Reading
This is a webpage filled with over 180 links to reading activities from
beginning skills to upper order skills. Some are simple games to play on the
computer and others will allow you to print off practice sheets or short stories.
http://www.bes.fayette.k12.il.us/reading.htm
Literacy websites for Level 1
A page full of links to multiple sites that work on literacy skills
http://www.ictintegration.co.uk/articles/9/1/Literacy-Websites-for-Year-1--Grade-1/Page1.html
Fry Sight Word Vocabulary....
and more. Crosswords, online activities, sentences, and more using Fry sight
words. Calendar work, numbers, colors and word families. Some printables as
well as online work and games.
http://candohelperpage.com/sightvocab_1.html#anchor_374
Mr. Nussbaum's website is full of activities and games for every subject.
Once the page has loaded, click on a subject along the top and then scroll
down after the page has loaded. Lots of academic games that are great for
intermediate grade levels.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/index.html
Starfall - Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for
pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Words on letters, sounds,
simple read aloud stories. Great for younger kiddos.
http://www.starfall.com/
Reading/Writing
This is a website that has reading and writing activities that can be used in
the classroom or individually. It's a page that links to many other sites.
Descriptions are provided for each link to allow you to decide if it meets the
needs of your student (s).
http://schoolweb.missouri.edu/richwoods.k12.mo.us/pd/reading_and_writing_activ.htm
Kaboose Reading Games
Reading games for Preschool-1st grade level. Lots of fun learning interaction.
http://resources.kaboose.com/games/read1.html
Readquarium
Reading games and resources for sight words, vocabulary, comprehension and
phonics. There are also links to Book Talks, Author's sites and Book sites
for information on specific books.
http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Readquarium/
BBC-Words and Pictures
High Frequency words activities in addition to phonics, long vowel, consonant
clusters and CVC words activities.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/hfwords/index.shtml
GameGoo-Educational Games
Games that help develop early reading skills that are important in language
arts development. Created by the Houghton-Mifflin Company; a company that
produces many book series used by districts as part of their core curriculum.
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html
Literactive - Teaching Children to Read
I received this link at an Assistive Technology training I went to and thought
it was great!
This site has all kinds of reading activities that including poetry, nursery
rhymes, printable sheets, ESL activities and e-books; most all of which also
have some comprehension checks built in. You do have to register, but it is
free and you don't have to give addresses or phone numbers unless you want to.
http://literactive.com/Home/index.asp
Frog and Toad Are Friends
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/frog/frogtg.html
Celebrating Friendship
Unit of Study using Frog and Toad are Friends
http://mm012.k12.sd.us/Unit%20of%20Study.htm
Holes
http://www.resourceroom.net/Comprehension/literature/holes/holescomp.asp