Free Reading
Free Reading: Word Race Game: Letter Sound Fluency
An exciting classroom word game based on the game "Boggle." The classroom is divided into groups. The teacher says a letter, and each students writes down as many words as they can that begin with that letter. Then they compare with the...
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Hong Kong Education City: English Campus
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Irregular Word Activities
This extensive site has links to games and activities that teach students to read 30 high-frequency irregular words. There are over 20 activities and games at the bottom of the site in additional to sequenced irregular word activities....
BBC
Bbc Learning English: Wordmaster
This is a hangman-style game that requires users to provide a missing vocabulary word within a sentence. Users can select their game level -- easy, medium and difficult -- get clues, and hear the British pronunciation after they complete...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Word Sorts
Delve into a world of vocabulary building. This site offers a lesson plan for "word sorts." This simple but effective tool will increase your student's vocabulary skills.
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Tvo Kids: Games: Amazing Spelling Fleas
Practice and play five games that build language skills like recognizing parts of speech, connecting images and words, spelling and completing words, and understanding simple sentences.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Games: Big Escape 3: Out at Sea
Dr. Know It All is hiding on a ship. Find the clues and fill in the missing words in his journal to find him.
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Tvo Kids: Games: Big Escape 4: Escape Through Time
Travel through time looking for Dr. Know It All. Look for clues, fill in the missing words in the journal to find him, and then solve some simple puzzles to follow the doctor through time.
Knowledge Share
Super Kids: Vocabulary Builders
This site has 6 creative games to improve your vocabulary.
Hopelink
Word Bank Lesson Plan: Eastside Literacy Program
This word bank lesson plan offers the individual student the opportunity to increase their vocabulary.
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Easy Things for Beginners: Interesting Things for Esl
Those familiar with ESL web sites will probably recognize this comprehensive site. On this page, the editors helpfully highlight a dozen or so word games and vocabularly activities geared to beginning ESL students and newcomers to the...
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Focusing on Words
This site has information that will enhance your English-vocabulary skills. Experience the wonder of words by focusing on the Latin and Greek elements used in English.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Word Clouds for Kids!
Type or paste a word list into the space provided to create a word cloud. Adjust colors and fonts.
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Esl Desk: Most Frequently Misspelled Words Spelling Quiz
A vocabulary spelling drill site for ESL students. Can be used as a tool for acquiring memory and spelling skills and for improving children's vocabulary.
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Boggle's World Esl: Word Searches
A collection of more than 40 printable word search activities designed for ESL students. Searches are organized by level of difficulty (easy, intermediate to difficult) and cover a wide variety of themes, e.g., colors, verbs, the five...
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Services: Brainteasers: Palindromes
This resource provides an interactive game, word lists and phrase lists all about palindromes.
Starfall
Starfall: Picture Hunt: Y as Long E
Become a better reader with this interactive game. Hunt for pictures words with Y as a long E sound.
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Starfall: Make a Match: Short Vowel
Interactive concentration game with three levels. Matching short vowel words and pictures. vocabulary words: red, fan, bus, sun, hat, bag, jump, lamp, bell, duck, tent, drum, skunk, bench, dress, pants, shells, clock.
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Starfall: Make a Word: Ug
Interactive word game. Match the initial sound to spell the short vowel picture word. Vocabulary words: mug, hug, rug, bug.
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Starfall: Make a Word: Ot
Create short O words. Drag the initial sound to spell the OT word and match the picture. Vocabulary words: cot, hot, dot, pot.
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Starfall: Make a Word: Ip
Play interactive game building IP words. Also practice identifying initial sounds and matching pictures. Short I words: zip, rip, dip, sip.
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Starfall: Make a Word: Ink
Interactive word game uses picture cues. Make a word by dragging the letter tiles to spell each short vowel word.
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Starfall: Make a Word: Ig
Create short IG words using picture cues. Drag the initial letter sound to spell each short I word. Match pictures to make words: pig, wig, big, dig.
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Starfall: Make a Word: Et
Interactive word game that matches pictures to short vowel ET words. Build short vowel words using picture cues. Word list: jet, pet, wet, net.