Getting Started Video
 (YouTube)

Settings:

Internet Explorer
Adobe Reader
   
Chrome

Maneuvering around the tool.
    Spelling examples:
        bend (segmenting sounds)
        accommodate (initial vowel)
        banana (schwa)
        phonograph (ph /f/)
        psychology (silent letters)
        edge (silent letters)
        simultaneous (suffix)
        university (suffix)
        colonel/kernel (homophones)
   

Incorporating an online dictionary from Adobe

Finding your own word patterns

Incorporating Text to Speech (Free)

Inflections - plural, past, ing)

 

 

Supplemental Tools

What is the schwa sound

Minimal Pair Practice:  Words differing in only one sound: bad/bed

Silent Letter Practice: Really tricky to spell.

Free Online Dictionaries:
    Wordsmyth.net
    Dictionary.com
    Merriam-Webster.com

Text to Speech Tool (Windows)

Inflectional Morphology Tool               
Plurals    Past Tense   + ing    + er

Use wildcards to find word patterns at MoreWords.com

Research Article: 
How Spelling Supports Reading
Moats, L.C., American Education, Winter 2005/06
Retrieved and Linked 1-5-14.