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Reading and Writing Activities for the Classroom
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 Enchanted
Learning This is a MEGA site for online activities. This
link will take you to their site map which lists everything that is on
their site. Materials for K-4 can be found. They have an
extensive map, animals and alphabet section. Their printable
worksheets are easy to read and are appropriately designed for the grade
they are listed under.
 Comenius
Fluency Through Fables This site provides fables for student to
read and then various quizzes for them to take afterward.
- Have students read one of the stories and then take a quiz.
When the quiz results page comes up when their quiz is finished have
students print it out and turn it in. Voila! Already grade
assessments
 Fake
Out! This vocabulary site is graded into three levels:
K-2, 3-5 and 6-8. It provides a "word of the day".
Students guess the definition of the word.
- Bookmark this site. Use it as a part of your Daily Oral
Language.
Power
Proofreading This site contains activities for grades
2-8. Students correct passages by clicking on mistakes and then
typing in the correct word or punctuation.
- Use it as a group project for Daily Oral Language.
- Use it for individual student review or assessment.
SuperKids
Vocabulary Builders This site contains 4 vocabulary games:
Hangman, WHATWord and TextTwist. (Note: These games are
available to play at gamehouse.com
but have ads all over the place. The link through superkids does not
have the heavy advertisement displays. You can also purchase these
games from gamehouse.com)
- Most of these games can fall under the "making words"
block of the 4 block literacy model. Use them for individual
student practice.
- TextTwist: Have students write down their words and compare
them against your answers or the computer's answers (shown when game
is over)
virtual
alphabet This site will probably be most useful for K-1. It
has a song (the tune is usually one that you'll know like "Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star") that focuses on each letter of the
alphabet. There are also links to topics that start with that letter
as well. For example: The Letter M features the song
"Monty Moose" sung to the tune of "It's a Small World"
and has website links for moose, migration and M&Ms.
Wacky
Web Tales Remember MadLibs? This is the online
version. The site recommends use by grades 3 and up. Some of
the stories would probably work for 2nd grade.
- Students can create an assigned Wacky Web Tale, print it and turn it
in. Usually students are asked to insert 5-15 words.
- Use during Daily Oral Language to create class stories.
- Students LOVE to share their silly stories with others. Be
careful! These web tales are addictive!
The
following activities are from the English Language Centre Study Zone in
Canada.
Reading
and Writing Games A HUGE LIST! These games are suitable for
K-up.
- Use for individual student review or as a part of a group Daily Oral
Language.
- Set up a time to come to the computer lab and use a game as a whole
class review.
CLICK HERE for
easier games for Preschool-1st Grade.
FunBrain
Word Games
- These games give students a final score at the end. You can
use this score as a grade. Have them print out their results
page and turn it in or save paper and just jot down the score in your
gradebook as each student finishes. Be sure to preview the games
before you assign them.
- You can also by a membership at FunBrain and create your own online
quizzes and the computer will add game scores to those and computer
grades for you. I've used this and loved it!
Children's
Storybooks Online Yeah, it's exactly what you think.
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