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Reading Eggs, Fast Phonics, and Reading Eggspress

Reading Eggs (K-Grade 7) focuses on a core phonics and sight words curriculum using skills and strategies essential for sustained reading success.

Reading Eggs (K-Grade 2) makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids with great online reading games and activities. Games, songs, golden eggs, and other rewards motivate students to keep exploring and learning as they build foundational literacy skills.

Reading Eggspress (Grades 2-7) 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. Teachers can assign a read-aloud activity via Reading Eggspress assignments. Students record themselves reading for one minute in a stress-free environment of their choice. Teachers can then remotely listen to these recordings, assess fluency and provide personalized, constructive feedback on student performance.

Fast Phonics (K-Grade 5) is an online synthetic phonics program where children learn essential phonics skills, including letter‑sound recognition, blending, and spelling. Children explore fun activities, decodable reading books, and meet lovable characters like the Reading Eggs Yeti.

This subscription is not available to HCOS Registered students.

Logging In

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Step 1: Contact your support teacher and request login information.

Step 2: Navigate to Reading Eggs and select your desired subscription, then click the blue "Login" button in the top right corner.

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Step 3: Enter the login information from your support teacher.

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Navigation & Use

Here are some helpful videos to review during the initial start-up process:

You can also review more tutorial video content on the Reading Eggs site or try a sample lesson in Reading Eggspress. Students may also engage with the Reading Eggs printable library.

If you would like to share your student's reading progress with your support teacher, consider using a voice recorder (e.g., Vocaroo) and sharing the file.

Please preview content before using it with your students, especially in theReading middle-grade libraryEggspress, as there may be secular content. Please note theseThese books are optional and are not required reading. WeFamilies adviseare familiesadvised to actively check texts to make choices that align with their family’s values.

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ReadingStory Eggs OverviewFactory (2Lessons min.11+) invites students to practice writing skills and storytelling by creating their own storybooks. Students can save their books to My House for later rereading or submit them to a weekly contest.

UsingReggie’s ReadingShop Arcade (Lessons 7+) and My House (Lessons 11+) motivate learners by awarding Golden Eggs to celebrate their learning achievements. In Reggie’s Shop, students can cash in their Golden Eggs to Supportdecorate Yourtheir Childhouse Withor Learningdress Attheir Home(foravatar. parents and caregivers 15 min.) 

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)

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 shareIn the readingArcade, 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 usealso itspend withouttheir trouble.

Multiple Learning Areas that Can Open Up

On top of the ReadingGolden Eggs lessons, there are multiple learning areas for your child to explore, including Puzzles (fun word puzzles for younger learners), Driving Tests (assessment), Story Factory (online story creator), Storylands (comprehension lessons) and Spelling.play Theseeducational areas open at various stages in the program, depending on what lesson your child is on.games.

Storylands
Enter the land of Clinker Castle by venturing into Storylands. This area focuses on expanding vocabulary and building comprehension skills using activities, levelled texts, and a comprehension quiz in each lesson. Available after lesson 60.

Spelling Skills Bank
 (Lessons 41+)Build spelling skills inside the walls of the Skills Bank. This area incorporates lessons that test spelling strategies, including word structure, word families, meaning, segmentation, phonics, and repetition to build spelling knowledge. Available after lesson 40.

Puzzle Park
Experience (Lessons 41+) allows students to experience brain-stretching puzzles that reinforce comprehension, high-frequency sight word knowledge, vocabulary development, and problem-solving inside the Puzzle solving.Park. Available after lesson 40.

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Assessssess reading skills withsuch Driving Tests that coveras high-frequency sight words, phonics skills, and vocabulary. When students answer questions correctly, theyStudents are rewarded with an exciting racing game.game Availablewhen afterthey lessonanswer 40.

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Story Factory
Practice writing skills and storytelling in the Story Factory. This learning area allows students to create their own storybooks. Students can save their books to My House for later rereading or submit them to a weekly contest. Available after lesson 10.

My House, Reggie’s Shop, and Arcade
To motivate learners each step of the way, students earn rewards in the form of correctlyGolden Eggs to celebrate their learning achievements. In Reggie’s Shop, students can cash in their Golden Eggs to decorate their house or dress their Avatar. In the Arcade, students can also spend their Golden Eggs and play educational games. Shop available after lesson 6, My House available after lesson 10.

Reading Eggspress Read Aloud Fluency

Teachers can now assign a read-aloud activity, either a book or a chapter, via Reading Eggspress assignments. Students record themselves reading for one minute in a stress-free environment of their choice. Teachers can then remotely listen to these recordings, assess fluency and provide personalized, constructive feedback on student performance..

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  • Please note: To effectively use Read Aloud Fluency, this feature requires students to have access to a microphone and to grant permission for microphone use.

Printables LibraryTroubleshooting

The Reading Eggs printable library can be found here.

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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 a strong internet connection.

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

  • 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:

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Tablet Users

  • Refresh the page.readingeggs.com

  • Ensure you have high-speed wifi Internet access.readingeggspress.com

  • 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.

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