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My Book Report is Due Today

My book report is due today.
I haven't finished yet.
In fact, I haven't started,
which I'm coming to regret.

I haven't even read the book.
I put it off so long.
I thought I'd have a lot of time.
It looks like I was wrong.

I'd ask my older brother
what this book is all about,
but he's already left for school
and cannot help me out.

I'd hustle to the movie store
and rent the DVD,
but I don't even have the time
to watch it on TV.

I guess I'll have to fake it
and pretend I read the book.
Then write a bunch of nonsense
and assorted gobbledygook.

It's either that, or do the thing
my conscience knows is right:
I'll claim I'm sick and stay at home
and finish it tonight.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Alex's Allergy

Alex had an allergy
that no one could explain.
It made him wheeze and cough and sneeze
and moan and groan in pain.

A single slight exposure,
and he'd start to squawk and squeal.
A second time ensured
that he'd be barking like a seal.

He'd salivate and slobber
as his nose began to twitch.
He'd squirm and say his body felt
like one gigantic itch.

At last they found the cause,
which Alex thought was pretty cool.
So now he stays at home;
he is allergic to his school.

--Kenn Nesbitt

KINDERGARTEN RESOURCES

k.1.1 Identify that words are made of phonemes

Sound Dominos

http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=ma/ffdomino

Phonics Awareness Tools

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/2-3/teacher/assessment/inven.html

Salty Sam’s Vowels

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/index.shtml

Word Blender

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/game.shtml

Blend

http://www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/kia/coolstore/v1/lettercombo/ltrcom_cha.html

Sassy Seals

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html

K.1.3 Recognize and manipulate onset and rime (word families)

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/printable_booklets.html

K.1.4 Use basic elements of phonetic analysis (e.g., common letter/sound relationships, beginning/ending consonant sounds,

Short/long vowel sounds; word patterns

Phonics Word Builder

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordBuilder

Phonics Word Match

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordMatch

See N Spell

http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/see-n-spell.htm

Sassy Seals

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html

K.1.5 Recognize and name all lower/upper case letters in random order

Alphabet Letter Recognition

http://www.kinderplanet.com/alphlett.htm

Alphabet Word Puzzle

http://www.kinderplanet.com/alphword.htm

The ABC Game

http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/question1.htm

Literacy Center Education Network

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

Upper/Lower Case Letters Memory Game

http://www.dositey.com/language/mgamelet.htm

Alphabet Writing/Sound

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm

Funbrain’s Connect the ABC Dots

http://fen.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/shtml.cgi?A1=../dots/index.html

Kangaroo Confusion

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark/pawpark.html

Alphabetize Alphabet Bears

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark2/pawpark2.html

K.1.6 Identify level-appropriate sight words and vocabulary words (e.g., color words, number words, positional words

Top-bottom, in-out, high frequency words

Pounce

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce.html

What’s the Word—Funbrain game for reading and vocabulary

http://www.funbrain.com/vocab/index.html

Dolche Sight Reading List

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/sightreading.htm

Drag n Spell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml

What’s the Word?

http://www.funbrain.com/vocab/index.html

K.1.7 Recognize basic comprehension concepts (main idea, setting, characters, sequence, retelling, predicting)

K.1.9 Recognize that print is organized and read from left to right and top to bottom of the page

Book Parts

http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/mediacenter/Kids%20Corner/BookParts/BooksParts.html

K.1.10 Establish a purpose for reading (e.g., for information and pleasure)

Starfall

www.starfall.com

K.1.11 Identify author’s purpose (to persuade/inform)

The Bookshelf

http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/bookshelf.htm

K.1.13 Use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational resources to support literacy learning (e.g., written

Directions; signs; captions; labels; technology

Buggy Trails

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2.html

Real or Make Believe?

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina/tina.html

First grade resources

1.1.1 Blend or segment the phonemes of most one-syllable words

1.1.2 Substitute, delete and manipulate beginning/ending phonemes

Quia Phonological Awareness

http://www.quia.com/pages/havemorefun.html

Beginning Phonics

http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html

Beginning Sounds with Patch

http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/beginning.html

Ending Phonics

http://www.dositey.com/language/phonics/phonics1.htm

Ending Phonics Printable

http://www.dositey.com/language/phonics/phonan1.html

Digby Mole Word Games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg2.shtml

Game Goo’s Paw Park

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html

1.1.3 Develop a rhythm and rhyme of words (e.g., nursery rhymes; songs; poems; tongue twisters)

Nursery Rhymes

http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Epfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes/

Mother Goose

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

Digby Mole’s Rhyming Game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg3.shtml

1.1.4 Use basic elements of structural analysis to decode unknown words (prefix/suffix; compound words; root words; contractions)

1.1.5 Understand level appropriate sight words and vocabulary (high frequency words, antonyms/synonyms, multiple meaning words)

Literacy Center Network

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

Dositey Spelling

http://www.dositey.com/language/spelling/Mislet3.htm

Dolche Sight Reading List

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/sightreading.htm

What’s the Word?

http://www.funbrain.com/vocab/index.html

1.1.6 Use a variety of context clues to determine word meanings (prior knowledge; reading ahead)

1.1.7 Recognize basic comprehension concepts (story elements; main idea; sequence; cause/effect; prediction)

Compare/Contrast

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcccon1.htm

1.1.10 Explain how print is organized and read (capitalization/punctuation; differences between letters, words and sentences)

Roller Coaster Ride Printable http://www.dositey.com/language/readwrite/rollerp.html

The Alien is Here Printable http://www.dositey.com/language/readwrite/alien.htm

Build a Sentence http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html

1.1.13 Read aloud familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency and expression through a variety of literary works.

Country Mouse and City Mouse http://www.kizclub.com/mousestory/mouse1.html

Mother Bear Bakes Some Bread http://www.kizclub.com/bearstory/bear1.html

Three Bears http://www.kizclub.com/storytime/goldistory/bear1.html

Three Billy Goats Gruff http://www.kizclub.com/goatstory/goat1.html

Guided Reading Level Stories

http://teachers.yourhomework.com/SMHerook/reading.html

Story Time

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/story_telling/index.htm

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/beatrix/index.htm

Trip to Fox Mountain

http://www.tampareads.com/books-ol/foxmtn/page01.htm

Stop that Bus

http://www.tampareads.com/books-ol/stopbus/page01.htm

Lost on Fox Hill

http://www.tampareads.com/books-ol/lostfox/page01.htm

1.1.14 Purpose for reading

1.1.16 Use reading skills and strategies to understand informational resources to support literacy learning (written directions; signs;

Labels; informational books)

Tina’s World from Game Goo http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina/tina.html

Fiction or Fact? http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/factfict.htm

The Translator Alligator

http://www.funbrain.com/lang/index.html

Sign the Alphabet

http://www.funbrain.com/signs/index.html

Yahoo Kids Encyclopedia

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/index

Yahoo Kids Dictionary

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/english/index

1.2.10 Grammer/Conventions

Contractions

http://www.dositey.com/language/grammar/contractions/contractions1.htm

Contractions 2 http://www.dositey.com/language/grammar/contractions/contractions2.htm

Synonyms http://www.dositey.com/language/grammar/synonyms_antonyms/synonyms1.htm

Antonyms http://www.dositey.com/language/grammar/synonyms_antonyms/antonyms1.htm

Nussbaum’s Contractions http://www.mrnussbaum.com/contraction.htm

Treasure Trove http://www.primarygames.com/contractions/start.htm

Kid’s Lab Contraction Practice http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/klcontractions.htm

Contraction Type http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz45fck.htm

1.2.11 Punctuation/Capitalization/1.2.7Conventions of Spelling

Harcourt Punctuation

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g1c26/nadia.htm

Periods, Question, and Exclamation Marks

http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-punct01.html

Space Trash

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/alien2/ash2.html

Spell-A-Roo

http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html

SECOND GRADE RESOURCES

2.1.1 Grade level appropriate sight words and reading vocabulary(high frequency, homonyms, homophones, synonyms/antonyms)

Dolche Sight Word List/Flashcards

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/dolchflash.htm

Compound Words

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/compoundwords.htm

Synonyms/Antonyms

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/synonyms.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/kl2antonyms.htm

Multiple Meanings

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/multiplemean.htm

Homonyms

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/homonyms.htm

Prefixes

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/prefixesk2.htm

Suffixes

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/suffixesk2.htm

Word Analogies

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps3gleana.htm

Contractions

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/contractions.htm

2.1.5 Use Reading Skills and strategies to understand a variety of familiar literary passages and texts (fairy tales, folk, fiction

nonfiction, poems, legends, fables, fantasies)

Magnetic Poetry http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble.htm

Aesop’s Fables http://www.aesopfables.com/

Book Adventure http://bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp

Book Talks http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/

Paul Bunyan Tall Tale and other animated classics http://www.animatedtalltales.com/launch

Pecos Bill http://pbskids.org/lions/pecos/

Talking Tall Tales http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/tales/intro.html

2.1.6 Story Elements; Main Idea; Sequence; Cause/Effect; Predicting; Drawing Conclusions; Fact/Opinion; Summarizing

Main Idea Tutorial

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcmi1.htm

Main Idea Online Quizzes

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/mainideaprac.htm

Main Idea Interactive Practice

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/psmain.htm

Inference Practice

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps1gles2a3.htm

Compare/Contrast Questions

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/comconprac3.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcccon1.htm

Context Clues

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps2matterunit.htm

2.1.7 Read familiar stories, poems and passages with fluency.

Magnetic Poetry http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble.htm

2.1.8 Establish a purpose for reading

2.1.9 Describe author’s purpose for reading

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpur1.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpur2.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpur3.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpurp4a.htm

https://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpostest.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/game.shtml

http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/reading_purpose.htm

2.1.14 Use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of informational resources to support literacy learning (written

directions; signs; captions; labels; informational books

The Translator Alligator

http://www.funbrain.com/lang/index.html

Sign the Alphabet

http://www.funbrain.com/signs/index.html

Yahoo Kids Encyclopedia

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/index

Yahoo Kids Dictionary

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/english/index

2.2.5 Alphabetize to the second letter and use simple guide words.

ABC Order

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/abcorder2.htm

2.2.6 Use conventions of spelling

Spell-a-Roo

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AFUNCT=0&ALEVEL=0&INSTRUCTS=1

Spell Check

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/sc.cgi?A1=s&A2=1&INSTRUCTS=1

GameGoo-Fearless Frieda-Skateboard

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda/frieda.html

GameGoo-Fearless Frieda-Surfer

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda2/frieda2.html

2.2.7/2.2.8 Capitalization and Punctuation

Power Proofreading

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

Punctuation Paintball

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball

THIRD GRADE RESOURCES

3.1.1 Identify and practice appropriate sight words and content vocabulary.

Rhyming Words

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/cgi-bin/phonics/meb/simplequiz.cgi?mode=circus

Consonant Blends and Digraphs

http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/reading/ref.htm#Consonant

Phonics Word Search

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordSearch

Phonics Word Match

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordMatch

Phonics Word Builder

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordBuilder

What’s the Word?

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/vo.cgi?A1=s&A2=tool&INSTRUCTS=1

Word Turtle

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A1=choices&A2=wd&A3=3&A4=0&A7=0&A8=la

Dolch Site Words

http://www.kidzone.ws/dolch/grade3.htm

Dolch Words. Com

http://www.dolch-words.com/dolch-word-lists/dolch-words-all-alpha.html

3.1.2 Identify and understand appropriate reading vocabulary (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, multiple-meaning words).

Synonyms

http://www.quia.com/mc/67661.html

http://www.kidport.com/Grade3/LanguageArts/Synonyms.htm

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/squanky2/squanky2.html

Antonyms

http://www.kidport.com/grade3/LanguageArts/Antonyms.htm

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/squanky/squanky.html

Homonyms

http://www.funbrain.com/whichword/index.html

Homophones

http://www.kidport.com/Grade3/LanguageArts/Homophones.htm

Multiple Meanings

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ps4mm1.htm

Compound Words

http://www.kidport.com/Grade3/LanguageArts/Compounds.htm

Rooting Out Words

http://www.funbrain.com/roots/index.html

Sadlier-Oxford Education Site offers a variety of interactive games for

practicing with homonyms, prefixes, vowels, synonyms, antonyms, completing sentences,

dictionary skills, digraphs, and much more!! When you get to the site, scroll down and find your grade

level.

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm

3.1.7 Use meaning clues to aid comprehension of content across the curriculum (e.g., pictures, picture captions, titles, headings, topic).

Reading Comprehension Stories

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm

Scrambled Stories

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=ScrambledStory&AutoLaunch=%2Fcom%2FScrambledStory%3FStory%3DEmperor

3.1.4 Use literary and informational texts to summarize, determine story elements, determine cause and effect, compare and contrast, paraphrase, infer, predict, sequence, draw conclusions, describe characters, and provide main idea and support details.

StoryElements

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/test_tutor/build19/grade3/skill14/index_pre.htm

Children’s Stories with Wootie Owl

http://raspberry.forest.net/FMPro?-db=whootie.fp5&-lay=weblay&-format=/whootie/choose.htm&-SortField=b_pizzazz&-view

Cartoon Fill-ins

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ngo/cartoons/more.html

Main Idea Tutorial

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcmi1.htm

Direct Definition Context Clues Tutorial

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ccdirect.htm

Compare and Contrast Benchmarks

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcccon1.htm

Inferential Context Clues

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/ccinfer.htm

Context Clues Online Quizzes

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW3dcc.htm

Mad Libs with Funbrain

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html

Reading Lab—Works with context meanings, inference, main idea, compare/contrast and much more!

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW3.htm

Professor Garfield’s Comic Comprehension Reading Rumble Ring

http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_ReadingRing.html

3.1.11Infer the author’s purpose:

· to persuade

· to entertain

· to inform in literary and informational text

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpur1.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpur2.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpur3.htm

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/authpurp4a.htm

https://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpostest.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/game.shtml

http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/reading_purpose.htm

3.1.5 Identify and describe the ways in which language is used in literary text (e.g. simile, metaphor, idioms).

3.1.3 Recognize and explain the defining characteristics of genre in literary and texts:

· fairy tales

· folk tales

· myths

· poems

· fables

· fantasies

· biographies

Magnetic Poetry http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble.htm

Aesop’s Fables http://www.aesopfables.com/

Book Adventure http://bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp

Book Talks http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/

Paul Bunyan Tall Tale and other animated classics http://www.animatedtalltales.com/launch

Pecos Bill http://pbskids.org/lions/pecos/

Talking Tall Tales http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/tales/intro.html

3.2.7 Identify and apply conventions of spelling

Spell-a-Roo

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AFUNCT=0&ALEVEL=0&INSTRUCTS=1

Spell Check

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/sc.cgi?A1=s&A2=1&INSTRUCTS=1

GameGoo-Fearless Frieda-Skateboard

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda/frieda.html

GameGoo-Fearless Frieda-Surfer

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/frieda2/frieda2.html

Spell It! Scroll down to find 3^rd grade list words

http://mrsbogucki.com/aemes/resource/interactive/spellit/default.htm

Spell Check

http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html

3.2.8 Identify and apply conventions of capitalization

Power Proofreading-Houghton Mifflin

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

3.2.9 Identify and apply conventions of punctuation

Punctuation Paintball

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball

Produce appropriate grammar

3.2.10 Identify and produce a grammatically correct sentence (e.g., correct subject/verb agreement with singular and plural nouns and verbs, correct use of regular and irregular verbs, avoiding run-on sentences and fragments).

Game Goo Sentence Builder-Sequencing

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/monkey/monkey.html

Grammar Gorillas

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html

Plural Girls

http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

3.2.6Alphabetize to the third letter and use simple dictionary skills (e.g., guide words, pronunciation).

Order me Around

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A1=choices&A2=ord&A3=3&A4=0&A7=0&A8=la

3.2.5 Select a variety of sources to gather information (e.g., use dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, electronic resources).

The Translator Alligator

http://www.funbrain.com/lang/index.html