There are, however, many great activities students will be able to complete on their own, reinforcing those skills learned in the classroom. D really struggled with learning to read phonetically and these would have really helped xMy little bro loves Reading Eggs. Therefore, I started to also use it as their incentive in the classroom. *Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homographs) to better understand each of the words.Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition).Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonent-vowel-consonent, or CVC) words. The content contains interactive animations, fun games, great songs and lots of rewards. Teachers can also direct struggling readers to use Reading Eggs as an at-home practice. It has helped to improve his reading so much Reading Eggs looks fab, my daughter might need this: she has just started school!This sounds really interesting!