Literacy Help - Bankhead Elementary

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Letters/Sounds/Alphabet games

Most Used:

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/picture-match-30004.html (good game where you can choose what letter sounds to work on)

Other Recommended Sites:

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/letters/lettersounds.htm (matching beginning sounds)

http://pbskids.org/games/alltopics.html (variety of games)

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/ (games and resources for parents – all grades)

http://www.boowakwala.com/alphabet/online-alphabet-game.html (cute letter recognition game)

http://www.sesamestreet.org/games#media/game_dd838f23-486b-11dd-bf7b-df62be721a24 (sesame street games)

Phonics/Reading Games

Most Used:

www.starfall.com – (very good! Interactive reading and phonics games)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/ (variety of games)

http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html (variety of games)

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/ (games and resources for parents – all grades)

Other Related Sites:

http://pbskids.org/games/alltopics.html (variety of games)

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/ (variety of games)

http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/demo/blender.htm (make new words with a spinning machine)

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html (great high interest material, good for grades 2-3)

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/student-activities (variety of activities from scholastic)

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/English/magice.html (interactive game : read the words to save the princess)

http://www.dositey.com/2008/Products/Content/Include/K1reading/1/1/launch.php (spell a word, and dunk a fish)

Sight Word Games

Most Used:

http://www.k5stars.com/t/sight_words_games_list1.php (Pay site, but very good sight word activities)

Other Related Sites:

http://www.dolchword.net/dolch-pre-primer-memory-game-1.html (all the Dolch sight words we practice in gr 1-3)

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html (variety)

http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/sight-words.html

http://www.storyit.com/magnets/index.htm (build sentences with high frequency words)

Ipad Apps

1. Bitsboard -word building, word matching/families

2. Sentence Magic -cut up sentences

3. ABC touch -letter recognition game

4. Hooked on Phonics

5. Sight Word Tough

6. Sight Word Speller

7. Fun Phonics

8. Fun Rhyming