Computer+Resources


 * __Online Resources for the 5 Building Blocks of Reading__ **

Key Sites That Support Phonemic Awareness

Grades PreK-2
[|Starfall] – Phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency [|Orson’s Farm: Phonemic Awareness] [|GameGoo] [|Building Language and Literacy] [|Study Dog] – Supports all 5 building blocks to reading

Key Sites That Support Phonics and Fluency Instruction [|Paw Park: Beg, Middle, End Sounds] from Game Goo [|Sound Memory Game] from Pauly’s Game [|Sesame Street] from PBS Kids
 * Grade PreK-1 **

**Grades K-1** [|Digby Mole’s Word Games] from BBC; end sounds, first sounds, and rhymes [|Sound and Letter Time] from Scholastic

**Grade 2-3** [|Maggie’s Learning Adventures] from Scholastic [|Maya & Miguel] from PBS Kids [|Word Wizard] from ReadWriteThink

Key Sites That Support Vocabulary Instruction

[|Word Central] – Look up words or build your own dictionary [|WordWeb] – Free desktop dictionary/thesaurus [|Merriam Webster Online] – Online dictionary/thesaurus with word games [|Little Explorers Enchanted Learning Picture Dictionaries] [|The Internet Picture Dictionary] – Comes in five languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Italian) with word games [|Fact Monster Dictionary] – 125,000 entries plus numerous word games

Key Sites That Support Text Comprehension

Grades K-1
[|Scholastic News] – [|Ask a Weather Watcher] (Listen & Read) – [|Here Come the Frogs!] (Listen & Read) – [|Meet Mr. President] (Listen & Read)

Grades 2-3
[|Dragonfly] [|KidsHealth] [|Scholastic Special Reports] [|National Geographic for Kids Stories from Around the World]