Woerner Elementary School

 

One of our class favorites is BrainPopJr. at https://jr.brainpop.com/ Username: woerner Password: woerner. Here you can watch kid friendly videos about a huge range of subjects and then do activities regarding the subject including a five question quiz. We love learning with Moby!

 

We work a lot with Dolch sight word lists with beginning readers. If you are looking for a FREE list of these words AND FREE downloadable flash cards for the words on these lists, check out http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/dolch-sight-words.html and/or http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm .

 

A system that expands upon the Dolch sight word system, The Fry 1000 Instant Words are a list of the most common words used for teaching reading, writing, and spelling. These high frequency words should be recognized instantly by readers. Dr. Edward B. Fry's Instant Word List (which is often referred to as the Fry Words) are the most common words in English ranked in order of frequency. In 1996, Dr. Fry expanded on Dolch's sight word lists and research and published a book titled "Fry 1000 Instant Words." His research found that a mere 25 words make up approximately 1/3 of all items published. He discovered that 100 words comprise approximately 1/2 of all the publications written, and 300 words make up 65% of all written material. Over half of every newspaper article, textbook, children's story, and novel is composed of these 300 words. It is difficult to write a sentence without using several of the first 300 words in Fry's Instant Word Lists. Consequently, students need to be able to read the first 300 Instant Words without a moment's hesitation.  Fry developed his list based on these facts and he worked to inspire young children to memorize these sight words to jump-start the reading process. Fry’s instant word lists are widely used today and highly respected by both teachers and parents. On the website I am linking here, the Fry 1000 Instant Words have been arranged in the order of the frequency in which they occur in printed material. The list has been divided into ten groups of one-hundred words each. To find the lists and download FREE flashcards, go to http://www.uniqueteachingresources.com/Fry-1000-Instant-Words.html 

I discovered this website http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/sightvocab_1.html#anchor_386 when researching sight words. It has an extensive amount of interactive activities focusing on Fry words and so much more. There are activities students can do right there on the website (interactive) and there are pencil/paper activities you may print to allow you to work with your student one on one. The character used throughout the site is "Cando"... a great reminder to your student to jump into it with a CAN DO attitude! The feeder page to this website is http://candohelperpage.com/index.html , where you can learn more about the website creator and find more activities related to other Language Arts areas. The best part is that everything is free and readily accessible!

 

Is your student struggling with spelling sight words? Check out the interactive website, Spelling City, at www.spellingcity.com. Here you may type in the words and choose to work with them through interactive games or have the site give the student a test on the words. Children can navigate this site independently and it is free to use.

 

Looking for a research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games website that will engage, motivate, and help teach students? Well, I found one! Check out http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ and click a button to play free multi-player and single-player games!

 

Another educational activities website that's free and fun is www.abcya.com.  ABCya is the leader in free educational kids computer  games  and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational  games  are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn. Grade level lessons incorporate areas such as math and language arts while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade activities are equipped with sound to enhance understanding. The activities are leveled by grade, Kindergarten through fifth.

 

Complete Scholastic Reading Club orders online at https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm?ddkey=https:UserLogoff . Our class code is MG7H7. Place an order and I will receive an alert to finish the order on my end. All orders help our class build points to get free books for our classroom. 

 

Does your student enjoy PBS characters and shows? Check out PBS Kids for educational games and videos featuring their favorite PBS characters! http://pbskids.org .

 

Need some fun activities to keep your student engaged in learning? Try Fun Brain, a site with educational games. http://www.funbrain.com.

 

If you'd like to explore a site that quizzes your student on Kindergarten level math and ELA skills, check out IXL at https://www.ixl.com/. 

 

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