Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra
A wonderful guided reading story with accompanying printable worksheets and guided reading discussion sheets. There are 80 interactive literacy games, stories and songs for use in school or at home. Well worth a look!
The First 1000 Most Commonly Used English Words
A simple site which has a list of the first thousand commonly used words arranged in order of common usage. If you are trying to improve your spelling skills it is a useful reference tool.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
A brilliant version of the spelling site where you can test yourself on high frequency words to test your knowledge.
Sighties
A delightful game where you find the sight words. This game is based on the first 100 high frequency words used in reading and writing.
Short Vowel Word Machines
Can you read the three letter (CVC) words on these animated word machines?
Adding Time Word Problems
Word problems where you need to read the time on either an analogue or digital clock and then answer a word problem involving adding a given time.
Numbers to Words Fruit Splat
Match numbers to the fruits to the target number words. There are four levels of difficulty: 1-10, 1-20, 1-100 and 1-1000.
Telling the Time in Words
A game where you need to tell the time in words. Use language such as 'o'clock', 'half past' and 'quarter to' and compare the analogue time to digital time. The site works very well on an interactive whiteboard.
Sight Words
Free resources designed to help parents teach their child to read. The learning materials can be used in the home or classroom. Includes lessons and instructional videos. Well worth a look!
Words for Life
Words for Life’s aim is to inspire more people to read, more regularly, for both pleasure and personal advancement. Useful booklists especially chosen to appeal to less confident readers. Free resources matched to books.
