http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html
This website helps children with many skills such as spelling, vocabulary, and reading. Alphabetizing words is just one of many activities kids can play and learn. By showing them an example the first round shows children what is expected of them when they play this activity. They have a fun background with bright colors and an amusement park which will attract children. The bears are wearing yellow shirts with the word on them along with a picture so it can help children who work better with visuals along with the word underneath it. Then the child must alphabetize the bears from left to right and drag them into a cart that they will drive off in. It has fun graphics and sounds that will grab the child’s attention which is important for children’s games. I like this game because even if a child does not know the word the bear is wearing, when you move your mouse over it will say the word which also helps children with visual impairments. Also, the main website has levels that you can have you child play. It varies from beginner, intermediate, and advanced which is helpful for teachers and parents who have a variety of learning abilities. Because of the levels, I accept the other games even if they are little more advanced. Some of the games could have a better pronunciation person because it is hard understanding some of the words he/she might be saying. Other than that, this website is organized and well structured in dealing with children’s games and what they want to teach. Students will be able to try a variety of games that could teach them spelling, vocabulary, and reading.
By:Courtney Kagan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/
This is a great interactive website for students. It provides reading, writing, and spelling and grammar sections. Inside each of these sections are links for games, reading activities, videos and quizzes that deal with each section. For example, the reading games that a student can play includes things like reading directions to get to a certain in place in so many steps. The child has to read the directions carefully to follow the steps correctly and win the game. These games provide children with fun ways that require them to read. In the read link there is important information about different types of reading, like newspapers, and advertisements, and more. In this tab students are able to read and gain knowledge about different types of literature and where people find readings. In each section there is a quiz link about what that section discussed, which is beneficial to students because they are able to summarize and solidify what they have learned. This website is a great tool for children and students who working on their reading, writing, spelling, and grammar skills, therefore it is a very good site for English language learners. This website provides literacy development activities for English language learners that help to develop their literacy skills. There are links for teachers and schools that have lesson plans and general education information on it.
By :Molly Rice
Although the requirements for the Word Family Sorts online activity may appear to be simple, this website provides students with both the understanding of rhyming and different vocabulary words as well. In this activity, students must identify "word families" where they are provided four words that have the same main vowel use but are structured differently. When each new word pops up, the student must be able to identify which "family" the word belongs based on its grammatical structure. While students are identifying each word's makeup, they also have the potential to learn new words, considering the activity provides up to 28 words per vowel. Although this activity may appear repetitive, this process promotes students to become accustomed to seeing the grammatical structure of various words and helps them to recognize why these words look and sound the same. In addition, students have the opportunity to practice this activity with each of the five vowels, which means the idea of word families is reiterated even more. I think it is a very helpful way for a student to become familiar with word structure and also potentially to learn new vocabulary. RWT: Word Family Sort
By: Melissa Berger
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.php#This is a great site for ESL students to learn and practice their vocabulary, reading, writing, and comprehension skills. There are multiple activities for ESL to do for fun. A great way for students to practice reading skills is by clicking on the "Colors" tab and clicking on a color, and the name of that color pops up. This is an effective exercise because it is providing a picture to go along with the word so the student can apply the English name of the color and compare it to the their own language's name of that color; thus, they are learning that word with more effective instruction. To practice their writing skills, the "Writing" tab is effective for ESL. It teaches students how to write uppercase and lowercase letters of the English alphabet. For early English learners, there is a tab for "Uppercase letters" and "Lowercase letters" to look at the letter "A" or "a" to get familiar with it and remember their names, and there is a "Uppercase/lowercase" tab to compare and contrast the letters to show the difference. Using pictures, as stated above is affected for ESL students because it shows them the difference, and also helps with their comprehension skills in English. The "Words" tab is one of my favorite tabs for ESL students. First, it shows all the vowels of the alphabet, and the students are free to click on the words. Then, it has pictures of crayons, and the student can click on the color, then they must spell it out the English name of the color to work on their vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension skills. The "Word" tab exercises are designed to help students read words. Instead of teaching students that "o is for orange", the site shows students an "orange" or "cat." An exercise teachers can try is saying to the ESL student(s) “o-r-a-n-g-e spells orange”. This will help the teacher to later replace the first language word with a second language word for the same object. Also, teach the names of the numbers and then names of the colors so you are using the chunking technique, which in turn can give students confidence, a sense of achievement and help build self esteem. Then, celebrate when your child can read all the number words or all the color words. is also a "Shapes" tab to introduce ESL students to different shapes, encouraging recognition and comprehension. The site also familiarizes the students with numbers. Overall, this is a great site for ELLs and is strongly recommended for educator to refer to families and incorporate into their
By: Morgan Smith
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