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INTERACTIVE Reading WEBSITES

Teaching Sites: Intro to Compound Words Inferencing Riddles

Fact or Fiction Tutorial

Intro to Syllabication

Power Points

Compound Words Cause and Effect Power Point Fact or Opinion

Sentences/Fragments Drawing Conclusions Genres

Elements of Fiction Plot of a Story Fantasy

Main Idea Retelling a Story Tall Tales

Short a Sound Practice	Short e Sound Practice	Short i Sound Practice
Short o Sound Practice	Short u Sound Practice	Coconut Vowel Game - Vowel Diagraphs oa, ea, etc.

Blending Game with Word Families	Phonetic Word Family Practice

Consonant Blends and Diagraphs	Vowel Diagraph Practice oa, oo, aw, etc.	Practice oi, ae, ee, oa, etc.

Dinosaur Practice with No Excuse Words	No Excuse Words Practice	High Frequency Word Practice
No Excuse Words with Pictures	No Excuse Words with Samson	COMPOUND WORDS

Intro to ABC Ordering of Words	Practice after Intro ABC Order	Practice ABC Order - First Letter Only
ABC Ordering Words	Practice ABC Order with Numbers	ABC UP to Second Letter

Making Compound Words	Matching antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms	Comparing Game Using y, er, est
Compound Words	Compound Words	Contraction Practice
Quiai Synonym Matching Game	Synonym Game	Synonym Game
Antonym Match	Antonym Game	Synonym and Antonym Game
WORD FAMILY SORT	Homograph 2 Player Game
Irregular Plural Concentration	Irregular Plurals os/oes	Identify nouns and verbs

Build a Sentence	Suffix Practice (s, es, ing, ed)	Building Prefixes
		Constructing Prefixes

Fly By Contractions	Contraction Practice	Match the Contraction

Intro to Syllabication	Space Station Syllable Practice	Syllable Practice

Homophones Game	Synonym Toast	Word Builder
		WORD JUNGLE
		EXPANDING VOCABULARY



Rhyming Game	Quia - Homophones Game	Fun Brain - Homophones

Teaching Sites

S and ES Tutorial

Ed and ING Tutorial

Intro to Compound Words

Fact or Fiction Tutorial

Main Idea

The main idea is the most important thing the paragraph says about the topic. The topic is what a paragraph is all about.

Main Idea Tutorial Main Idea Text Tutorial Main Idea Practice 1

Main Idea Practice 2 Main Idea Practice

A cause is something that makes something else happen. Out of two events, it is the event that happens first. To determine the cause, ask the question "Why Did it Happen?"	Cause and Effect Tutorial	An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. Of two related events, it’s the one that happens second or last. To determine the effect, ask the question "What Happened?"
Clue Words Lesson	Practice 1	Matching Game

Matching Game	Matching Game	Matching Game

Context Clues/Sentence Sandwich



Context Clues Tutorial/ Sentence Sandwich	Nonsense Game	Underlined Words

Guess the Word from Clues

A fact is something that is true any place and any time and can be supported by evidence.	Fact & Opinion	An opinion is a belief that may or may not be backed up with s ome type of evidence. It also contains value language such as best, pretty, most beautiful, wonderful, fun, etc.

Fact and Opinion Practice	Practice 1 (Text)	Practice 2 (Quia Matching Game)

Fact and Opinion Game	Practice 3 - Quia	Practice 4 - Quia

True or False - Quia

Sequence of Events

The order or sequence that events take place in a story.

Monkey Business Game	Sequencing Intro.

Tutorial	Practice 1	Practice 2

Practice 3	Practice 4	Practice 5 (Time Sequence)

Practice 6	Make a PBJ Game	Using an Elevator Game

Inferencing

Inferencing Riddles

Inference Tutorial Manatee	Inference Practice 1	inference Riddles

Practice 2 Inferencing	Quia Inferencing Game

Drawing Conclusions



Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3

POINT OF VIEW

Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast Tutorial

Genre Game

Jeopardy Game

Building Vocabulary

Multiple Meaning Words Tutorial	Homophones & Homonyms Games 1 2 3 4 5 6	Analagies Games 1 2 3

Prefixes Game 1	Suffixes Game 1	Jeopardy Suffixes

Root Words Games	Synonym Games 1 2 3 4	Antonym Games 1 2

Word Jungle - Word Definitions	Changing Adjectives to Adverbs	Categorizing Games 1 and 2 and 3

Build A Rocket to the Moon with Synonyms/Antonyms	Group Quiz	Word Family Word Maker - Grade 2

IDENTIFYING CHARACTER FEELINGS

Critical Reading

Reading Captions

Millionaire - 5 W's Comprehension Game 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

CRITICAL READING 1 2

Figurative Language

Similes and Metaphor Lesson Metaphors

Similes and Metaphors

Cornucopia of Games

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/creamcake.shtml Find Patterns in Poems and Rhymes – Select Game to start

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_flash.shtml Escape the Maze: Practice -- Mnemonics, Letter Teams, Doubles, Little Words Inside Big Words, Syllables, Tricky Bits (Outlaw Words)

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ - Mad Libs

Language Arts Fun Cornucopia of Practice: synonyms, antonyms, analogies, homographs, idioms, grammar, fact and opinion

Online Stories * Has Comprehension Questions

Fairy Tale Story Elements with comprehension questions

A Special Christmas Present with comprehension questions

Two Sisters and the Cat with comprehension questions

Animal Myths and Legends

Audio Stories