[senco-forum] Was Nessy, now other games

Yes, I agree with you Mary here - I have loads of home made games which I made when teaching dyslexics in a dyslexia centre and the ones you tailor for them are really always good value - I have just made a game of Bingo about time with a Yr 9 lad - so far we're doing the hour, quarter past and to and half past - then we'll go on to 5 mins past etc - and so we are making the game together with what he needs to practise and reinfoce so far - then we'll add the other time telling bits as we go - he'll finish up with a game he can take home if he wants to - sometimes time consuming but well worth it. All you need are bits of card and those little blank playing cards from LDA I think.
Janice Janice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts

> From: mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com> To: chris19251 at blueyonder.co.uk; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Was Nessy, now other games> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:36:22 +0000> CC: > > Also, the Crossbow games often come in a downloadable form quite cheaply so> you an make them up yourself. And don't forget GAMZ, which are fantastic> because you can differentiate so carefully with them, to the precise> spelling and reading patterns you want. Although these games are designed to> play as card games, if you want to include spelling you can use them as> source material for "Read and Spell" games such as the one someone described> recently. I have a variety of home-made boards (made using Word and images> from Google images) so that I can indulge each child's obsession. For> example, on one board if you land on a Dalek you have to read a word and if> you land on a Cyberman you have to spell it. The pieces are Dr Who and his> current assistant, printed, laminated and cut out. I have another that looks> like a big spider's web, and the pieces are plastic creepy-crawlies. And so> on and so on ...> Mary> > -----Original Message-----> From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of chris white> Sent: 03 November 2007 11:47> To: 'senco forum'> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] nessy learning programme> > You've made some good points Kate,> I've got a low boredom threshold! Consequently I like to use a combination> of Nessy, Word Shark, Starspell, and also to 'dip in' to the hundreds of> free games that can be found on the internet.> For example the 'Starword' game for commonly used words on the BBC website> is great. I also like the R and R spelling that has recently been> recommended....and all this week everyone has been playing Halloween Hangman> as recommended on here. That not only taught the Halloween words but also> reinforced the alphabet!> For card games in my opinion the Crossbow take a lot of beating. Incidently> a couple of years ago I asked Bob Hext from Crossbow to come and do a> training day for the support assistants on Dyslexia and on using games to> teach literacy skills and he was very good. (And no I don't have a> commercial interest!) > Chris> > > -----Original Message-----> From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Kate Barnes> Sent: 03 November 2007 09:12> To: Ruth Wilkinson> Cc: 'senco forum'> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] nessy learning programme> > This is well discussed on the forum, but I know the archives can be tricky> to access. Try using this link.> http://lists.becta.org.uk/pipermail/senco-forum/> I do like Nessy, but you do need to think how and what you want to use a> programme for. Children in groups? in classroom, with support?> independently?> Nessy is great to provide variety, and you get loads of card/ worksheets> games as well. However....> The card games and sheets are very repetitative.> Nessy cannot be "locked down" like wordshark to limit access to certain> games and wordlists> You cannot view children's errors etc like you can in wordshark> The games are more fun/better graphics than wordshark, but less time is> spent actually reading /spelling.> Nessy has far fewer games than Wordshark, although the Nessy games are great> fun I have found kids get bored with some of them, very quickly,> particularly at the lower levels. In contrast there are so many games in> wordshark that, although kids dont like certain games, they can always find> another.> I had wordshark, and found Nessy well worth the money as an addition - as> much for the phonic card games/sheets as the computer games.> But...I would always want wordshark first....> (can I have my commision now Rik!)> Kate> > > ----- Original Message ----> From: Ruth Wilkinson <ruth at ruthwilkinson.f9.co.uk>> To: senco-forum new <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>> Sent: Thursday, 13 September, 2007 5:27:23 PM> Subject: [senco-forum] nessy learning programme> > Has anyone used the Nessy Learning programme? The demo disc looks good and> it would be nice to have an alternative to Wordshark but I'd like to be sure> it's worth it before I try to persuade the head to buy it.> > Ruth W> > > > 
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