Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Og
Given the letters "og" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Vocabulary words: dog, log, fog, frog. Audio and graphs make this page kid-friendly. When finished,...
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Long U
Given the letter U with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Compound Words
Students will listen to the story Once There Was A Bull (frog) and identify the compound words in the story, then work with a partner to think of additional examples of compound words.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Vocabulary and Reading Go Hand in Hand
Students will be doing their own illustrations of the vocabulary words from "Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!" Students will also practice the skill of sequencing.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Vocabulary Magic
Using the book Farmer Duck, this lesson will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. This will help open up the world of reading to students.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Building Meaning
In this tutorial, students will acquire tools from Handy Hal that will help them answer questions about unknown words in a text. Students will learn about word parts, picture clues, and context clues to help them with vocabulary...
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Netsmartz: Webster's Gecko Goof
Webster's found a website that claims all of its information is true. But some of its facts seem strange. Now Webster is wondering- can you really trust everything you read online?
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Students Write a Newspaper
For this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Read, Write, and Say
In this instructional activity students improve their ability to spell sight words and decodable text. Students use a slideshow presentation to practice spelling frequently-used words. This instructional activity will improve students'...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Alphabats Syllables
Alphabats - Syllables is a super fun way for kids to practice phonemic awareness. Click on the bats' bellies to hear the words, and then match the words with the same number of syllables. Match 6 words correctly and then help the bats...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Alphabats Rhyming Words
Alphabats - Rhyming Words is a super fun way for kids to practice phonemic awareness. Click on the bats' bellies to hear the words, and then match the words with rhyming sounds. Match 6 words correctly and then help the bats collect...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frequently Confused Words: There Their They're
Do you know when to use 'there,' 'their,' and 'they're'?
ABCya
Ab Cya: Alphabats Alliteration
Alphabats - Alliteration is a super fun way for kids to practice phonemic awareness. Click on the bats' bellies to hear the words, and then match the words with the same beginning sounds. Match 6 words correctly and then help the bats...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Walking Through the Jungle
In this lesson, students will read and discuss story events and then write an informative sentence about one of the events.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Out of Sight Words
Out of Sight Words is a beautiful, quirky game that allows children to practice their knowledge of sight words! Kids have to read the sight word, and then find its corresponding image in the fun illustrations. Simply click on the word at...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Dr. Seuss Is on the Loose [Pdf]
The rhythmic and melodic elements of Theodor Geisel's children's literature provide many opportunities for knowledge of language, vocabulary acquisition and use, and creative expression and communication in music. Students work with two...
Starfall
Starfall: All About Ducks
This interactive focuses on ducks including what they look like and what they do. Children can read independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Martha Speaks: Games: Scrub a Pup
In this interactive activity, students give a dog a washing while practicing word recognition with related vocabulary.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: 4 Shades of Verbs [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences among action verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order on a graphic organizer.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Extreme Verbs Worksheet [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences among action verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order on a graphic organizer from weakest to strongest.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: 4 Shades of Verbs 2 [Pdf]
Students learn about the differences among verbs with similar meanings by placing them in order from least to most on a graphic organizer.
Other
Guess the Homonym
This online game allows students to try and guess a given homonym or visual pun. For each correct answer, the student will get a new homonym to guess.
Vocabulary Spelling City
Spelling City: Dolch Sight Word List
This activity collection allows students to master the concepts of sight words through games, flash cards and a test. A voice reads, spells and uses each word in a sentence to ensure comprehension. Flash cards can be printed.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Who Am I?
This interactive tool allows readers to select an animal by picture and the name of the animal is said and shown on the screen in both English and Spanish.