Mrs Patterson's Favorite Sites
READING
ReadWriteThink: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp This will take you to a page filled with fun activities that are interactive for your students. My favorite is Fractured Fairy Tales. This activity gives students a traditional fairy tale and asks them to change it to make their own Fractured Fairy Tale.
Madlibs: http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/madlibs/fun.html Click on “Fun Stuff” on the top bar and select a game. My favorite is Madlibs Game Time! It is great for teaching nouns, verbs and adjectives.
FunBrain: http://www.funbrain.com Funbrain has many great games! When you get to the home page select “CLASSIC FUNBRAIN” and pick “All Games”. This will take you to a page that lists all of the available games. My favorites for reading are:
• Word Confusion This game has students choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
• 2 Bee or Not Too Bee This game focuses on present and past tense verbs
• Rooting Out Words this game helps teach root words.
• The Plural Girls helps students with plurals.
Vocabulary Ideas: http://www.teachers.net
This site has tons of information but I really like some of the ideas listed for vocabulary. Once you are at this site type what you are looking for into the search box. For example: Type in “vocabulary” and it will provide you a list of different ways to teach vocab.
Helping Verbs: http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/1help.htm
This site focuses on the 23 helping verbs. They provide a chart and a test for students to take after completing the activity.
Spelling: http://www.spellingcity.com
This is great for practicing spelling!
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