Sight Words:

• What's The Word? - matching a word to a picture
• Tools - Matching Words to Pictures
• Dolch Sight Words - "electronic flashcards" made in PowerPoint-5 levels to choose from.
  
  
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Phonics:

• The Little Animals Activity Center - three different activities with three levels of difficulty each - matching phonemes.
• Starfall.com - phonics books for short and long vowel practice.
• Snap It! - Learning (-ee-, -ea-, -ay-, -ai-, -y-, -igh-, -oa-, -oo-). Match phonemes to words in level 1 and match phonemes to words with missing phonemes in level 2.
• Jim's Crankophone - listen to the words from the crankophone. After each word sounds, choose which of the 2 vowels you can hear in the middle of the CVC pattern word. The Teacher's Control Panel can be used to configure the game to focus on specific vowels.
• The Whirlyword Machine - Whirlyword is a fruit machine that makes 3 letter CVC words. There are three levels to play. Adults can use the buttons to configure the game to focus on a specific word ending in level 1 or middle vowel in level 2.
• Wordblender - Choose a start sound and an end sound and let Wordblender 'bl-bl-blend' them together to make a new word. The game can be configured to focus on specific start and end clusters and offers 3 levels of difficulty.
• Funschool - use the "search" to select the subject and difficulty level. Subjects include math, reading and vocabulary, geography, history and science. Reading includes beginning sounds and opposites.
• Scholastic Letter Match - Drag the words to the box that begins with the same letter. Directions and words are read to the child.
• Scholastic Make a Word - Insert vowels into CVC words to make real words. Child-created words are read back.
• Put it on the Shelf (set one)- Match the three letter words to the pictures.
• Put it on the Shelf (set two)- Match the three letter words to the pictures.
• Put It On the Shelf - Match the four letter words to the pictures.
• Picture Match- online practice on short and long vowels. The word list students create can be printed.
• Word Build and Bank- students generate words by adding a beginning letter or blend to a word ending. The resulting word is not pronounced for the student, but they get feedback as to whether it is a real word or not. Some words marked correct might not be in the student's vocabulary, however (i.e. "lop"). Student's list of created words can be printed for later review or evaluation.
• Word Family Sort- students group words in short-vowel families. No correction or sound.
• Word Wizard- provides auditory directions and cues for completing three letter CVC puzzles using vocabulary from popular children's books.

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Dictionaries:

• Little Explorers - click on a letter to see pages of pictures/definitions that start with that letter. Also includes Spanish, Portuguese and German translations.
• Alphabet Action - click on a letter to see pictures of things that start with that letter.
• Fake Out! The Definition Guessing Game - matching words to definitions; several levels of difficulty.
  
  
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  Poetry:
  
• Revise Wise - secondary reading activities for deduction/drawing conclusions, non-fiction and poetry
• Poetry.org Listening Booth - a large collection of poetry, searchable by either poet or title with audio clips of the poems being read (most by the authors themselves!)
• Words and Pictures Poem Pack - 10 colorful, animated poems with voice over and activities. Each poem deals with a different long vowel sound.
• Niehs Kid's Page - a sing-a-long site with various well known songs such as "BINGO". Most include lyrics and all have audio music to sing-a-long with.
  
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  Stories & Comprehension:

• Between the Lions - a different elementary age story each week. Lots of reading and phonics activities linked to the activity map.
• Secrets @ Sea - a marine biology/ecology mystery appropriate for secondary students. There are games and activities throughout the story, working on using research resources (the field guide that is provided within the website), reading for details, and drawing conclusions. It is recommended that the teacher take time to read the directions and explain them to the student.
• English-Zone: Elephants - read the short story about elephants and take the online quiz.
• English-Zone: Dolphins - read the short story about dolphins and take the online quiz.
• Literacynet.org - a great source for students to access news stories, offering an array of topics with the option to read the complete or abridged story. Each story has a set of interactive activities to test your comprehension skills.
• Literactive- choose from a wonderful list of fully animated online stories, nursery rhymes and poems. This site has an abundance of phonemic activities that help encourage reading to the young learner. Some of the stories are also available in Spanish. Note: A free registration is required.
• Bio-Cube- a nifty way to generate a report on a story character. Students are prompted for important information to include, like dates, a quote, and significance to the plot. It prints to be cut and folded into a cube.
• Character Trading Cards- provides many guided questions about a character (examples: what did they do, why did they act the way they did?) Prints on one page as a 2-sided "trading card" with a space for students to illustrate by hand, prewriting activity, or to demonstrate sequencing skills. Templates are provided for backgrounds, characters, and speech bubbles can be added and text typed into them.
• Drama Map- prompts students through writing an analysis of a piece of literature. Guided questions include setting, conflict, character, and resolution areas. Prints for use as a graphic organizer on the final copy. Interface appropriate for older students, and the organization and guided questions lend themselves to a play or novel.
• Eye on Idioms- online tutorial on the meanings of several idioms. They are illustrated and used in context.
• Graphic Map- students create and print a chart with labels and pictures to depict the highs and lows of a plot.
• Plot Diagram- an online organizational tool using a pyramid to map the events in a story. End results prints.
• Timeline- online creation of a timeline with units as date, time, event, or other Entries on the timeline become links for attaching notes about the event. Prints horizontally or vertically with notes appended to the bottom of the page. Nice tool for demonstrating knowledge of the sequence of events in a story.
• What's in the Bag?- students explore vocabulary common to their environment. Addresses reading/listening comprehension skills. All directions are given auditorily, making this a useful tool for poor readers.
  
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  Other:

• Elementary Test Prep - online resource for English Language Arts, lessons and practice activities.
• Intermediate Test Prep - online lessons and practice materials for English Language Arts.
• Fact Fragment Frenzy- a tutorial which reads aloud directions, then provides students online practice for finding facts in nonficition text. Great for practicing notetaking skills. Students can drag the text from the source to the notepaper, so they do not have to type each word.
• Flip-a-chip- an online practice on the topic of word roots and suffixes. Results can be printed.
• Hints about Print- This tutorial on evaluating the appropriateness of a non-fiction source for research projects is read aloud to the student. Comes with a printable form for students to use to evaluate potential sources of information.