Spark Reading for Kids

Spark Reading improves the reading skills of students ages 6 to 16, designed by award winning experts and teachers to build up your child’s reading ability and confidence. "Kids Apps We Love" - Apple App Store Featuring hundreds of topics and thousands of questions, students will be hooked reading one story after the next as they improve their critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. Spark Reading is designed to highlight the best stories for a child’s reading level and interests, empowering them to pick the perfect story to stay engaged with their learning. Students have a digital library at their fingertips! Every academic subject is covered, and every story was written specifically for this app. We are always adding new stories to help students grow as readers, so please write to us if there are any topics you’d like to see us add to the app! Studies show that just 10 minutes of reading a day makes a world of difference for students. Completing comprehension questions has been linked to higher scores in reading proficiency. "A book is a door. You open it. You step through." - Jeanette Winterson "Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere." - Mary Schmich "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." - Margaret Fuller - Uses widely adopted standards for Year 2 through Year 8, including Lexile levels - Expertly curated by teachers and educators, with content across all topics and school years - Award-winning designers and writers - Age-appropriate books that children love to read - A vast collection of fiction and nonfiction titles - Learner-centered STEM topics (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) - Stories on every academic subject - Aligns with school curriculum - Recommendations to match your student’s reading level and promote accelerated reading - As students track their progress through each category, they will build a passion for reading - Easy to monitor the progress of multiple student profiles, track their scores, how much time they are spending reading, and their favorite topics - Safe and kid-friendly environment to explore and learn! The app allows the reader to reread and retake the tests without punishment. Teachers and caretakers can review time spent reading and other learning data. No information is collected from the device, it is fully secure and COPPA compliant. "This app helped me in my reading. Now I have an A+. I am very happy I tried this app." • No Wi-Fi needed - study anywhere and learn at your own pace • Audio for each story can be read out loud • Highlighting of the words to read along (with audio) • Each passage and question set takes approximately 5-8 minutes to complete (more advanced stories take 7-10 minutes) Teachers: stories and question sets from this app can be assigned as activities in Apple's Schoolwork app User feedback: "I like how it highlights where the answer was in the passage when you pick your answer." - Kami Butterfield, teacher "The selections are age appropriate and the responses to the questions are not too easy - some thought needs to go into it." - Mary Skummer, teacher "The feature showing where the answer is located in the passage is a spot on tool since I ask my students to be able to provide this in their oral and written responses." - Harold Nelson, teacher "Great for reading practice - I would highly recommend it." "These apps are awesome! Our boys absolutely love these. They love the fun aspect of getting the questions right, and think of these more as games than a learning app." Current categories include science, sports, history, inventions, biographies, geography, animals, food and nutrition, mythology, music, and more. *With practice - students can achieve their best scores!*