For extra help in strengthening beginning reader skills, check out www.starfall.com
. This is a fun, interactive site that emphasizes letter and letter sound recognition, grammatical rules (with short cartoon movies), and reading (allows students to click on words in the stories to hear the words when help is needed). Children can navigate this site independently and it is free to use.
Looking for a book for your child to read written at his or her level without buying or borrowing one? Check out Tumblebooks
where you may read books online, take quizzes and play games: http://tumblebooks.com/
. Woerner has a paid subscription to this site which you may access at home: Login: Woerner314
is another free website that offers books online at your child's level. Sign in at https://www.getepic.com/sign-in
with our class code wgb5037
- your child's name is on the roster! Click on it and explore!
One of our class favorites is BrainPopJr. at https://jr.brainpop.com/ Username: woerner Password: woerner. Here you can watch kid friendly videos about a huge range of subjects and then do activities regarding the subject including a five question quiz. We love learning with Moby!
You may also want to check out www.wegivebooks.org
. This site features a growing digital library of classic stories you can read with your child for free — whenever you like, no matter where you are. There's nothing to buy, and each time you read a great book like Madeline
, The Little Engine That Could
, or SkippyJonJones
online, they will give a hardcover or paperback book to a child in need (you will be asked to choose the receiving organization when you go to the website; that organization will pass on the donated book to a child in need). The books on this site are like photographs of an actual printed book and the pages turn just like you have the book in your own hand!
A system that expands upon the Dolch sight word system, The Fry 1000 Instant Words are a list of the most common words used for teaching reading, writing, and spelling. These high frequency words should be recognized instantly by readers. Dr. Edward B. Fry's Instant Word List (which is often referred to as the Fry Words) are the most common words in English ranked in order of frequency. In 1996, Dr. Fry expanded on Dolch's sight word lists
and research and published a book titled "Fry 1000 Instant Words
." His research found that a mere 25 words make up approximately 1/3 of all items published. He discovered that 100 words comprise approximately 1/2 of all the publications written, and 300 words make up 65% of all written material. Over half of every newspaper article, textbook, children's story, and novel is composed of these 300 words. It is difficult to write a sentence without using several of the first 300 words in Fry's Instant Word Lists. Consequently, students need to be able to read the first 300 Instant Words without a moment's hesitation. Fry developed his list based on these facts and he worked to inspire young children to memorize these sight words to jump-start the reading process. Fry’s instant word lists are widely used today and highly respected by both teachers and parents. On the website I am linking here, the Fry 1000 Instant Words have been arranged in the order of the frequency in which they occur in printed material. The list has been divided into ten groups of one-hundred words each. To find the lists and download FREE flashcards, go to http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/Fry-1000-Instant-Words.html
I discovered this website http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/sightvocab_1.html#anchor_386
when researching sight words. It has an extensive amount of interactive activities focusing on Fry words and so much more. There are activities students can do right there on the website (interactive) and there are pencil/paper activities you may print to allow you to work with your student one on one. The character used throughout the site is "Cando"... a great reminder to your student to jump into it with a CAN DO attitude! The feeder page to this website is http://candohelperpage.com/index.html
, where you can learn more about the website creator and find more activities related to other Language Arts areas. The best part is that everything is free and readily accessible!
Is your student struggling with spelling sight words? Check out the interactive website, Spelling City
, at www.spellingcity.com
. Here you may type in the words and choose to work with them through interactive games or have the site give the student a test on the words. Children can navigate this site independently and it is free to use.
Looking for a research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games website that will engage, motivate, and help teach students? Well, I found one! Check out http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
and click a button to play free multi-player and single-player games! In the future the site plans to add features enabling you to save records, tailor content for differentiated instruction, and pinpoint student problem areas.
Another educational activities website that's free and fun is www.abcya.com
is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. Grade level lessons incorporate areas such as math and language arts while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade activities are equipped with sound to enhance understanding. The activities are leveled by grade, Kindergarten through fifth.
Does your student enjoy PBS characters and shows? Check out PBS Kids
for educational games and videos featuring their favorite PBS characters! http://pbskids.org
Need some fun activities to keep your student engaged in learning? Try Fun Brain
, a site with educational games. http://www.funbrain.com
For some Kindergarten math tutoring videos, go to www.khanacademy.org/join and enter our class code XDX39QM8.
If you'd like to explore a site that quizzes your student on Kindergarten level math and ELA skills, check out IXL
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