Early Literacy
Interactive Activities
Letter Identification:
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp:
Click a letter to hear its name and see a picture.
http://www.bigcomfycouch.us/:
Click on the Ball to get to the games section. Click on the letter to
play a letter matching game.
http://www.haelmedia.com/html/mg_pk_001.html:
Match lowercase with uppercase letters.
http://www.abcya.com/alphabet_match_K1_1.htm :
Match lowercase with uppercase letters.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade_k_1/zoo_a/zoo1x.htm :
Match lowercase with uppercase
letters.
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark/pawpark.html:
http://www.haelmedia.com/html/og_pk_001.html:
http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/library.html:
Match uppercase and lowercase letters.
Put the letters in alphabetical order.
Put the letters in alphabetical order.
http://www.kidport.com/GradeK/LanguagesArts/Workbook/LangK_MissingAlpha.htm:
This is not a mouse
activity. So, you will need to use the virtual keyboard to fill in the missing letters of the alphabet.
http://www.abcya.com/alphabet.htm:
Click and drag the letters in the correct order.
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html:
Place letters in the appropriate
alphabetical order.
http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/garden.html:
Find the missing letters. Practice alphabetical order
and letter recognition skills.
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm :
A great site for preK through first grade students .
Activities with colors, numbers, letters, shapes and words. Site translated in Spanish, Dutch,
French and English. It also has a typing component in the Keyboard Section.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/abcow.html:
Finding the missing letter. Practice letter recognition skills.
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=bc/gulp:
Find the letter that the frog announces. Match
the letter name to the letter.
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp:
Finding the missing letter. Practice letter recognition
skills.
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=bc/rn:
Match the letter name to the letter.
Phonemic Awareness:
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm:
When you click on the letters
across the top, you have a choice of listening to the letter name, listening to the sound, or
learning how to write the letter.
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html:
Click on the fish that has the same
beginning sound that is stated by the seal.
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=ma/ffmemory:
Find the same sounds.
http://www.professorgarfield.org/Phonemics/introCharacters.html:
Find rhyming words to match the
animals.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/index.htm :
Pair words that rhyme.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade_k_1/rhyming_k_1/hifreq.htm :
http://www.getreadytoread.org/games/game2/index.html:
Find rhyming words.
Learn about rhyming words through an
interactive cartoon activity.
Phonics:
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f:
Listen as the computer tells you the letter name. It
also tells you the sound that the letter makes. And, it provides examples of words that begin
with the letter.
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=bc/bear:
Match beginning sounds of words to the
appropriate letters.
http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/beginning.html:
Match words that have the same beginning sounds.
http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/start.htm :
Pick the object that starts with the letter provided.
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/phonics/index_obtree.html:
http://www.professorgarfield.org/Phonemics/chickenCoop.html:
Match the sound to the appropriate letter.
Find words that begin with the same
sounds.
http://www.haelmedia.com/html/mg_p2_001.html:
Match the blend letters to the pictures that have that
the beginning sounds.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/gawain2.html:
Practice blending words.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml :
Create words by finding the
missing vowel blends.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/game.shtml :
Blend beginning and end
sounds to make words.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml :
Work on a variety of activities
related to vowel blends.
http://www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/kia/coolstore/v1/lettercombo/ltrcom_cha.html :
Learn about blends. When you
click on a blend you will read a short rhyme containing the blend. This site does not read the
rhyme.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/begin_dia.htm :
Select the consonant digraph that
matches each picture.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_106/blends.htm : Match beginning and
pictures. (More: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_128/final_dia.htm )
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_142/middle_dia.htm :
end blends to
Select the vowel digraph that
matches each picture.
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/machine.html:
Match pictures to CVC words.
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f
: Lots of word games. You can build lots of
CVC words.
http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/shelfwords2.htm :
Sound out CVC words and match them
with the appropriate picture.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ears.html:
Fill in the missing letter to create a word.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/vowels/index.htm :
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce2.html:
Fill in the missing vowels in CVC words.
Listen to the CVC words and then match them to the
word.
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/quiz/compoundwords.htm :
http://www.getreadytoread.org/games/game3/shell.html
Make compound words.
: Learn about compound words through an
interactive cartoon activity.
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild/index.html:
Combine letters to make words.
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/monkey/monkey.html:
Combine words to form sentences.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm :
Lots of excellent word games for K-5
students.
High Frequency Words:
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade_k_1/high_fre/hifreq1.htm :
6 high frequency words activities.
http://www.kizclub.com/Sbody.html:
Stories with Dolch words are read to student. Students can go
back and reread the stories themselves. Stories can also be printed for more reinforcement of
words.
http://www.mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons/sight/index.html:
Match sight words or read stories with sight
words.
Vocabulary:
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/5hungrycrocs.asp?themeid=5 :
color.
Match the color names to the
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/coloractivity.asp?themeid=3 :
Match the color names to the
color.
http://www.funbrain.com/vocab/index.html:
Match words to pictures.
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW3dcc.htm :
Practice with context clues for
grade 3.
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=1&act=3&que=1 :
Practice with
prefixes for grade 3.
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=1&act=4&que=1 :
Choose the word
that best completes the sentences.
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=10&act=4&que=1 :
Practice with
suffixes for grade 3 students.
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/cgi-bin/phonics/meb/multistage/multistage.cgi?mode=snowman:
Make compound
words.
Fluency and Comprehension:
http://www.tumblebooks.com/syndication/excite/indexwf.html:
Online stories that students can hear read
aloud.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/scramble.html:
Put the sentences in the appropriate order
so that the story makes sense.
http://www.kizclub.com/Sbody.html:
Listen to these stories read aloud. The voice does sound like a
robot. However, it demonstrates reading left to right.
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm :
http://www.starfall.com/:
Beatrix Potter stories that are online. They do not have sound.
Many online stories to choose from. These stories have audio and
interactive features.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/story_4.htm :
Read the story alone or click on the sound icon
for help.
(More: http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/story_3.htm ,
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/story_2.htm , http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/story_1.htm )
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/grow/pageq.html:
Online story that does not have sound titled
“When I Grow Up”.
http://www.magickeys.com/books/:
Lots of online stories for children. Sometimes the books take a
long time to load.
http://www.hud.gov/kids/whatsjob.html:
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html:
Match the short stories to the appropriate pictures.
Many online stories. They do not have audio features.
http://www.sebastianswan.org.uk/index.html
: Many online stories. They do not have audio features.
http://www.storyplace.org/eel/other.asp:
Many online stories. These stories are interactive. But, they
do not read to the students.
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/psmain.htm : Practice determining the main idea.
(More related to main idea: http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/GetTheIdea/default.htm )
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm :
Online texts with comprehension questions
for grade 2.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm :
Online texts with comprehension questions
for grade 3.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/graphorg/index.html:
Graphic Organizers to support reading
comprehension.
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
with comprehension skills.
A variety of interactive tools that can assist students