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Student
of the Day: Create Sound/Letter Understanding with Names
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=58
Students can learn to
identify letters and words by exploring one another's names and other words.
Each student gets to be "Student of the Day," and the class will
explore his or her name and life. Students will be encouraged to draw and
write messages to each other on a daily basis.
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Begins
With... Game
http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=1010
This game has students click
on pictures that have certain beginning letters.
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Digby's
First Sounds game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg2.shtml
In this game a cute mole
named Digby gives the child a sound and the child needs to pick the word that
begins with that sound. Three levels go from consonants to blends.
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The
ABC Game
http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/start.htm
In this game the student
picks the picture that begins with the letter shown.
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Alphabet
Action
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp
In this cute online activity
the student picks any letter from the alphabet and then hears the letter name
said and sees an animation of a word that starts with that letter.
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Paw
Park Sassy Seals
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html
In this cute online game the
student is given a word and then needs to identify which fish says a word
that starts with the same beginning sound. There are ten rounds and great
animation.
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Making
and Writing Words
http://www.readingonline.org/articles/words/rasinski.html
The author has taken
Patricia Cunningham's Making Words and added something new!
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Word
Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=21
Students can learn to
identify written words with similar endings by singing and reciting nursery
rhymes. This lesson will generate enthusiasm as your students learn to create
and categorize words that have similar endings.
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Learn
to Read at Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/
This is a must use site!
Here you will find interactive online lessons and games to teach children to
read. In addition you can print out reading and writing pages that correspond
to the online activities.
Level I (Learn to Read) is
designed for K-1 emergent readers who have a basic understanding of letter
sound relationships. It will help you teach the strategies needed to hear and
decode short and long-vowel sounds, and provide opportunities to practice
digraphs, blends, word families and creative writing.
Level II (It's Fun to Read) is
intended to meet the needs of students at many different reading and writing
levels. It will help all children learn to write creatively.
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Long
Vowel Sounds resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/index.shtml
The activities at this site
focus on Long Vowel Sounds.
1) Poem Pack: Ten colourful, animated poems with voice over and activities.
Each poem deals with a different long vowel sound. Excellent!
2) Print and Do: Worksheets for long vowel sounds.
3) Snap It game: How well do you know your long vowel sounds? Your chance to
beat the clock and collect the snaps.
4) Drag N Spell game: Drag the vowels to finish the words before your time
runs out!
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Advanced
Phonemes resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml
The activities on this site
deal with more advanced phonemes (OW, OY,
AR, DEEP U, AIR, OR, AW, IR and
EAR)
1) Sandcastle Game: Build a sandcastle and get to know the common spelling
patterns for vowel phonemes.
2) Write a Postcard game: Help Salty Sam write a postcard and get used to
using words containing alternative spelling patterns for vowel phonemes in
sentences.
3) Magic Pencil: Watch how Magic Pencil writes some words containing vowel
phonemes. Then have a go yourself.
4) Print and Do: Worksheets for the phonemes.
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Digby's
Rhyming game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg3.shtml
In this game a cute mole
named Digby gives the child a word and the child needs to pick another word
on the screen that rhymes with it.
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Rhyme
Time game
http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=1141
In this game the child
matches words to rhyming pictures.
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Let's
Rhyme
http://school.eb.com/student/games/GE_1_7/GE_1_7.htm
In this game students pick
which two words rhyme out of several possible pairs.
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The
Whirlyword Machine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/whirl/index.shtml
The Whirlyword Machine is a
'fruit machine' that makes 3 letter C-V-C words. Choose Level 1 to create
rhyming words. Spin the first reel to make new words that use the same word
ending. Decide if each new word is a real word or not. If you are correct,
the word is collected and added to one of your lists.
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