Saturday, September 15, 2012

Reading Fun at PBS? Yes!



Between the Lions


GAME
DIFFICULTY
SKILL
NOTES
“The Quiet Machine”
Matching letters to pictures
*beginning sounds
Phonemic awareness
Leona’s
Coloring Pages
Reading and writing
*beginning reader activity
Printable
book
“The Messy Attic”
Picture identification
*listen, then follow directions
Pre- reading skill
“Arty’s Smarty Doors”
Rhymes
*rhyming words
Pre-reading skill
“Dub Cubs”
Rhyming words
*word families
Reading skill
“Hopposites”
Opposites
*words with opposite meanings
Reading skill
“Sky Writing”
Letter recognition
*varying styles of the same letter
Reading skill
“Monkey Match”
Match
*letters, sounds, rhymes
Reading skill
“Theo’s Puzzles”
Letter recognition
*consonant puzzles
Puzzles & a video
“Trampolini Game”
Word meanings
*inflectional endings ‘er, ‘est
Reading skill

“Blending Bowl”
Match blends
with endings
*-ack, -an, -ap, -ar, -est, -ick,
-ig, -ip, -it, -ock, -op, -up, -uck
matched up with beginning blends
good for partners
“Synonym
Sam’s Lab”
Choose
synonyms
*this game is self-checking
good for partners
“ABCD
Watermelon”
identify missing letters
*alphabet
recognition

Pre-reading skill
“Alphabet
Soup”
unscramble letters
*reader uses given
letters to find a solution

101 riddles
“Chicken
Stacker”
phonemic awareness
*listen and read words with the
same short vowel sound

Five sets words
“Flood”
categories
*listen and read book titles
Hints given
“Fuzzy Lion
Ears”
phonemic awareness
*letter sounds
beginning/middle/ending

Six rounds

“Word Play”

good for partners
*read words and then
 “click” to see the action
25 words:
three sets

“Talking Gizmo”
recognize parts
of a sentence
*readers experiment
with sentences and word order
J good for partners
“Pounce”
word matching
*listen, then choose a word
Reading skill
More
Literature
Pre-K through
fifth graders
Kids can listen and read along with stories.

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