Useful Links for At-Home Reading Practice
Starfall: Learn to Read
* Online interactive practice with consonants and vowel sounds. Plus printable worksheets.
** Starfall also makes a great iPad app. There is a free portion as well as paid portions.
* Online interactive practice with consonants and vowel sounds. Plus printable worksheets.
** Starfall also makes a great iPad app. There is a free portion as well as paid portions.
School-Home Literacy Connections
* 45 pages of at-home activities to encourage reading skills
** The On-The-Go Rhyming game from the first week's homework came from this pack.
* 45 pages of at-home activities to encourage reading skills
** The On-The-Go Rhyming game from the first week's homework came from this pack.
At Home Reading Activities
* Fun activities for comprehension, alphabet, sight words, vocabulary, and oral language.
* Fun activities for comprehension, alphabet, sight words, vocabulary, and oral language.
Bugsy Kindergarten Reading School
*Bugsy the hamster helps kindergartners match pictures with the same beginning or ending sound, find the letter that begins or ends a word, and recognize sight words.
*Bugsy the hamster helps kindergartners match pictures with the same beginning or ending sound, find the letter that begins or ends a word, and recognize sight words.
Word Wonderland Primary Lite
*There is a paid version for this app that is $1.99. This app really focuses on vowels and vowel blends (like "ar"). It is best for students who are ready to practice vowel sounds, read, and sound out words.
*There is a paid version for this app that is $1.99. This app really focuses on vowels and vowel blends (like "ar"). It is best for students who are ready to practice vowel sounds, read, and sound out words.
ABC Magic 8 Sound Matching
*This app is a matching/memory game. Students can match a letter with a word that starts with that sound (like "f" and a picture of a feather) OR match two words that start with the same sound (like a picture of a fan and a picture of a feather).
*This app is a matching/memory game. Students can match a letter with a word that starts with that sound (like "f" and a picture of a feather) OR match two words that start with the same sound (like a picture of a fan and a picture of a feather).
ABC Magic 5 Letter Sound Matching
*This app is similar to the one above, but students are matching from multiple choice answers rather than playing a memory game.
*This app is similar to the one above, but students are matching from multiple choice answers rather than playing a memory game.
ABCya!
* This website/app has so many games to offer for ABCs and other phonics practice.
* This website/app has so many games to offer for ABCs and other phonics practice.