Tough Questions Learning Links
Reading Skills & Strategies Practice Links
These links may be used during Centers time or you can explore them at home for fun!
Story Elements Review:
Review some of the vocabulary of literature in a really fun, interactive way by hearing the story of Cinderella. Click on this link: http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/resolution.html
Let's Practice Sequencing (Games to reinforce sequencing skills) Thanks to Mrs. Boyd, Speech Pathologist at Altoona Middle School for her great games! http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html
More Sequencing Review:
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/draggeneric.asp?filename=jillwildesequence1
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html#storyseq (sequence The Three Little Pigs)
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/scramble.html
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/sequencel3.cfm
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/SequenceOfEvents/default.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/recipeseq.cfm
http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip209a.swf
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/lists_and_instructions/eng/Introduction/MainSession.htm
http://www.professorgarfield.org/ReadingRing/Strips/strips.html
Author's Purpose Tutorial/Activities:
http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip210a.swf
Author's Purpose Video
http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=4252
Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/e/drawconclusionsp.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/content/pop.html
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencel.cfm
Using Text Features
http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/parts-newspaper/activity/1/2 (advanced)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/information.shtml
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/headingsl.cfm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/writecaption/index.asp
Fact and Opinion
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/factsopinions.html (introductory)
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=jwildemakefact
http://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html (requires Shockwave)
http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html
http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/factoropinion.shtml
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/content/pop.html (advanced)
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/factopinion4l.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/factopinionl.cfm
Main Idea and Details Practice
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/DidIRead/info01.htm
http://vclass.mtsac.edu/amla-51/Main%20Idea/Mainidea.htm
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/GetTheIdea/default.htm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap2.cfm
http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/summarizing (advanced)
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/rcmi1.htm
http://atlantis.coe.uh.edu/archive/langarts/langarts_lessons/langles3/story2.html (intermediate)
Summarizing Practice
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/storysummaryl.cfm
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/summaryl.cfm
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/ParaphraseCraze/default.htm