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Literacy Apps
Dyslexia Quest uses games to assess a student’s strengths and weakness in the
following areas: working memory, phonemic awareness, processing speed,
visual sequential order, auditory memory and visual memory. It is easy for
students to follow along however it may run a bit long. Parents can get reports
on their child’s strengths and weakness. This app has only one review and wasn’t
rated high.
Price: $1.99 Grade Level: 2nd Grade -4th Skill: Language Arts, Reading, Phonics & Spelling
Dyslexia Quest It can be used on an Android, iPad & IPhone device
IWrite Words is a letter and number tracing app for young toddler from Pre-K to
Kindergarten grade level. It’s engaging for students with nice visuals. The
method used to trace is connecting the dotted lines to letter and numbers.
Price: $30.99 Grade Level: K-4th Grade; and above Skill: Spelling & Vocabulary
It can be used on an iPad & IPhone device.
iWrite Words
Montessori Crosswords app focuses on phonics, spelling, and vocabulary. The
target age is from Pre-K to 4th grade. The app helps students develop literacy
skills by dragging letters into a crossword grid. Younger students can drag
letters and simultaneously hear its phonemic sound. Order students may focus
on consonant blends or words that are more difficult allowing them to expand
their vocabulary.
Montessori Price: $30.99 Grade Level: K-4th Grade; and above Skill: Spelling & Vocabulary
Crosswords It can be used on an Android, iPad & IPhone device.
StoryPals is a reading comprehension app that allows students to create their
own stories. The app allows students to hear the story aloud or students may
read it on their own without audio. The app has about 24 stories with
comprehension question focusing on the 5W’s. This app is especially useful for
students with learning disabilities like dyslexia or other learning disability.

StoryPals Price: $19.99 Grade Level: K-4th Grade; and above Skill: Reading Comprehension
It can be used on an iPad device.
Learning Ally Audio is a program that helps students with visual and/or reading
disabilities. Its background color helps students with visual impairments.
Highlighted text is provided to track reading. Reading rate can be adjusted.

Price: Free Grade Level: K-4th Grade; and above Skill: Spelling & Vocabulary
Learning Ally Audio It can be used on an Android, iPad & IPhone device.
Read2Go is a reading app that helps any struggling reader. This app partners
with Bookshare, and has more than 200,000 eBooks for readers. Read2Go is
convenient for any commuter who has their device with them. It connects to
Bluetooth and Braille readers. Students may select and dowload any book by
searching or browsing it on the app.
Read2Go Price: $19.99 Grade Level: K-4th Grade; and above Skill: Reading Disabilities
It can be used on an iPad & IPhone device.
Bob Books is an interactive book app for children. This app helps children with
phonics, word identification and fluency. There are four levels of difficulty to
help meet the specific needs of students. It’s a good app to differentiate
Bob Books instruction during small groups.
Price: $3.99 Grade Level: K-4th Grade; and above Skill: Spelling & Vocabulary
Reading Magic HD It can be used on an Android, iPad & IPhone device
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News-2-You is a newspaper app for kids with special needs. This app is
beneficial to students who have difficulty reading and writing. The app
provides visuals and audio for students to see and hear text. It provides news
on current events, popular movies, sports, and environmental problems.
Price: $1.99 an issue, $49.99 for entire subscription Grade Level: 2nd Grade to 4th Grade
& above Skill: Reading Disabilities
News-2-You It can be used on an iPad device
Spelling City is a word app game made for students to learn spelling patterns.
This app also targets vocabulary and grammar skills. The app provides a
variety of word list for K-12 students. It includes math words, science words,
compound words, homophones, analogies, and prefix/suffix word list.

Vocabulary/Spelling Price: $30.99 Grade Level: K-4 Grade; and above Skill: Spelling & Vocabulary
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It can be used on an Android, iPad & IPhone device

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Write My Name app teaches students how to write lower and upper case
letters. The app aligns with English Common Core State Standards. It includes
112 sight words. It is especially useful for students with dysgraphia. The app
provides audio and visual cues when forming letters. Students can capture an
image of their completed work to show their progress.
Price: $3.99 Grade Level: Pre-K to 2nd Grade Skill: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia & Learning
Write My Name
Disabilities
It can be used on an iPad device
Clicker Docs is a word processor that reads text aloud. It allows word choices
for misspelled words from word banks that can be loaded into the app. The app
is good students who are struggling and need additional assistance in writing.
This app also helps students enhance vocabulary skills by exposing them to
unfamiliar words. It helps students edit and revise written work
independently.
Clicker Docs Price: $30.99 Grade Level: 3rd grade and up Skill: Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities
It can be used on an iPad device
Bini ABC app is an exciting learning game that focuses on reading. The app has
live interactive letters that keeps any student engaged. It has 26 animated
letters, 100 words to learn and100 cool puzzles for toddler children ages 2 to 5
years of age. The visuals are colorful it grabs students attention.
Price: Free Grade Level: Ages 2 to 5 Skill: Letter Identification, Phonics, &
Reading
Bini ABC It can be used on an iPad & IPhone device
Khan Academy is a very well know nonprofit organization app among many
educators. Kahn Academy’s mission is to provide free world class education to
anyone. It provides videos, interactive exercises in all content areas. It’s highly
rated and proven to give the best results.
Price: Free Grade Level: Elementary to Adult Skill: All Subjects
Khan Academy It can be used on an iPad & IPhone device
Word Bingo is a sight word recognition and spelling app. The sight words are chosen
from the Dolch Word list. Up to five players can play on one app. The app can compile
a scorecard for each player. Students may view their improvement. The app is
engaging and fun. Activities include spelling practice and word bingo game.
Price: $0.99 Grade Level: Pre-K to 2nd Grade Skill: Sight Words & Spelling
Word Bingo It can be used on an iPad & IPhone device
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Literacy Apps
ABCmouse.com- Early Learning Academy app has the same features as the
website ABCmouse.com. Educators can sign up for free. Students are able to
explore different activities. Student can learn their letters and numbers. Students
can also learn animal facts through simple games, puzzles, books and coloring
pages. The app allows students engage in a virtual world.
ABCmouse.com
Early Learning Price: Free Grade Level: Pre-K to 1st Grade Skill: Phonics & Spelling
Academy It can be used on an Android, iPad & IPhone device
Alpha Writer is a Montessori-style learning app that helps students learn their
sounds by blending them together. Students are able to manipulate sounds by
using their fingers and are able to hear each sound as they touch the letter. The
app has two sections. The first section students can spell words by looking at
pictures. The second section allows for students to write their own story.
Alpha Writer Price: $4.99 Grade Level: Pre-K to 1st Grade Skill: Phonics & Spelling
It can be used on an iPad & IPhone device
Learn With Homer App incorporates drawing, voice recording, stories, and
songs. Its focus is for students to work on phonics and reading comprehension.
In addition, it encourages students to critically think about what they’re reading
and it allows students to answer questions.
Learn With Homer Price: Free Level: Pre-K, K Skill: Phonics & Comprehension
It can be used on an iPad, & IPhone device
ABC Song Piano app provides students with a start in mastering their Alphabet.
Students press the piano keys and sing along to ABC song. Students are able to
see the piano light up and follow the lighted keys to match colorful music notes
with a variety of instrumental sounds. In addition, research indicates that the
app helps raise self-esteem, increase coordination, improve concentration, and
ABC Song Piano help students be well rounded.
Price: $1.99 Grade Level: Pre-K, K Skill: Phonics
It can be used on iPad & IPhone device
Articulation Station provides speech professionals, teachers, and parents with
ways to help students improve pronunciation and articulation. It has specific
exercise, games, and stories that focus on one sound spelling. It has more than
1,00 target words which will allow students to be engaged
The app can also track up to 6 students progress.
Price: Free Grade Level: K-2nd Grade Skill: Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities,
Phonics
Articulation Station
It can be used on an iPad & iPhone device
This is an excellent ebook adaptation for young readers. Students are able to
swipe and point with little effort or without any grownup help. Each word is
highlighted as each word is read making it easy for students to track as they go.

Price: $3.99 Grade Level: Pre-K Skill: Phonics, Print Awareness, Vocabulary
Dr. Seuss’s ABC It can be used on Android, iPad, & iPhone device
The Starfall app has the same content as the “Learn to Read” section on the site.
It has 15 engaging mini-books that focus on one specific vowel sound with
videos and activities. The Starfall App covers phonics basics and caters to a
variety of learning styles: auditory, visual, and tactile.
Starfall Learn to Price: $2.99 Grade Level: K-2nd Grade Skill: Phonics It can be used on Android, iPad,
Read IPhone device