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GRAMMAR REFERENCE, BEGINNING LETTERS/SOUNDS, FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, GAMES-INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE, PHONICS,  HOMOPHONES,
PARTS OF SPEECH, PREFIX/SUFFIX, PRONOUNS, PROOFREADING, PUNCTUATION, READING,  SENTENCES, SEQUENCING, SPANISH LANGUAGE, SPELLING,STORIES, SYLLABLES, WORDS AND WORD LISTS, WORD MEANING, WRITING SKILLS, QUIA, VERBS


NEW...  HSPA   picture prompts
http://www.lr.k12.nj.us/ETTC/pictureprompt/intro.html

GRAMMAR REFERENCE
Harcourt Animated Grammar Dictionary
http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/grammar/index_word.html?grade=5&word=complex_sent4.html&grade_defined=4

Online English Grammar Encyclopedia
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm

BEGINNING LETTERS/SOUNDS
Beginning Letters and sounds in English and Spanish
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

Help Arthur place the trucks in the correct position (beginning alphabet)
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur/truckgame/

Clifford beginning sounds match game
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm

The ABC Game (beginning sounds and picture match)
http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/start.htm

FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/nook_new.html?game=2&
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2.html

Instructions Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/instructions/game.shtml

Rapid Naming
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=bc/rn

GAMES AND ACTIVITIES (INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE)

NEW...Clickweb (From the UK, interactive activities and games)
http://www.crickweb.co.uk

NEW...Woodlands Junior School    (From the UK,  A collection of activities)
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm

NEW...Roy The Zebra (Guided reading and interactive Games)
http://www.roythezebra.com/index.html

A List of interactive crosswords
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/fun_activities/interactive_crossword_puzzles/

PBS Kids    "Between the Lions"  
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

PLAY WORDLAB
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordlab/start.htm

PLAY WORDO
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordo/start.htm

PLAY FOWL WORDS
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/fowlwords/start.htm
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/fowlwords2/start.htm

PLAY HANGAROO
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/hangaroo/start.htm

Games from QUIA
http://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html

PLAY BOOKWORM
http://www.popcap.com/launchpage.php?theGame=bookworm&src=big8

PHONICS
StarFall.com  (First grade phonics/reading skills)
http://www.starfall.com

BBC Phonics Year 2 (Games and Activities)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/index.shtml
Summary of activities found on this site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/teachers/contents.shtml

Sandler-Oxford Phonics and Word Study (All Elementary levels)
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/index_phonics.htm

HOMOPHONES
Super Match Game with Maggie's Earth Adventures (Scholastic)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar5.htm
BBC-Skillswise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/game.shtml

NEGATIVES (Spotting Double Negatives)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/negatives/activity.shtml

PARTS OF SPEECH
Harcourt Grammar Practice Park
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

Harcourt Grammar Gold
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/

Wacky Web Tales (Generate Wacky tales by inserting parts of speech) Grades 3+
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html

More Wacky Web Tales
http://www.funbrain.com/wacky/index.html

Funbrain's  "Grammar Gorillas"
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

Learning Planet's  "Rats" grammar games
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.htm?rats_nounverb
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/ratslist2.asp
http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.htm?rats_advadj

Clean Up Your Grammar with Maggie's Earth Adventures (Scholastic)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm

PREFIX / SUFFIX
Short Circuit with Maggie's Earth Adventure (Scholastic)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar3.htm

PRONOUNS
Personal Pronouns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/pronouns/game.shtml

PROOFREADING
Edit Dan's copy with Maggie's Earth Adventures (Scholastic)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar2.htm

Power Proofreading (Houghton Mifflin)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/

PUNCTUATION
Commas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/commas/game.shtml
Apostrophes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/game.shtml
Punctuation Paint Ball
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball

A collection of interactive punctuation, grammar, parts of speech, etc. activities
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm
 

READING
http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/

SENTENCES
Building Sentences (word order)
http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/patch_game.shtml
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/monkey/monkey.html 

Making Sentences (sentence or not activity)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/game.shtml

Compound Sentences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/game.shtml

SEQUENCING
QUIA activities
http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html

SPANISH LANGUAGE
Spanish Steps
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/spanish/lj/

Learn Spanish (Links site)
 http://study-spanish.net/

Translation Quizzes
 http://www.syvum.com/squizzes/spanish/

SPELLING
Woodlands Junior School    (From the UK,   A collection of activities)
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html#12

Alien Scavenger Hunt
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/alien/ash.html
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/alien2/ash2.html

Fearless Frieda (help her spell)
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda/frieda.html
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda2/frieda2.htm

Harcourt Brace Spelling
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html 

Houghton Mifflin (Spelling Match)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/index.html

Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/waystolearn/lookcover/game.shtml

Missing Letters (early spellers)
http://www.dositey.com/language/spelling/Mislet3.htm

Plurals Rules
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/game.shtml

See-n-Spell
http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/see-n-spell.htm

Silent Invaders (Silent Letters)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/silentletters/game.shtml

Spellbound
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/spelling/index.htm

Spin and Spell
http://www.spinandspell.com/

STORIES

NEW...Storyline Online (The Screen Actors Guild Foundation) contains Stellaluna
http://www.storylineonline.net/

NEW...Surfing for Good Stories (A collection)
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/chbest/Library%20Page/00%20Surfing%20for%20Good%20Stories/surfing_for_good_stories3.htm

Cbeebies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/storytime/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle/atoz.shtml

Cbeebies   Make your own story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/jackanory/create/talking_stories.shtml  

Clifford the Big Red Dog (Interactive story books for early readers)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/

Story Place's interactive stories in English and Spanish
http://www.storyplace.org/

Story Place Preschool
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/preschool.asp?themeid=13 

MightyBook.com
http://www.mightybook.com/home.htm 

Web Pop's "Book Pop Chooser"
http://www.web-pop.com/bookpopchooser.html

Animated or oral children's stories
http://www.storyplus.com/Stories/Story/142/{B3DC90E4-0240-4974-896D-2C85D17B7510}.swf
http://www.storyplus.com/Stories/Story/110/{BB283CD6-8839-439A-936F-06DF8D962533}.swf

Oral children's stories
http://www.bookpals.net/storyline

SYLLABLES
The Syllables Factory
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/syllables/game.shtml

WORDS AND WORD LISTS
Kids' Lab (Dolch noun list, grades 1&2)
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/sightreading.htm

High Frequency Words (Sandlier-Oxford)
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade_k_1/high_fre/hifreq1.htm

NEW...Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/

WORD MEANING
Squanky the Tooth Taker (synonyms)
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/squanky2/squanky2.html

Squanky the Tooth Taker (opposites)
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/squanky/squanky.html

WRITING SKILLS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/writing/

Woodlands Junior School    (From the UK,  A collection of activities)
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/text.htm

 QUIA  (GOOD GAMES AND ACTIVITIES)                   http://www.quia.com

COLOR IDIOMS
http://www.quia.com/rr/39470.html
Select one of four color words to complete common idioms
 

VERBS
Verb Tense
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/tenses/getting_the_right_tense/
Verb Subject Agreement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/game.shtml