What is Spellcaster

Learn more about Spellcaster a complete structured literacy platform for explicit instruction, spaced practice and easy to use data and insights.

Overview

Spellcaster is a structured literacy platform that addresses a critical gap in education: the lack of age-appropriate resources for older struggling readers and spellers (ages 9-15). Built specifically for upper primary and lower secondary students, Spellcaster combines explicit instruction support with engaging gameplay and detailed progress tracking. The platform features one-click lesson plans that align directly with in-game activities, over 35 levels of engaging phonics and morphology practice, and comprehensive data insights to monitor student progress.

In Depth

Overview

What Makes Spellcaster Different

Spellcaster emerged from the daily challenges faced by thousands of educators and a decade of experience of its founder, Rupert Denton: the struggle to find age-appropriate, modern-feeling digital resources for supporting literacy acquisition, and the complex task of managing literacy interventions in diverse classrooms of 20+ students at different reading and spelling levels.

Drawing from direct classroom experience, Spellcaster was built to address these challenges and provide an outstanding digital resource for learners that feels good to use for busy educators, specialists and parents. The platform seamlessly integrates differentiated learning with structured literacy best practices, while maintaining an intuitive interface that makes it accessible for both educators and learners.

By focusing on engaging content that resonates with older students, Spellcaster creates an environment that feels age appropriate and meaningful.

Features

Core Components

As a structured literacy platform, Spellcaster offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to support explicit instruction, spaced practice and data and insights:

Explicit Instruction:

One-click lesson plan generator with customizable sections including Visual Drills, Auditory Drills, Blending Drills, Segmenting Drills, Sound Swapping, and Connected Text
Short explainers and scripts to minimize cognitive load
Custom section dividers and labels for organized lesson flow
Export to PowerPoint or PDF for seamless teaching

Spaced Practice:

16-bit pixel art fantasy RPG with 40+ levels of phonics and morphology activities
Mastery-based progression with 90% accuracy targets
Interleaved content to ensure ongoign review of previous concepts
Multiple unique realms and environments
Engaging card games and spellcasting duels tightly focused on supporting orthographic mapping

Data and Insights:

Comprehensive student activity tracking including session logs, completion records, and accuracy measurements
Detailed performance breakdowns with mistake analysis
Easy-to-share comprehensive reports

Benefits

Why Choose Spellcaster

Teacher built, Spellcaster addresses key challenges faced by educators, interventionists and parents supporting older learners with reading and spelling:

Key Benefits:

Age-appropriate design and content specifically created for upper primary & lower secondary aged learners, moving away from "younger" resources that can demotivate older learners
Easy differentiation through one-click lesson plans and a mastery-based progression system that adapts to each learner's level
Fun spaced practice through game-based activities that align directly with structured literacy instruction
Comprehensive data and insights to help monitor student progress and understand where they may need support
Quick and easy to set up, manage learners, groups and invite your team to collaborate through Spellcaster's robust and fully featured dashboard
Ongoing development we are a small passionate and technical team meaning we are constantly adding to and improving Spellcaster