Tuscarora Elementary School
6321
Lambert Drive / Frederick, Maryland 21703
Phone: 240-566-0000
Fax:
240-566-0001
Literacy websites for Elementary Students
www.starfall.com
This website provides PreK – Grade 2 students with a variety of reading, writing, and word work games and books.
www.gamequarium.org
This website offers a variety of games and activities for students in PreK – Grade 5. All content areas plus keyboarding skills are covered in this fun site.
www.pbskids.org
This website provides activities to help students learn letters, sounds, and basic reading skills with familiar characters from their favorite T.V. shows. This website is great for students in PreK – Grade 1.
www.seussville.com
This website offers great games to help students work on phonemic awareness skills such as rhyming. This website is good for students in PreK – Grade 1.
www.playhousedisney.com
This website provides students opportunities to work on letters and social skills. This website is great for students in PreK – Kindergarten.
www.funbrain.com
There is a section on this website to play Mad Libs (Click on reading). Students can work on grammar skills while making up fun stories. This website is good for students in Grades 2 – 5.
http://www.meddybemps.com
This website has a section to help students learn the correct way to form letters. Students can also practice writing the letters using their mouse on the writing pad section of the website. To get to these sections, go to “Fun and Games” and then go to Preschool and Primary. This website is good for students in Kindergarten – Grade 2.
www.professorgarfield.com
This website is great for students in Grades 3 – 5. Activities include: grammar; spelling; reading; writing; and vocabulary.
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
This website is great for improving student’s writing skills. The site is an online writing lab. Students can click on one of the six traits to get some instruction and then try some practice activities with the trait. This website is good for students in Grades 3 – 5.
http://writingfix.com
This website offers an interactive plot creator. This feature can be found at the bottom of the homepage. Writers in Grades 2 – 5 will find this website helpful for improving writing skills.
www.readingrockets.org/books
It’s not enough for children to know how to read. They also have to want to read. One of the best ways to get your child excited about books is to provide them with ones sure to please. Go to this website to help you unlock the love of reading with your child. The information on this website is appropriate for Kindergarten – Grade 5.
www.cogcon.com/gamegoo
This website offers many activities that work with words. They have rhyming games, synonyms, antonyms, spelling activities and letter/sound activities. There are three different levels of difficulty to choose from. This website is appropriate for students in PreK – Grade 2.
www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/short/start.htm
This website is great for improving spelling skills. Students are asked to spell different levels of words. Students attempt the spelling and are then able to check the spelling of the word. This website is appropriate for students in late Kindergarten – Grade 3.
www.storylineonline.net
Screen Actor’s Guild members read aloud favorite children’s picture books. This website is appropriate for all grades.
www.rif.org
This website is for students to express themselves, play games, do an activity lab and there is a book zone. You have to log in to play. The website is free. This website has activities for students in all grades.
www.ABCYA.com
This website has educational games and activities leveled for students in grades Kindergarten through Grade 5. The activities involve reading.
www.learningplanet.com
This is a great website for students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 6. There are a variety of word work games that can help reinforce our curriculum.
www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
This website helps reinforce word study skills. Skills are broken down into interactive practice games. The games are great for targeting specific skills (examples: vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, dipthongs). This website is appropriate for students in Kindergarten through Grade 6.
www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
This website provides all of the information a Junie B. Jones fan could want. There are activities, information about the author, Barbara Park, and all of the Junie B. titles.
www.plcmc.org/bookhive
This is a website where children can listen to stories being told by great storytellers.
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Last Updated: November 2005