"A great help"

It has been a great help in getting children to practice spelling and to learn other associated facts like alphabetizing and parts of a sentence.

"Mixed Feelings"

Overall Spellingcity has been a good resource for my classroom. I am very frustrated however with the fact that many of the activities do not work on ipads. My students only have ipads and therefore cannot access of the games and activities. In addition when I try and assign specific activities for students to complete the program does not accurately keep track of completed assignments. What I'm saying is that many times they complete an assignment and it shows that they have not. Therefore, I have not been able to hold them accountable for incomplete assignments.

"Great program"

Spelling city is an easy program to use. It can be accessed anywhere there is internet access. I love it!

"Spelling City is a great tool!"

Students have the ability to take custom tests, play games and even create their own spelling words. My students use this tool every week. With the addition of the app, students have the choice of studying their spelling world on the go! As most of my students are heavily involved in after school activities, this has been a real bonus! I love that I can customize the lists in order to provide differentiation for my wide variety of spellers. In addition to all the great spelling activities, there are vocabulary and writing to boot! Having the Spelling tests grade for me saves me time, and provides my students with immediate feedback. I will continue to use Spelling City every year!

"This is a great site for your kids to learn spelling."

I love all the games spelling city has to learn spelling. First we tried spelling the old fashioned way. The old fashioned way used a lot of paper and time making list and activities. With this site, I did not need create lists or print anything! It saved me tons of time, ink and paper. This site has word lists from sight words all the way up to SAT words. So it was perfect for both of my kids. One with a learning disability and one that is advanced for his age. The only thing I can see to do to make the site better is if I could create assignments with more then 10 activities. I would love to see 20 activities per assignment.

"Spelling City Builds Independent Work Skills"

Spelling city helps free class time for other subjects or activities! Students can study, take practice tests, and regular test as they are ready, at home or in class. As a teacher of 3rd graders, I look for ways to boost computer contact, familiarity, and confidence for my students who will be state testing on computers for the first time in the spring. Spelling City is just the ticket!

"Like it."

Spelling city is great for home practice.

"Works well from the computer but often freezes on the iPad."

It is rare that my entire class can complete an assignment without one or two needing to close the app and re-open. Also, it would be great if the app would remember their progress even if an activity has not been completed.

"Mostly helpful, but some frustrating technical difficulties"

I would never want to go back to the days of giving spelling tests orally, and grading spelling tests. Spelling City also allows me to meet the needs of various student abilities, because they all take the tests individually on their computers at the same time. We do have problems with students getting almost done with the spelling test and the computer suddenly goes back to the home screen. The student has to start the test all over. This is especially frustrating for the slower student.

"Frustrating"

Spelling City is the only spelling site around, but the gradebook is difficult to use. You can only see 10 scores at once. It is cumbersome to change things. Other kinds of sites have much better score spreadsheets. Many students regularly have problems with activities not working correctly. It has some nice features, but for the price, I feel it should work better. I have not always received answers to emails. When I did receive one, they wanted dates and times and usernames and specifics which I understand can be helpful, but I work with 9 year olds. If 10 kids are having difficulty with an activity, it should be enough to say that. I don't have time or resources to list every detail for Spelling City. They need to do the searching to solve their issues. There are many issues for a site that is this expensive.