Reading Name of Tool Where is it?

Function of Tool How Can This tool Help

Challenges Challenge?
Reading Boardmaker Boardmaker Incorporates the Students who struggle with reading
Comprehension Software Website use of pictures to and understanding text can help to
supplement text strengthen word association, and
allows emerging readers to fully
understand what is written.
Phonological Readingpen® WizCom Uses built-in While it is not meant for whole lines
Awareness (WizCom Technologies optical character of text, students struggling with
Technologies) recognition to scan word pronunciation (especially CLD
unknown words and learners) will have great success with
pronounce them. it.
Writing Challenges

Transforming Echo Smart Pen Echo Smart Pen Captures spoken Students with disabilities, such as
thoughts into word, and syncs it Dyslexia, ADHD, Dysgraphia, ADHD, or
words into the computer Sensory Processing disorder are better
able to capture their thoughts and
ideas, without struggling to organize
and write their thoughts on paper.
Letter/Number Wikki Stix™ Wikki Stix Flexible wax- Students who have difficulty with
formation and Website coated sticks letter formation and spacing, can use
spacing that can be these Wikki Stix™as a tangible guide
placed on the top to help them write in an accurate and
or bottom writing organized manner.
line as a guide
Example of Integration of Wikki Sticks in a Pre-K class: During a Pre-K Math lesson involving Number Recognition and
Awareness, students could use Wikki Sticks to create and form numbers. For example, students could answer the question:
“How many toys are in the box?” By counting the number of toys, and shaping the Wikki Sticks to make that number.