Literacy Component

Website & Description

All five components

http://www.readingrockets.org/ - This site provides information for teachers and parents.  Teachers -make sure to check out the classroom strategies (gives you ideas for all five components and when to use them). Parents- make sure to check out the how to find the ‘just right’ book, set up a home library, and find ways to ‘hook’ a struggling reader.

Comprehension/ Fluency

http://www.storylineonline.net - Screen actor guild award winners read aloud childhood favorite picture books.  Activities to go along with stories included. This is a great site to use in the classroom but sometimes I have difficulties loading the videos.  Make sure to try it out ahead of time to be prepared for any technology questions.

Overview of all literacy components

http://www.pbs.org/parents/fungames/ - Explore dozens of fun games and activities for kids designed to foster early learning and child development. This site seems to be for younger students (pre-school through third grade). It has a book finder feature, which allows for parents/ students to choose an age and genre of book and it will list books with their descriptions.

Comprehension

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/index.asp - Includes book and author suggestions and interactive games.

Comprehension

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm - Poetry Creator- Create your own poem. Students can put into practice their knowledge of different poetry such as; haiku, limerick, cinquain, and free verse. This site is interactive whiteboard ready. 

Comprehension/

Writing  

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/comic-creator-30021.html - Create your own comic strip!

Comprehension /

Writing

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/character-trading-cards-a-30181.html - Make your own trading cards for your favorite character from a story! Teachers- make sure to check out the more ideas to try section (scroll down to the bottom before starting trading cards). 

Comprehension/ Fluency

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/fractured-fairy-tales-a-30186.html - Practice reading or writing a fractured fairy tale. Teachers- make sure to check out the more ideas to try section (scroll down to the bottom before starting trading cards).

Comprehension

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html - Funbrain.com allows you to read certain books right online (Example: Diary of a Wimpy Kid). It also has math games.

Comprehension

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/ Analyzes the characters in a book.

Vocabulary/ Phonics

http://www.gudli.com/  This site seems to be for younger students (Pre-school- 2^nd grade). It contains activities for math, language, and science.

Grammar

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html - Students in grades 3-5 can use this site for grammar practice.

Phonics/ Vocabulary

http://www.spellingcity.com Practice spelling patterns and play game! Input your own spelling words/ vocabulary words and have students practice in school or at home. 

Vocabulary

http://www.wordcentral.com/ - Unsure of a word- Let WordCenral help you out. This is an online dictionary to help you find the meaning of those unfamiliar words.

Overview of all literacy components

http://www.readingresource.net/websitesforkids.html - This site seems to be for younger students.  They can practice letter knowledge, phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. 

Phonic/ Phonemic Awareness/ Vocabulary/ Comprehension

http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/index.html - This is a site where you can explore different reading strategy games.

Phonemic Awareness

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/  -This site helps emerging readers identifying letter sounds and words using media- Pre K to K.

Vocabulary/ Comprehension

http://resources.kaboose.com/games/read2.html  Students can practice vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar activities on this site.