- For students needing phonemic awareness, Starfall is an online site that introduces phonics and phonemic awareness games for students in a variety of school situations, such as special education, home school, English language development (ELD), English language learners (ELL) and English as a second language (ESL). As an educational choice, the games and activities making up the site encourage a sense of imagination and excitement for English language learners. Games such as Starfall Speedway and Phonics Puzzle can be played online or purchased at the site's education store.
- The Chicken Stacker is another online site with fun games for students in kindergarten through second grade. Children are taught how to master the vowel sounds of each word they select. Such games as the Quiet Machine, The Messy Attic, Coloring Pages, Arty's Smarty Doors give the student opportunities to learn, identify and match objects and letter sounds.
- BBC features an online site called Words and Pictures. The site offers a variety of activities to assist students in learning to read. Silly Sentences, The Whirlyword Machine, Consonant Clusters, Long Vowel Sounds and High Frequency Words all help students improve reading. Students can obtain scores by matching words with sentences and shapes in the Poem Pack and Star Word games. Student results are also available for assessment. Site games and activities are for ages 5 to 7.
- Obtaining comprehension and fluency is significant to good reading. The online site Book Adventure offers a variety of games in addition to quizzes to help students increase their reading comprehension. Games include Bailey's Big Word Search, Tick Tack Toe Game Board, Mystifying Magic Trick, Book Adventure Checkerboard, Book Adventure Fortune Teller. The games are designed for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
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