Reading+Activities

toc =Years 1 - 2=

Online Activities
[|Roy the Singing Zebra] - online reading games - As wide selection of online games at word and sentence level. [|Language Skill Builders] - a huge amount of activities for learning about consonants, vowels, sight words, comprehension, etc [|Language Skill Builders 2]- a huge amount of activities for learning about vowls, syllables, sight words, etc [|Site Words] - a variety of online activities for learning sight words [|What's the Word] - match the correct word to the picture [|Build a Snowman] - answer simple questions to build a snowman. [|Build a Scarecrow]- answer simple questions to build a scarecrow. [|Build a Bookworm] - answer simple questions to build a bookworm. [|Name That Book] - Answer questions about each book cover. Requires some inferencing. [|Sesame Street Games] - a lot of different games on different topics with all the Sesme Street characters. [|Power Words] - Learn a variety of new words by helping Word Girl stop her enemies. A good game. [|Frog's Rhyming Machine] - a rhyming game from Word World. [|Pig's Perfect Pizza] - Find words beginning with the same letter sound to build pizzas. A game from Word World. [|Book Review] - write a book review and share it online at Scholastic. [|Character Scrapbook] - create a character scrapbook about a character you've read about. [|Building Language for Literacy] - letters, rhyming and naming things activities. [|Bembo's Zoo] - an interactive alphabet - animal theme.

Printable Activities
[|Roy the Singing Zebra] - a selection of worksheets and activities that can be printed off. [|Make Your Own Book] - a selection of page templates to choose from. [|Story Map] - from Scholastic [|Read, Relate, Respond] - a reading response activity from Scholastic. [|Build a Connection] - a reading response activity about making connections with the text.

=Years 3 - 4=

Online Activities
[|Language Skill Builders 3] - a huge amount of activities for learning about story elements, comprehension, sequencing, etc [|Language Skill Builders 4]- a huge amount of activities for learning about point of view, cause and effect,k vocabulary, etc [|Comprehension Activities] - a variety of online comprehension activities [|Site Words] - a variety of online activities for learning sight words [|Name That Book] - Answer questions about each book cover. Rerquires some inferencing. [|Power Words] - Learn a variety of new words by helping Word Girl stop her enemies. A good game. [|Comic Strip Capers] - Read the comic strip and choose the correct words to complete the sentences. [|Book Review] - write a book review and share it online at Scholastic. [|Character Scrapbook] - create a character scrapbook about a character you've read about.

Printable Activities
[|Make Your Own Book] - a selection of page templates to choose from. [|Story Map] - from Scholastic [|Read, Relate, Respond] - a reading response activity from Scholastic. [|Book Recommendation Cards] - from Scholastic.

=Years 5 - 6=

Online Activities
[|Sticky Situation]- Students go to the site and read a 'Sticky Situation'. Then they can also read some of the comments other students have left. Afterwards they should leave their own comment explaining what they would do in that situation. [|Fact Fragment Frenzy] - A great activity for learning about taking notes. Students should watch the demo first, then complete fact fragment frenzys of their own. [|Reading Comprehension] - Students read an article and then answer comprehension and vocabulary questions. There a variety of articles to read. [|Character Trading Cards] - A great activity where students can create trading cards about characters from a book they've read. [|Crossword Puzzle] **-** Students can create a crossword puzzle of comprehension for the story or article they have just read. They need to create both questions (clues) and answers (words). [|Comprehension Activities] - a variety of online comprehension activities [|Book Review] - write a book review and share it online at Scholastic. [|Character Scrapbook] - create a character scrapbook about a character you've read about.

Printable Activities
[|Story Map] - from Scholastic [|Understanding 'Character' Analysis] - from Scholastic [|Character Analysis Chart] - from Scholastic [|Author Tools] - track imagery, similes, hyperbole and metaphors with this sheet. [|Book Recommendation Cards] - from Scholastic.

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