English Language Arts
Alphabet Sites
Word World from PBS Kids
Students play various games in which the letters make words in the shape of the item. In one activity they must listen to instrument sounds and identify the instrument. Then they must match the letters to the name of the instrument. The letters then form to create the shape of the instruments. Another activity is finding items in dog's house.
Alphabet Zoo from Sadler-Oxford Student Activity Center
Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Songs from Between the Lions
Great Activities for the Alphabet
ABC Connect the Dots from abcya
Students color the matching tshirts.
ABC Order from Learning Planet
ABCD Watermelon from Between the Lions, PBS
Students must find the next letter in ABC order.
Alphabet Order from abcya
How the Alphabet Got its Order Video from Starfall
Students pick a letter and put together a puzzle presenting that letter. When the puzzle is complete, a video of that letter and words that start with that letter is shown.
Building Language Literacy from Scholastic
Click on Leo the Letter-Loving Lobster
A unique ABCs game where the letters transform into animals.
Beginning Letter Match with Clifford from Scholastic
Students must find words that begin with same letter sound as another picture.
Oobi, the talking hand, hosts letter game which introduces and tests you on the letter sounds.
A B C Match from Read, Write, Think
Students play a matching game with pictures and their initial consonants. Game Cards available and lesson plans to go with lesson
Gus and Inky's Underwater Adventure from Between the Lions
An interactive video in which the students must identify beginning letter sounds and rhyming words.
The Quiet Game from Between the Lions
Students are given a letter and the sound. They must pick from three pictures which picture starts with the letter sound. (You may have to scroll down to find the game from the menu on the left).
Fuzzy Lion Ears from Between the Lions, PBS
Students must find the beginning and ending letter of given words and pictures.
Sight Words
Dolch Sight Word Bingo from abcya
Read, listen and match the high frequency words in this memory game. This is the first game in a set which covers all the Dolch words. (Dolchword.net)
A high frequency word is read aloud (click the sun to hear it again). You have to click the correct egg which matches the word you heard. (ICT Games) Very High Level Words
Drag the color words to match them to the correct color. There are also games on this site for days of the week, months of the year and number words (click the list on the left hand side).
Sequencing Activities
Tina's World Buggy Trail from GameGoo by Earobics
Students listen to Tina and then must pick the places she goes in chronlogical order.
Out of Order Put the artwork in order so that it tells a story.
School House Scramble Put the pictures in the correct order on the cork board.
Story Scramble Read the words or click on the speaker to hear each card. Then move each picture into the correct order to hear the story. (This site does not work on Google Chrome)
Building Language Literacy from Scholastic
Click on Reggie the Rhyming Rhino
Meet the Characters from Professor Garfield
Digby Mole's Rhyming Words from BBC
Frog's Rhyming Machine from Word World PBS
Beginning Reading
Word Wheel I and CVC Maker
The Word Wheel is multimedia tool for pupils to explore and develop their skill at blending phonemes in CVC words. The application consists of two wheels, one contains four onsets and the other holds four rimes.
Three levels, Students determine if words created on spinning reels are words or not. (Does not work in Google Chrome)
CVC Machine from ict
Students must match the word and the picture
Construct a Word from Read, Write, Think
Students generate dozens of different words by first choosing an ending (for example -an, -ed, -at, -op) and then adding a beginning letter or blend. When a correct word is created, the word is stored in a Word Bank where students can read and review their words.
Pounce from pbskids Between the Lions
Words and Pictures from BBC
Beginning Writing
Hover mouse over word bubbles to hear the words. Click on words to make sentences.
Does it Make Sense with Roy
Click and drag the words to make a new sentence that makes sense. Undo an answer by clicking on the shell.
Online Stories
This is a full page of various online stories.
Stories are read to students. Three levels of stories.
The Little Animals Rhyme from BBC