicing the most common high-frequency words, using a phonetic approach to help children see patterns within these words. For those seeking an even more enriching experience, the full upgradeable version of "Sentence Reading Magic" boasts 324 sentences divided into 27 lessons, multiple sound and voice options, and three font choices. However, it's important to note that the app requires children to have a prerequisite skill level of consistently and easily reading 3-letter short vowel words before use. Developed by a team of educators using accelerated learning techniques, Montessori principles, and the Science of Reading, "Sentence Reading Magic" has undergone rigorous testing and garnered approval from preschool children and their teachers in various settings. Your feedback and suggestions are highly valued as we continue to refine and enhance the app for an optimal learning experience. Don't miss this opportunity to unlock your child's reading potential with "Sentence Reading Magic" – where learning to read becomes a magical journey!

McGraw-Hill Education’s Spanish language app ¡Así lo digo! offers a quick and easy way to learn, practice, and review all the vocabulary presented in ¡Así se dice!. You can choose to study vocabulary cards or challenge yourself with contextualized activities. When learning Spanish vocabulary with the flashcards, you can flip the card to learn its English equivalent, listen to a native Spanish speaker pronounce the word, and even record your own voice pronouncing the word to compare it to the recorded pronunciation. You have the option to view the English word first and challenge yourself to recall the Spanish equivalent. You mark your attempts as "correct" or "incorrect" and a status bar indicates your progress. Activities allow you to practice listening and reading comprehension. Listen to a phrase and match it to the correct answer, or read descriptions and match them to the correct illustration. Identify synonyms and antonyms, and sequence sentences correctly. Determine if a speaker’s statements are true or false, and listen for key information. Most activities have a photograph or illustration that shows a real-world application of the Spanish vocabulary words. Since the app does not require online access, you can study any time, anywhere. Use your own devices to study at your own pace, at the times that are convenient for you. Features: -- flashcards with Spanish and English; choose which side you want to see first! --recordings by native Spanish speakers for all vocabulary words --ability to record yourself to compare your pronunciation to a native speaker --visual and audio activities to challenge your reading and listening comprehension skills --activities with photographs or illustrations --built with ¡Así se dice! students in mind, but available to any Spanish language learner --no internet connection required --aligned to McGraw-Hill Education’s ¡Así se dice! This app runs on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. For more information about apps from McGraw-Hill Education visit MHEonline.com/apps/