Good Websites For Elementary Students
Word Tree
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/wordTree.html
Put words on apples then you can look for words or print the tree and have emergent readers color words (example: “Find the word “hat” and color it green”)
Internet 4 Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
A nearly endless supply of resources for almost any skill. It is arranged by grade level, subject matter and skill.
eduplace
http://www.eduplace .com/kids/hmr/
Use eWord game to play a game similar to tic tac toe using different vocabulary word definitions.
Crossword challenge
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/crossword/
use cloze sentences to fill in a crossword
ezSchool
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/index.html
Mini games based on math and reading skills.. But beware of advertisements.
Transport to reading
http://www.professorgarfield.org/transport/transport.html
Join Garfield to enhance your reading skills. You can focus on skills from phonics and phonemic awareness all the way to sequencing and comprehension of a comic strip.
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Play games with your favorite scholastic characters. I Spy, Clifford & Friends, Magic School Bus and many more.
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/
Games available for early childhood.
A game day
http://www.agameaday.com/
Orders a calendar with a quick new game for each weekday of the month. Great for Interactive whiteboard bell work.
http://www.visuwords.com/
Instantly create word webs. (Warning.. be sure that you type in the word ahead of time, there can be some suprising results.)
Prefix/suffix
http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm
Charts prefixes and suffixes along with meaning.
Spell it right:suffix
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix1.html
Suffixes with meaning and examples
Spell it right Prefix
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix1.html
Prefixes with meaning
Prefixsuffix.com
http://www.prefixsuffix.com/
Definitions of root word, prefix and suffix as well as charts or meanings of the words.
Root word games
http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Readquarium/Vocabulary/Root Words/
a variety of games using root words
PHONICS
Childtopia
http://www.childtopia.com/index.php?module=home&func=juegos&myidioma=eng&idphpx=educational-games
Many different games such as word searches and putting sentences in order.
Roy the Zebra
http://www.roythezebra.com/
A cute story about a zebra with before and after questions to answer. It also has games about punctuation, making sense, capital letters, the alphabet and rhyming words.
Word World
http://wordworld.com/
Interactive book, videos and find the word pictures
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/
Phonics readers and games
Gamegoo
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Games for opposites, synonyms, making sentences, sounding out words and many more.
Internet 4 Classrooms
http://www.internnet4classrooms.com/
A nearly endless supply of resources for almost any skill. It is arranged by grade level, subject matter and skill.
Word Builder
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordbuilder
Spelling Wizard
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm
Type in your own spelling words to play spelling scramble or word search.
Sesame Street
http://www.sesamestreet.org/home/?scrollerid=games
Knowledge Box
http://www.knowledgebox.com/kbkids.htm
Little Fingers
http://www.little-g.com/games/games1html
TVO Kids
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/gamesPicker.html
Free Reading
http://pbskids.rog/lions/
Between the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions/
Seussville University
http://www.suessville.com/universtiy/
Building Language for Literacy
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/
Word Sort
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordsort/
Letter Match
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/confusable/
Create – a – Reader
http://www.create-a-reader.com/basic/english.html
Sounds Fun
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Word Blender
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/index.shtml
Word Builder
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordbuilder/
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/
Look Cover Spell
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover.html
Practice spelling from word lists. It shows the word, then a hand covers the word, then the student spells it.
BBC Schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/search
ABC Ya
http://abcya.com/
Literacy Center
http://www.literacycenter.net/
Elmo’s Keyboard – o – Rama
http://www.sesamestreet.org/home/?contentld=9495524
Pauly’s Playhouse
http://paulysplayhouse.com/paulysplayhouse/gamepage/game.html
Harcourt Trophies
http://harcourtschool.com/menus/trophies/menu.html
Kapable Kidz
http://www.kapablekidz.com/kids/fungames.html
Spelling Bee
http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/index.html
Kindergarten Link
http://www.gsc.amdsb.ca/kindergarten/kindergartenmain.html
COMPREHENSION
Tumblebooks
http://gailborden.info/m/content/view/36
This is a paid site, but many libraries including the one linked to above offer it for free. This is a great place to listen to a story with a little animation.
Internet 4 Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
A nearly endless supply of resources for almost any skill. It is arranged by grade level, subject matter and skill.
Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/graphorg
All types of Graphic Organizers
Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.org/
This is a free service, but your student must enroll. Once they are enrolled they can take quizzes over books they have read.
Webquests
http://webquest.org/search/index.php
Search for websites on any topic
Reading Ring
http://professorgarfield.org/pdf ReadingRing.html
Sequencing and comprehension with Garfield
Into the Book
http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html
Reading strategy mini lessons
Book Flix
Pay for site
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Comfy Corner
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/fimbles/comfycorner/index.shtml
Stories that are read and animated
Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Kids can read articles written just for them.
Story Place
http://www.storyplace.org/
Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Poems that are funny, written about topics that students can relate to.
Good Night Stories
http://goodnightstories.com/stories.htm
Kizclub
http://www.kizclub.com/Sbody.html
Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm
Make magnetic poetry online.
Super Thinkers
http://www.superthinkers.com/enlightenme/st/
Use reading logic to solve the case
Mystery Net
http://kids.mysterynet.com//
Poetry 4 Kids
http://www.poetry4kids.com
Inkless Tales
http://www.inklesstales.com/stories/
Dolche Stories
Kidoons
http://www.kidoons.com/kids
Fablevision
http://www.fablevision.com/
Highlight Kids
http://www.highlightkids.com/stories/storiesarchive/h12hfcStoryArch Adventure .asp
short stories you can use for reading
Storyline online
http://www.storylineonline.net/
stories read by celebrities
Big Universe
http://biguniverse.com/
Arthur
http://pbskids.org/arthur/
Mighty Book
http://www.mightybook.com/
Children’s Books
http://childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm
Wired for Books
http://wiredforbooks.org/index2.htm
RESEARCH
Kidspiration Templates
http://www.cowetaschools.org/cweb/Kidspiration/KidActivities.htm
Kid Reads
http://kidsreads.com/
WRITING
Subject/Verb agreement
http://onlineintervention.funbrain.com/verb/index.html
Power Proofreading
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/proofread/index.html
INTERNET 4 CLASSROOMS
Grammar Blast
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/grammar/
Writing Evaluation Station
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/evalstation/
Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/graphorg/
Wacky Web Tales
http://eduplace.com/tales/
Punctuation Paintball
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball&COOK=
Writing Lesson Plans
http://www.discover-writing.com/
6 Trait Writing
http://writingfix.com/Traits.htm#trait_guide
The Scriptorium
http://thescriptorium.net/index.html
The Story Starter
http://www.thestorystarter.com/
Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/student mat/index.asp
Letter Pop
http://letterpop.com/
Create your own newsletters
Brain Pop
http://www.brainpop.com/
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Sentence Clubhouse
http://harcourtschools.com/activity/clubhouse/index pre.html
Rhymer
http://www.rhymer.com/
Loopy
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/writingRepeater v6 withloop.html
PicLit
http://piclits.com/compose dragdrop.aspx
Writing with Writers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/
Prompts
http://thewritesource.scom/writing topics/
VOCABULARY
Game Zone-Grammar Games
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gameszone2htm
Dolch Word List
http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/brentwood/links/DolchProject/index.html
Learning Vocabulary Fun
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
WRITING PAGE
Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm
Shape Poetry
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape
Kids writing on the net
http://www.kidsonthenet.com/
SPELLING
http://www.spellingcity.com/
COMPREHENSION PAGE
http://childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm
RESEARCH
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/childlit.html
Word Tree
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/wordTree.html
Put words on apples then you can look for words or print the tree and have emergent readers color words (example: “Find the word “hat” and color it green”)
Internet 4 Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
A nearly endless supply of resources for almost any skill. It is arranged by grade level, subject matter and skill.
eduplace
http://www.eduplace .com/kids/hmr/
Use eWord game to play a game similar to tic tac toe using different vocabulary word definitions.
Crossword challenge
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/crossword/
use cloze sentences to fill in a crossword
ezSchool
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/index.html
Mini games based on math and reading skills.. But beware of advertisements.
Transport to reading
http://www.professorgarfield.org/transport/transport.html
Join Garfield to enhance your reading skills. You can focus on skills from phonics and phonemic awareness all the way to sequencing and comprehension of a comic strip.
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Play games with your favorite scholastic characters. I Spy, Clifford & Friends, Magic School Bus and many more.
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/
Games available for early childhood.
A game day
http://www.agameaday.com/
Orders a calendar with a quick new game for each weekday of the month. Great for Interactive whiteboard bell work.
http://www.visuwords.com/
Instantly create word webs. (Warning.. be sure that you type in the word ahead of time, there can be some suprising results.)
Prefix/suffix
http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm
Charts prefixes and suffixes along with meaning.
Spell it right:suffix
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/suffix1.html
Suffixes with meaning and examples
Spell it right Prefix
http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/prefix1.html
Prefixes with meaning
Prefixsuffix.com
http://www.prefixsuffix.com/
Definitions of root word, prefix and suffix as well as charts or meanings of the words.
Root word games
http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Readquarium/Vocabulary/Root Words/
a variety of games using root words
PHONICS
Childtopia
http://www.childtopia.com/index.php?module=home&func=juegos&myidioma=eng&idphpx=educational-games
Many different games such as word searches and putting sentences in order.
Roy the Zebra
http://www.roythezebra.com/
A cute story about a zebra with before and after questions to answer. It also has games about punctuation, making sense, capital letters, the alphabet and rhyming words.
Word World
http://wordworld.com/
Interactive book, videos and find the word pictures
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/
Phonics readers and games
Gamegoo
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Games for opposites, synonyms, making sentences, sounding out words and many more.
Internet 4 Classrooms
http://www.internnet4classrooms.com/
A nearly endless supply of resources for almost any skill. It is arranged by grade level, subject matter and skill.
Word Builder
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordbuilder
Spelling Wizard
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm
Type in your own spelling words to play spelling scramble or word search.
Sesame Street
http://www.sesamestreet.org/home/?scrollerid=games
Knowledge Box
http://www.knowledgebox.com/kbkids.htm
Little Fingers
http://www.little-g.com/games/games1html
TVO Kids
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/gamesPicker.html
Free Reading
http://pbskids.rog/lions/
Between the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions/
Seussville University
http://www.suessville.com/universtiy/
Building Language for Literacy
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/
Word Sort
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordsort/
Letter Match
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/confusable/
Create – a – Reader
http://www.create-a-reader.com/basic/english.html
Sounds Fun
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Word Blender
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/index.shtml
Word Builder
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordbuilder/
PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/
Look Cover Spell
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover.html
Practice spelling from word lists. It shows the word, then a hand covers the word, then the student spells it.
BBC Schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/search
ABC Ya
http://abcya.com/
Literacy Center
http://www.literacycenter.net/
Elmo’s Keyboard – o – Rama
http://www.sesamestreet.org/home/?contentld=9495524
Pauly’s Playhouse
http://paulysplayhouse.com/paulysplayhouse/gamepage/game.html
Harcourt Trophies
http://harcourtschool.com/menus/trophies/menu.html
Kapable Kidz
http://www.kapablekidz.com/kids/fungames.html
Spelling Bee
http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/index.html
Kindergarten Link
http://www.gsc.amdsb.ca/kindergarten/kindergartenmain.html
COMPREHENSION
Tumblebooks
http://gailborden.info/m/content/view/36
This is a paid site, but many libraries including the one linked to above offer it for free. This is a great place to listen to a story with a little animation.
Internet 4 Classrooms
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
A nearly endless supply of resources for almost any skill. It is arranged by grade level, subject matter and skill.
Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/graphorg
All types of Graphic Organizers
Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.org/
This is a free service, but your student must enroll. Once they are enrolled they can take quizzes over books they have read.
Webquests
http://webquest.org/search/index.php
Search for websites on any topic
Reading Ring
http://professorgarfield.org/pdf ReadingRing.html
Sequencing and comprehension with Garfield
Into the Book
http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html
Reading strategy mini lessons
Book Flix
Pay for site
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Comfy Corner
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/fimbles/comfycorner/index.shtml
Stories that are read and animated
Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Kids can read articles written just for them.
Story Place
http://www.storyplace.org/
Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Poems that are funny, written about topics that students can relate to.
Good Night Stories
http://goodnightstories.com/stories.htm
Kizclub
http://www.kizclub.com/Sbody.html
Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm
Make magnetic poetry online.
Super Thinkers
http://www.superthinkers.com/enlightenme/st/
Use reading logic to solve the case
Mystery Net
http://kids.mysterynet.com//
Poetry 4 Kids
http://www.poetry4kids.com
Inkless Tales
http://www.inklesstales.com/stories/
Dolche Stories
Kidoons
http://www.kidoons.com/kids
Fablevision
http://www.fablevision.com/
Highlight Kids
http://www.highlightkids.com/stories/storiesarchive/h12hfcStoryArch Adventure .asp
short stories you can use for reading
Storyline online
http://www.storylineonline.net/
stories read by celebrities
Big Universe
http://biguniverse.com/
Arthur
http://pbskids.org/arthur/
Mighty Book
http://www.mightybook.com/
Children’s Books
http://childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm
Wired for Books
http://wiredforbooks.org/index2.htm
RESEARCH
Kidspiration Templates
http://www.cowetaschools.org/cweb/Kidspiration/KidActivities.htm
Kid Reads
http://kidsreads.com/
WRITING
Subject/Verb agreement
http://onlineintervention.funbrain.com/verb/index.html
Power Proofreading
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/proofread/index.html
INTERNET 4 CLASSROOMS
Grammar Blast
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/grammar/
Writing Evaluation Station
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/evalstation/
Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k 5/graphorg/
Wacky Web Tales
http://eduplace.com/tales/
Punctuation Paintball
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball&COOK=
Writing Lesson Plans
http://www.discover-writing.com/
6 Trait Writing
http://writingfix.com/Traits.htm#trait_guide
The Scriptorium
http://thescriptorium.net/index.html
The Story Starter
http://www.thestorystarter.com/
Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/student mat/index.asp
Letter Pop
http://letterpop.com/
Create your own newsletters
Brain Pop
http://www.brainpop.com/
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/play/home.htm
Sentence Clubhouse
http://harcourtschools.com/activity/clubhouse/index pre.html
Rhymer
http://www.rhymer.com/
Loopy
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/writingRepeater v6 withloop.html
PicLit
http://piclits.com/compose dragdrop.aspx
Writing with Writers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/
Prompts
http://thewritesource.scom/writing topics/
VOCABULARY
Game Zone-Grammar Games
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gameszone2htm
Dolch Word List
http://www.brentwood.k12.ca.us/brentwood/links/DolchProject/index.html
Learning Vocabulary Fun
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
WRITING PAGE
Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm
Shape Poetry
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape
Kids writing on the net
http://www.kidsonthenet.com/
SPELLING
http://www.spellingcity.com/
COMPREHENSION PAGE
http://childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm
RESEARCH
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/childlit.html