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Literacy
Letters
- ABC Mommy & Me
- ABC's
Lots of activities for learning letters.
http://www.tusd1.org/resources/literacty/abcs.asp - Alphabet Practice Pad - students use an interactive pencil to draw letters.
- Loosey Goosey Rhymes
Listen to the nursery rhymes and find the missing letters.
http://www.tvokids.com/games/looseygooseyrhymes - Phoneme Pop
Letter and sound practice.
http://www.ictgames.com/phonemePopLS_v2.html
Reading
- All About Me!
Create and then read a book all about you.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/me/play.htm?f - Clifford's Storybooks
Interactive books for early readers.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm - Flood!
Help save books from the flood waters.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/flood.html - Folk Tales and Fables
Several stories to practice reading online.
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/ - Fun with Spot
Lots of fun activities.
http://www.funwithspot.com/us/ - Get Ready to Read!
Sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities, this site offers early literacy activities for children.
http://www.getreadytoread.org/ - Hanging Monkeys
Match the three letter word with the picture.
http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/hanging_monkeys_US.swf - I'm Reading
Online books to practice reading.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/play.htm?f - Leading to Read
Where young children discover the joy of reading. Lots of activities.
http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/leadingtoreading.htm - Learn to Read
Activities to practice letter sounds and reading.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/help/play.htm?f - Magic
Make a magician and other reading activities.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/magic/load.htm?f - Poetry
Listen to and read poems.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/poetry/load.htm?f - Poetry Splatter
Splatter words onto the screen to create poems.
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation/poetrysplatter.htm - Reading A to Z - Subscribe to this website to receive leveled books, phonetic readers, alphabet books, poetry books, as well as activities to go along with the readers
- Reading Rockets - First Year Teacher Program – Strategies to teach reading effectively, Links on Big 5
- Reading Seed organization that provides volunteer tutors for students during school time
- Reading Workshop - Features a wide variety of reading activities.
- Road Hog Spelling
Form 3 letter words. (K-2)
http://www.randomhouse.com/golden/funfactory/fun_factory_game.php?game=roadhog - Word Activities
Lots of interactive activities for playing with words.
http://www.tusd1.org/resources/literacy/words.asp
Writing
- The Best Trampolini Game
Pull the rope until the word matches the picture.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/trampolini.html - Puppy Days Story Builder
Make your own story.
http://pbskids.org/clifford/stories/index_storybuilder.html - Story Maker
Create your own personalized story.
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/gamestation/storymaker/storymaker.htm - Synonym Sam's Lab
Help Sam describe Rufus using synonyms.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/synsam.html - Wordblender
Make words by choosing a start and end sound.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/game.shtml - Writing.com - Writing.Com is the online community for writers and readers of all interests and skill levels. Whether you're an enthusiastic, creative writer looking for the perfect place to store and display your writing online or a casual reader searching for a good story, Writing.Com is the website for you!
Miscellaneous
- Building Language for Literacy
- Click Magazine for Kids
An online, interactive magazine for early elementary students. Includes monthly themes, booklists, activities and more.
http://www.clickmagkids.com/ - DIBELS
- Document Readability (Word)
- Game Goo - A collection of games for early elementary students.
- Harcourt
- InklessTales.com
Animated alphabet, stories, activities, music and learning fun.
http://www.inklesstales.com/ - Junie B. Jones website
- Just One More Book!!
A podcast about the children's books we love and why we love them. Hear about favorite books, discussions about children's literature topcs, book reviews and more.
http://justonemorebook.com/ - Kidport.com
- Kidsreads.com is the best place on the web for kids to find info about their favorite books, series and authors.
- LiteracyCenter.Net - lots of early literacy learning activities for young children.
- Little Critter
Lots of activities, interactive stories, and more.
http://www.littlecritter.com/ - Monster Shopping Trip
Work the puzzle, then listen to the story.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-monster-shopping-trip-popup.htm - Montessori Materials - Great site for materials common to Montessori classrooms – great for phonics centers and spelling.
- Super Why
The online companion to the reading-powered, animated TV series airing on PBS Kids. The site targets ages 3 to 6, though many of the activities and resources can be used with younger and older children. The mission of this site is to help kids learn key reading skills, including alphabet, word families, spelling and reading comprehension, through interactive online games, activities and more!
http://pbskids.org/superwhy/index.html
- University of Oregon - This website is designed to provide information, technology, and resources to teachers, administrators, and parents across the country.
Online Reading resources supporting the 5 components of literacy.
- Comprehension - Understanding the inferential and literal meaning of text.
- Fluency - Ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with proper expression and comprehension.
- Phonemic Awareness - Ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words.
- Phonics - Form of instruction to cultivate the understanding and use of the alphabetic principle.
- Vocabulary - Refers to the words a reader knows.