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Here are Links to
Websites and Fun Games to "build on"!


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On this page you will find many links to websites that will address the ELA skills that we have been learning about in school. This is a brief list. Keep checking back! There will be many more! Enjoy!
ABC Order:
- "How the Alphabet Got its Order" video
- Alphabet Adventures
- Magic Bill
- Alphabetize through third letter
- Alphabet Book Game
- Roy the Zebra ABC order games
- Sort the Words in ABC order
- Dictionary skills- guide words
- Thesaurus ABC order
- Order Me Around-put words in ABC order
- ABCD Watermelon- game- easy intro
- Alphabet Zoo
- Short a words (Spelling City)
- Short e words (Spelling City)
- Short i words (Spelling City)
- Short o words (Spelling City)
- Short u words (Spelling City)
Abbreviations:
A or an:
Adjectives:
- Adjective Detectives
- All About Adjectives
- Infinite articles -a, an
- Adjective Crossword Puzzle
- "Very Loud, Very Big, Very Metal" Song/Video
- "Good, Better, Best" Video
- "Brave, Braver, Bravest" Video
- "Noise, Noisier, Noisiest" Video
- "Tasty, Tastier, Tastiest" Video
- The Good, Better, Best Trampolini Game
- Add an Adjective (Fill in the Blank)
- Word Hunt- find a word to describe
- Grammar Blast - Adjectives
- Choosing Adjectives- fill in the blank
- Blast the Rocket
- Blustery Day of Adjectives (what type)
Aesop's Fables:
Antonyms & Synonyms:
- Antonym Matchups
- Antonym Columns
- Antonym Puzzles
- Antonym Memory Blast
- Squwanky the Tooth Taker's Quest for Opposites
- 2 Column Matchup Game
- Opposite Train Game
- Land of the Rocket (antonym/synonym/homonym)
- Antonym Pull Down Game
- Antonym Jeopardy
- Antonym Frog
- "Opposite Bunny" -Between the Lions songs/videos
- "Hopposites" Game- the Opposite Bunny
- Rocket to the Moon- identify synonyms & antonyms
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Word Frog- Synonyms/antonyms/homonyms
- Synonym- Matching Word Golf
- Synonym Challenge
- Synonym Toast
- Synonym Unicorn Game
- Synonyms- Feed the Bigbots
- Synonyms for Said
- Synonym Sam's Lab Game
- Synonym Field Trip to the Science Center
Blend & Digraphs:
- Chunking song/video
- Initial Blend Fill-in game (bl, gl, pl, fl, cl, sl)
- Digraph Fill in (ch, sh, th, wh)
- Beginning Digraphs
- Ending Digraphs
- Sassy Seals
- Consonant Blends
- "ph" Song/Video-Between the Lions
- "sh" Song/Video-Between the Lions
- "ch" Song/Video "We Choose to Cha Cha Cha"
- "ch" Song/Video "Good Bye Chick"
- "ch/sh" Tongue Twister
- Wordblender Game
- Ending Consonants
- Blends-initial
- Making and Breaking Words with Blends
- Salty Sam Phoneme Game-all
- Magic Pencil Phoneme Game-all
- Activity Sheets to Print at Home (-ck, -ll, -ss, -ff, digraphs, clusters)
- Missing Sounds- shows blend- figure out vowel
Capitalization:
- Robot Guy
- Proofreading Activity
- Complete Proofreading
- Monkey Match- match capital letters and lowercase
- Left to Right - How to Write Video
- Grammar Blast - Capitalization & Punctuation
- Lug and the Giant Stork
- Paw Island
- QUIA- Rags to Riches
Compound Words:
- Build a Snowman
- Compound Word Creator
- Gus & Inky's Underwater Adventure
- Compound Word Match up
- Compound Word Builder
- Compound Word Builder 2
- Divide the Compound Words
- Compound Word Match up Game-Animals
- Compound Word Match up Game- Transportation
- Compound Word Match up Game- General
- Compound Word Game (easy)
Contractions:
- Fly By!
- Contractions
- Contraction Matchups
- Bulldozer Contractions
- Contraction Crossword
- QUIA Contraction Games
- Type the Contractions
- Bed Full of Cats Game
- Is, Am, Are contractions
- "I Love Contractions"- song/video Between the Lions
- Contraction Typing Game
- Contraction Memory Game
- Contractions- Which One?
- Contractions- Which One? Part 2
- Where Does the Apostrophe Go?
- Contraction Basketball
- Treasure Trove
- Contraction Quiz
- Contraction Teaching Site
CVC- District Foundational Skills Sites:
- 3 Letter House
- CVC Maker
- CVC Pop
- Drag and Drop CVC Words
- Magic Pencil
- Clifford - Make a Word
- Pounce on the Right Word
- Put It On the Shelf
- Whirly Word Machine
- Sight Word Bingo- Dolch
District Foundational Skills Sites:
- Chicken Stacker- Vowels
- Drag and Spell- Long Vowel Rules
- Missing Sounds- Blends and short vowels
- Picture Match- Long and Short Vowels
Fact or Opinion:
Fairy Tales:
Homophones/Homonyms:
- Super Match Game
- Memory Game
- Word Jungle
- Their, There, and They're Game
- To, Too, Two Game
- QUIA Homophone Game
- Our, Hour, Are Game
- "Homophones" song/video- Between the Lions
- "Many Meanings of Cool"- song/video- BTL
- "Miniscule" song/video
- "Fabulous" song/video
- "Humongous" song/video
- Homonym Match up
- Homophone Car Rally- Pick the right word
- Regan the Vegan Word Confusion
Idioms:
Nouns/Verbs:
- Noun/Verb Sorting Game
- World Class Nouns
- Grammar Blast - nouns and pronouns
- Grammar Gorillas-noun/verb
- Proper Nouns
- Noun Explorer
- Interactive Nouns
- Possessive Noun Cave
- School of Fish Plural Noun Game
- Noun Plural Play
- Plural Girls
- Fly By Plural Nouns
- See n' Spell
- Slam Dunk Nouns- common and proper
- Plural Noun Matching Game
- Plural Noun Construction
- Plural Rules (for Parents)
- Plurals (-s, -es, -ies)
- Adding -s Song/Video (plurals)-Between the Lions
- Irregular Plural Noun Matchup
- Irregular Plurals
- Irregular Plurals Matchup -os/-oes
- Clean Up Your Grammar - determine noun or verb
- Blast the Rocket- Past Tense Verbs
- Correct the verb and noun usage in sentences
- Verb - Past and Future Matchup
- Verb Ride - Past tense
- Verb Word Play- see the verb move!
- Grammar Blast -Verbs
- Monster Truck Verbs
- Space Verbs- Pick the right verb
- QUIA - Irregular Verbs
- Verb Viper -subject/verb agreement
- Irregular Verbs
- Irregular Verbs 3
- Covered Wagon Ride - verbs
- Past Tense Target Practice- Typing Game
- To Bee or not To Bee (choose helping verb)
- Verb Power - Type of Verb (4th grade)
- Fantastic Flight- Type of Verb (4th grade)
Parts of Speech Review:
Phonics:
- Wild West Phonics
- The Quiet Machine- initial sound in words
- Between the Lions-Letter Songs/videos
- 2 sounds for g video/song
- 2 sounds for c video/song
- "City Country Rap"-2 sounds for c video/song
- "Rocket Doodle-Doo" (r) song/video
Poetry:
- Between the Lions- Poem Videos
- "If You Were a..."- songs/videos
- Tongue Twisters- video
- Starfall Poetry
Pronouns:
- Pronoun Clubhouse
- Interactive Pronouns
- Traveling Pronoun
- Pronoun Agreement Car Rally
- Grammar Blast - Nouns and Pronouns
- Life on the Pronoun Reef
- Using I and Me
- Using he, she, it, they
- Pronoun Toss
Punctuation:
- Full Stop Wizards
- Alien Punctuation
- Grammar Blast- Find correct sentence
- Proofreading Activity
- Trapped-- fun but challenging!
- "There's a Gorilla" -Add punctuation song/video
- Doggie Ending Punctuation
- Adding Commas in a Note
- Happy Ending-Predict what the punctuation should be
- Grammar Blast
- Sentence Clubhouse - type of sentence
- Dragon Land- Questions
- Penguins on Ice- What punctuation should you use?
- Sentence Sort - type of sentence
- Robot Guy
- Paw Island
- Camping with Quotations and Commas
Resources/ Dictionary Skills/Genres/Strategies:
- "Look it Up" video/song- Between the Lions
- Genre song/video- Between the Lions
- "Surfing the Web"- song/video
- "Got a Good Reason to Read"- Between the Lions
- "Got a Good Reason to Write"- Between the Lions
- Categorizing "Vegetables" Between the Lions
- Categorizing "Flood!"- Game
- Reader's Theater- Dozens of Plays
Rhyming:
Rules:
Syllables:
- Syllable Video
- Syllable Video 2
- Break it up! (divide words into syllables)
- Break it up! (very challenging)
- Syllable Roller Coaster
- Word Jumbler
- Syllable Games- Foundational
Suffixes/Prefixes:
Vowels: (Dipthongs)
- ou/ow- easy
- ou/ow- figure out which one to use
- ou/ow- Sandcastle Game
- ou/ow- Look, Cover, Write, Check
- oi/oy/ew
- oi/oy- Sandcastle Game
- oi/oy- Look, Cover, Write, Check
- /oo/ digraph
- /oo/, u - Sandcastle Game
- /oo/ Man in the Moon Poem-video
- "Double o Heaven" song/video
- Double o-/oo/ Song/Video- Between the Lions
- /oo/ Sentence Fill-ins
- Vowel Digraphs
- au/augh/aw Sandcastle Game
- Vowel Fill in (ai, ee, ie, oa, oi)
Short Vowels:
- Brain Pop Jr.- Vowels
- Word Magnets- Foundational
- "Consonant Party"- video- Vowels needed
- Short Vowel Sounds
- Picture Match
- Short a- Short or not?
- Short a- Word Match
- Short a- Word Search
- Short a- Grubby Pup Song- Foundational
- Short a- Practice Sheet Game- Foundational
- Short e- Video/Song "Sven Said e" Between the Lions
- Short e- Practice Sheet Game- Foundational
- Short e- Word match (Spelling City)
- Short e- Short or not?
- Short e- Word Search
- Short i- Short or Not
- Short i- Practice Sheet Game- Foundational
- Short i- Word Search
- Short i- Word Match
- Short o- Short ot not?
- Short o- Practice Sheet Game- Foundational
- Short o- Word Match
- Short o- Word Search
- Short o- Video/Song "Sloppy Pop" Between the Lions
- Short u- Video/Song "Grubby Pup" Between the Lions
- Short u- Practice Sheet Game- Foundational
- Short u- Wall match up (Spelling City)
- Short u- Short or not?
- Short u- Word Search
- Chicken Stacker- short vowel game
- Starfall- short vowel stories
- Word Machines
Long Vowels:
- Brain Pop Jr.- Vowels
- Word Magnets- Foundational
- Circus Builder
- Picture Match- Foundational
- Snap It- Foundational
- Starfall- long vowel stories
- Clifford Concentration
- VOWEL BOOT CAMP: man/main video
- VOWEL BOOT CAMP: not/note video
- Long and Short Vowel Match- Foundational
- Long Vowel Sounds
- Long a Drag and Drop- Foundational
- /ay/ Birthday Day Poem-video- Foundational
- /ai/ Daisy the Snail Poem-video- Foundational
- /ai/ Arty Smarty Pants- rain/train video
- /ai/ Arty Smarty Pants- snail/nail video
- Lonely Vowels Song- /e/, /o/
- Long e Drag and Drop- Foundational
- /ee/ Meet the Creeps Poem- video- Foundational
- /ea/ Meal by the Sea Poem-video- Foundational
- /ea/ Blending Bowl- video
- /ea, ee/ - Look, Cover, Write, Check
- /ee/ "Double e" song/video- Between the Lions
- /ee/ Pete's Sheep- read along story
- Long i Drag and Drop- Foundational
- /igh/ Marching Through the Night Poem-video- Foundational
- /igh/ - Look, Cover, Write, Check
- /igh/ "Mighty Star Lion"-song/video-BTL
- /igh/ "Gawain's Word:night" video
- /i-e/ The Doctor's Line Poem-video- Foundational
- /ine/ Blending Bowl- video
- Long O Drag and Drop- Foundational
- /oa/ Toad and the Goat Poem-video
- /oa/ "Soap Boat" read along story
- Long o- "Home is Where Long O is" song/video
- Word Sort /oa/ /ai/ /ea/
- Long U Drag and Drop- Foundational
- Vowel Fill in (ai, ee, ie, oa, oi)
- 2 Vowels Song
- i before e except after c (explanation video)
- 2 Vowels Song-Vowel Teams
- 2 Vowels Go Walking Song/Video-Between the Lions
- Dragon Vowel Phoneme Game
- /y/=Long I - I Spy a Little Fly Poem-video- Foundational
- Y as a Vowel (Y TV) Song/Video
- Y is a Vowel story and minivideo
Vowels: Evil e:
- The Amazing Silent e video
- Evil e- Ice Cream Cake Poem-video
- Evil e - Look, Cover, Write, Check
- Sky Ride- Read along story
- Jake's Tale- read along story
- Dune Buggy- read along story
Vowels: r Controlled (vowel + r)
- r-controlled Vowels
- /ar/ song/video- Between the Lions
- /ar/ song/video- "Dance in the Smarty Pants"
- /ar/ "Car Race" read along story
- are, air, ear Sandcastle Game
- er/ir/ur Sandcastle Game
- er/ir/ur- Surfer Girl read along story
- er/ir/or- Look, Cover, Write, Check
- eer, ear, ere Sandcastle Game
- /or/ Picture Search- center activity
- /or/ "My Horse Glory" read along story
- ar/or/ir Word Sort - center activity
- Write a Postcard- Foundational
Word Families:
- Construct a Word
- -ing song/video -Between the Lions
- "Get Your Mouth Moving -at" song/video
- "Ten Little Words" Song-Video- Between the Lions
- "Arty Smarty Pants: ants/pants" Between the Lions
- Dubs Cubs- Word Family Game
- -ink Making and Breaking Words- Starfall
- Blending Bowl Game
- Alphabet Soup- making words game
- Fuzzy Lion Ears- game- find missing letters
- Pounce! Game- find the word
- Word Family Games- Starfall
- Word Families- Foundational
- Word Family Sort- Foundational
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