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Interactive Reading Lesso
Learn Your ABC's
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Vowel Sounds
Sight Words
Word Families
Building Words
Books to Read
Comprehension
Teacher Resources
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Reading Sites
 
This page is the jumping off spot to many reading activities. Click on the pictures to visit each reading area.
 

Reading Sites

 Interactive Reading Lessons

 

Here you will find links to sites such as Starfall, Sight Words with Samson and Read, Write and Think.

 Learn Your ABC's

 

Whether you are just learning your ABC's or you want to review them, you'll find lots of games to help you.

 Phonics Games

 

The games in this section will help you learn the beginning, middle and ending sounds or words.

 Vowel Sounds

 

Vowel sounds can be a bit of a challenge. Sometimes them take on secret identies trying to trick you. The games here will help you learn all their sounds, even the tricky ones.

 Sight Words

 

Some words just don't like to be sounded out. These words are called sight words. There are many games here to help you learn all of your sight words.

 Word Families

 

Did you know that words have families? Well they do. There is the "at" family, the "an" family, the "ink" family and many more. Learning to recognize family members will speed you along the way to better reading. There are plenty of games here to help you with that.

 Building Words

 

Here you'll work on putting letters together to make a word. Generally we call this spelling, but building a word is more exciting. Have fun and build away as you play these games.

 Books to Read

 

Here you will find online books. These books are read to you as you follow along. Make sure you follow along. This will help your reading to sky rocket.

 Comprehension

 

Once you've learned how to read, you need to understand what you read. That's what this section is all about, understanding. Enjoy these games as you improve your comprehension skills.

 

A good vocabulary is a big part of understanding what you read. Therefore you'll find vocabulary building games are found here too. Play a few and become a walking dictionary.

 Teacher Resources

 

Teachers, I hope you didn't think I had forgotten you. This section is just for you. You'll find resources here to help you teach reading.