The student decides if his recording is correct. The third Word Lab activity, the Speed Challenge, is a timed activity to provide practice in the fluent recognition of the study words. It is similar to the initial assessment task. Words are listed on the screen and the tutor reads one of the words. The student clicks on the correct word.
Students have only a few seconds to respond to each word.
The data collected during the Speed Challenge is analyzed to determine which words have become fluent. Words that become fluent are placed on a review list and are reviewed at intervals during subsequent Speed Challenges. The purpose of the Spelling Lab is to develop and enhance orthographic knowledge and phonological processing skills by learning to spell. The words selected from the Spelling Lab are taken from the anchor Reading Lab passages which are the same words that are presented in the Word Lab. Thus as the student is learning to read words they are also learning about the phonology of the words.