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A.      Use letter-sound correspondence knowledge and structural analysis to decode words.

 

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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.

Rhyme Time game
http://www.funschool.com/games_popup.php?g=1141
In this game the child matches words to rhyming pictures.

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.

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.

Rhyming Words matching game
http://www.quia.com/mc/65870.html
This "Concentration-style" matching game gives the student 8 pairs of rhyming words to match.

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.

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.

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.

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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