Friday, September 25, 2009

A slew of reading games...

Next time I post, I'll show you an EASY way to extract some of these games from websites for use in your classroom.
100% free for educational and personal use. Click on a category and then click on a link to view flashcards, e-books, activities, games and printables. Our flashcards are available in three languages – English, Spanish & French.
http://www.myfreeflashcards.com/
http://www.childu.com/sample_act/12reading_phonics.html

here's a full demo with Instruction, Practice and Assessment- this would be a nice addition to a classpage of links
http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/demo/sample_menu.html
vocabulary, sight words, consonant digraphs, rhyming, syllabification, supporting dehails, self-monitoring phonics and fact&opinion
All of these activities have individual links below: which would be nice for IWB or /inx on a classpage

Phonics-

Practice reading words beginning with the ‘y’ sound or ending with the ‘x’ sound with Willie the Worm.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PH_begin_consonants_YX_LK_V10_T3a_1.swf
Learn about long and short vowels while playing a word game with Maggie the Magician.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PH_CVCE_L1_V1_T3a_1.swf
Join Capt. Armstrong in outer space and learn about consonant digraphs.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PH_consonant_diagraphs_L2_V1_t3.swf
Learn about syllables with Dr. Kumar in Triassic Park.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PH_syllabification_L3_V1_T1a.swf
Join Skater at the skate park and play a prefix game.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PH_Prefixes_L4_V1_T3a_1.swf



Phonemic Awareness-

Join Gabriella in class and play a rhyming word game.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PA_rhyming_LA_V1_T1a.swf
Come to Dr. Abby’s office and learn to identify the first sound you hear at the beginning of words.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PA_isolation_LA_V1_T1a.swf
Make words by blending sounds with Mei at her grandmother’s Chinese restaurant.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PA_blending_LA_V1_T1a.swf
Create a rap song in Ms. Sharp’s class and learn about rhyming.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PA_rhyming_LB_V1_T3a_2.swf
Create new words by replacing sounds and help Carlos put the message in the bottle together
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/PA_substitution_LB_V1_T1a.swf

Vocabulary-


Learn about colors with Penny Paintbrush.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Reading_Vocab_vol_1_ss_t1_k.swf
Help Dan and Lee solve riddles and learn about multiple meaning words.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Vocabulary_MMWords_L1_V1_T4a.swf
Learn about homophones while playing a matching game with
Nova and Simon.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Vocabulary_Homophones_L2_V1_T4a.swf
Play the Balloon game and make new words by adding prefixes and suffixes to root words.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Vocab_PrefixSuffix_L3_V1_T3a.swf
Learn about synonyms and antonyms by playing the Frog on the Log game with Mr. Sanders and Mia.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Vocab_SynonymAntonym_L4_V1_T1a_2.swf
Learn about synonyms and antonyms while playing a word game with Denzel.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Vocab_SynonymAntonym_L5_V1_T3a.swf


Sight-Words-

Practice reading sight words with Reba Rabbit and Bindy Butterfly.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Basic%20Sight%20Words_Lk_V8_t4.swf
Practice reading sight words with Keitaro and Puppybot.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Basic_Sight_Words_L1_V3_T1a_1.swf
Catch a fish with Kirima and Kylie.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/games/Catch_Fish_Game_2.0.swf

Play the Power Up game and learn about sight words with Bo and Galexis.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Basic%20Sight%20Words_L2_V3_T3.swf
or
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/games/Power_up_Game.swf

Play a cell phone game and learn new sight words with Michiko and Hiromi.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Basic%20Sight%20Words_L3_V1_t3.swf

Go racing with Malik and play a sight words game.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/Basic_Sight_Words_L3_V11_T4a.swf

Reading Comprehension-


Read a story about Dan and Lee to see how they are alike and how they are different.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/RC_CompareContrast_LK_V1_T1a_1.swf
Practice sequencing the Mr. Sanders and Carlos while making
spoon puppets.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/RC_sequencing_L1_V1_T4a.swf
Learn about Cause&Effect in Alejandro's Closet
http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/21643/Alejandro-s-Closet-Cause-and-Effect-Second-Grade

Read a biography about baseball player Jackie Robinson, and decide whether the statements are facts or opinions.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/RC_Fact_and_Opinion_L2_V1_T1a.swf
Learn about rhyming and alliteration in Mr. Andre’s poetry class.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/RC_Poetry_L3_V1_T1a.swf
Read along with Denzel and the Movie Club and learn about
the elements of a story.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/RC_StoryStructure_L4_V1_T4a.swf
Help Jermaine solve the mystery of Grandma’s missing hat by using context clues.
http://www.smarttutor.com/home/lessons/RC_Context_Clues_L5_V1_T4a.swf
Meet Omar at the pizza parlor to create a summary about the history of pizza.
summarizing tutorial
http://www.learningtoday.com/player/swf/RC_Summarizing_L4_V1_T1a.swf

Join the discussion about bullying on the set of the Dr. Abby Show.
cause&effect tutorial
http://www.learningtoday.com/player/swf/RC_causeeffect_L4_V1_T1a_1.swf

Decide which statements are facts and opinions after reading a story about the samurai.
fact&opinion practice activity
http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/demo/sample/RC_FactOpinion_L5_V1_T4a_1.swf

Here's a math menu for K-5

http://www.smarttutor.com/home/math_menu.asp
 
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