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!