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Reading Eggs, Fast Phonics, and Reading Eggspress

Description

Reading Eggs ( ages 5 - 13) focuses on a core reading curriculum of phonics and sight words using skills and strategies essential for sustained reading success.

This Subscription is available to Enrolled and Flex families.

Reading Eggs (Gr. K - 2)

Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids with great online reading games and activities. Children love the games, songs, golden eggs, and other rewards, which, along with feeling proud of their reading, really motivate children to keep exploring and learning.

Reading Eggspress (Gr. 2 - 7)

Reading Eggspress is designed for older readers and provides a unique and effective learning environment. It focuses on building reading fluency and comprehension, spelling and vocabulary, and writing skills, including grammar and punctuation, in an exciting and relevant way.

Fast Phonics (Gr. K - 5)

Fast Phonics is an online synthetic phonics program where children learn essential phonics skills, including letter‑sound recognition, blending, and spelling. Children explore peaks with fun activities, decodable reading books, and the yeti and friends.

Try a sample lesson in Reading Eggspress

Explanation of Reading Eggs, Reading Eggspress and Fast Phonics .pdf

What’s New in Reading Eggs:  Introducing Fast Phonics  (57 minutes)

Logging In

Parents should contact their support teacher to get their students' Reading Eggs, Reading Eggspress or Fast Phonics login.

Parents, please preview content in the middle-grade library as there may be secular content. Please note these books are optional and are not required reading. We advise families to actively check texts to make choices that align with their family’s values.

Using the Subscription

Unfortunately, Reading Eggs is set up so that there are privacy issues if a parent goes into a class. Teachers can access numerous worksheets through Reading Eggs. Contact your support teacher to find out what they will make available.

If you wish to record your student reading from Reading Eggs to share the reading with your support teacher, please go to Vocaroo for easy recording, then forward the file to your teacher.  Here is the link to a video showing how this works: How to Use Vocaroo.  It is effortless; your students can use it without trouble.

Troubleshooting

You can fix most problems with Reading Eggs by following the troubleshooting steps below. Try these steps in order. If one doesn’t fix the problem, move on to the next one. If you need any help, please contact our friendly customer service team.

  • Refresh your page.

  • Ensure you have fixed-line high-speed broadband access.

  • Ensure you access the Reading Eggs via the internet address bar and not through “shortcuts” or “favourites.”

  • Delete your browsing history (temporary internet files/cache/cookies), as your computer may continually memorize the same error. Google “clear cache” and choose your browser for instructions.

  • Upgrade your Internet Browser to Google Chrome.

  • Investigate whether you have a parental lock or anti-virus software blocking the site. Ensure the following URLs are on your safe list:

readingeggs.com
readingeggspress.com
student.readingeggspress.com

Tablet Users

  • Refresh the page.

  • Ensure you have high-speed wifi Internet access.

  • Ensure that Javascript is enabled on your device.

  • Delete the browser history and cookies. For appropriate instructions:

  • Close and restart the Application/Browser. For appropriate instructions:

  • Reset your device.
    iPad: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons simultaneously for at least ten seconds until the Apple logo appears.
    Android: Press and hold the Power/Lock button and select ‘Power Off’ from the options to shut down the device. Press and hold the Power/Lock button again to restart it.

  • Delete and re-install the application.

Questions

You can access Margaret Basaraba by email at margaret.basaraba@onlineschool.ca for help with any questions.

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