Online Tools to Support the 5 Building Blocks to Reading
Practice is an essential part of learning. Use technology and online resources to identify practice environments to support the diverse learning needs of your students. Explore the websites in these lists that provide practice in the five building blocks to reading.
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Key Sites Supporting Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Instruction
Grades PreK-2
Starfall – Phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency
Orson’s Farm: Phonemic Awareness
Kids Lab: Phonemic awareness and phonics activities
Building Language and Literacy
Study Dog – Supports all 5 building blocks to reading
Reading Skills Practice
The following websites provide practice in reading and support phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and vocabulary development. Resource: www.eduscapes.com
Grades PreK-1
AB Cow from Between the Lions
Alphabet from Pauly’s Games
Barney Games from PBS Kids
Caillou from PBS Kids
Dragon Tales from PBS Kids
Learning Games from BBC CBeebies – Kindergarten
Pounce from Between the Lions
Razzledazzle from BBC
Sesame Street from PBS Kids
Sound Memory Game from Pauly’s Games
Paw Park: Beginning Sounds from Game Goo
Paw Park: Alphabetical Order from Game Goo
Paw Park: Matching Letters from Game Goo
Paw Park: Real or Make Believe from Game Goo
Paw Park: Word Order from Game Goo
Paw Park: Beginning and End Sounds from Game Goo
Paw Park: Beg, Middle, End Sounds from Game Goo
Word Play from Between the Lions
Grades K-1
Arthur Games from PBS Kids
Arthur Games – Muffy’s Wardrobe
Between the Lions Games from PBS Kids
Building Language for Literacy from Scholastic
Digby Mole’s Word Games from BBC; end sounds, first sounds, and rhymes
ISpy from Scholastic
Paw Park: Spelling Words from Game Goo
Paw Park: Spelling 2 from Game Goo
Paw Park: Squanky from Game Goo
Paw Park: Squanky 2 from Game Goo
Picture Match from ReadWriteThink
Road to Reading – Click on Road to Reading
Sound and Letter Time from Scholastic
Word Build from ReadWriteThink
Word Wizard from ReadWriteThink
What’s in the Bag from ReadWriteThink
Grades 2-3
Arthur Games from PBS Kids
Between the Lions Games from PBS Kids
Maggie’s Learning Adventures from Scholastic
Maya & Miguel from PBS Kids
Poetry Idea Engine from Scholastic
Professor Garfield’s Reading Ring
Wizards and Pigs: Poetry Pickle from Game Goo
Word Build from ReadWriteThink
Word Wizard from ReadWriteThink
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