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Websites for Kids. Check out some of our favorite reading websites for kids that teach Letter Knowledge, Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetic Principle (Basic & Advanced Code), Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension!

Websites for Kids

We certainly recommend the use of technology to help kids learn to read. Computers offer interactive and fun ways to practice many skills essential to literacy development. The Alphabet Upper and Lower Case Matching Letter Formation ABC Order Back to Top Beginning Sounds Ending Sounds Rhyming Blending/Segmenting Sounds Deleting Sounds Pumpkin Patch Manipulating Sounds Manipulating Sentences Lionel's Talking Gizmo Back to Top Basic Code/Nonsense Words. Literacywebsites. CORNWALL ICT - Literacy Support - Literacy web sites This is a list of sites, which teachers may find useful for preparation for, or use in, the Literacy Hour.

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The list has been compiled from a large selection of resources sent to me by a large number of people. Many thanks to all whom sent in site details, particularly all those in the Bectans and Portables Literacy mailing lists. This resource does not represent the views of Cornwall LEA. It is a co-operative effort, collated by Chris Griffiths. Major Resources Sites with lots of links to other literacy resources: The BBC Education site – type literacy into the search box and away you go! My favourite – an interactive spy adventure and simple spelling, but the kids love it!

This is great reminds me of my old BBC! The premier teachers site – full of static, black and white (old fashioned?) Www.tfict.org.uk/pri/ The Bolton Curriculum ICT Centre – a must visit site – here is an LEA offering some excellent resources – and they’re cheap too! Curriculum and Instruction - Student Center Activities, Grades K-1 (Revised, 2008) - Student Center Activities, Grades K-1. Frequently Asked Questions about the K-5 Student Center Activities.

Curriculum and Instruction - Student Center Activities, Grades K-1 (Revised, 2008) - Student Center Activities, Grades K-1

Introduction During the Spring 2004 Florida Reading First school site visits, staff from the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) determined that teachers may benefit from classroom materials that would be immediately useful in implementing independent student center activities. Reading Intervention Programs: A Comparative Chart. Educators work tirelessly to meet the academic needs of all students.

Reading Intervention Programs: A Comparative Chart

An important part of instruction for struggling students is the use of the right intervention at the right time. With so many packaged intervention programs out there, it is difficult to keep up with them all. Intervention programs for five components of literacy (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary) are included in the tables below. Columns within the matrix indicate the appropriate RTI tiers, approximate grade levels, most effective instructional format, instructional technology, embedded assessment, and related article or instructional strategy connections. (Find more information about Response to Intervention and the characteristics of the tiers in this article.)

This article is also available as a PDF. 34D - Berwick Fields Primary - 2010 - Part 2. This week, our spelling words are from the ‘j’, ‘g’, ‘ge’, ‘dge’ phoneme box.

34D - Berwick Fields Primary - 2010 - Part 2

They make a sound like ‘g’ in ‘giant’. Here is a link to all of the words and the games on Spelling City. We are also continuing to review the spelling rule when making a plural of a word ending in ‘y’. We looked at this last week. Some games that can help you to practise this rule include: Spellits Game: Practise the rule.Plurals Rules Game: Practise lots of different plural rules. No Comments » This week the Super Spellers are looking at the ‘igh’ grapheme on the THRASS Chart, as in the word ‘fight’. SMART Notebook Interactives: Phonics - Free Smart Board Games for Kids and Teachers page 2. NGFL dyslexia. Literacy Learning Difficulties. Exceptional Learning.  Projects. I am pleased to share with you an opportunity for Middle School Students to collaborate on a global perspectives project.

 Projects

Mark Engstrom, the Assistant Principal and Middle School Geography teacher at my new school in São Paulo, Brazil, and his collaboration partner, Laurie Clement, a MS teacher in Windsor, Canada, have put together various projects to connect middle school geography students from around the world and to facilitate collaboration among them. This past school year, our students in Brazil worked together with students from Canada, USA and Sweden. They are expanding this opportunity to more schools and countries. Take a look at the outline of the project below and get directly in contact with one of the Program Coordinators: Mark Engstrom Graded School Sao Paulo, Brazil via Twitter (@markaengstrom) email mark.engstrom@graded.br Laurie Clement St. Purpose: To facilitate student growth within a global environment. Word Level: Spelling & Phonics. Full-Color Literacy Activities: Rhyming & Sight Words - Kari Sickman.

Encoding-and-decoding-booklet. Character Scrapbook. Story Grammar Elements. Story Grammar Marker by Michelle Lazerwitz on Prezi. Braidy_page. StoryPatch App and Story Grammar Marker. Powerpoint Presentations - OLSEL-B. ICPALER overview. Oral Language Supporting Early Literacy - OLSEL. Technology, Apps and Lessons for SLPs and Teachers who like Words: The SLP Apps List. The SLP Apps List is a resource for anyone interested in apps for mobile devices (iOS- iPad/iPhone/iPod, Android or BlackBerry) that have clinical applications.

Technology, Apps and Lessons for SLPs and Teachers who like Words: The SLP Apps List

This is a collaborative document housed in Google Docs, and all with permission and sign-in can access or edit it, with the idea being that it will grow with everyone's contributions (so I am not really in charge of populating it, WE are). Need ideas for new apps? Check it out periodically and watch as it grows! Got an app you like? Sharing is caring, so go to the doc, click share to request access with your Google account (Gmail, Google Apps email) and after I approve that you can type the description right in. Free language activities, available to use with students with language difficult. Learning2Read - Apps.