The following are some excellent resources to support students and literacy:
1) Learning Games for Kids
2) English Vocabulary Games
3) K5 Stars Sentence Builder Game
4) ReadWriteThink Literacy Resources
5) Vocabulary Flash Cards
6) Vocabulary Spelling City
7) Tumble Books - eBooks for eKids!
8) Scholastic Literacy Website
9) K-2 Student Interactives Website
10) BrainPop - Online Literacy Resources & More!
Letters/Sounds/Alphabet games
Most Used:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml (rhyming, beginning sounds, ending sounds)
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/picture-match-30004.html (good game where you can choose what letter sounds to work on)
Other Recommended Sites:
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/letters/lettersounds.htm (matching beginning sounds)
http://pbskids.org/games/alltopics.html(variety of games)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml (rhyming and sounds)
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/ (games and resources for parents – all grades)
http://www.boowakwala.com/alphabet/online-alphabet-game.html (cute letter recognition game)
http://www.sesamestreet.org/games#media/game_dd838f23-486b-11dd-bf7b-df62be721a24 (sesame street games)
Phonics/Reading Games
www.starfall.com – (very good! Interactive reading and phonics games)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/ (variety of games)
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html (variety of games)
Other Related Sites:
http://pbskids.org/games/alltopics.html (variety of games)
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/(variety of games)
http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/demo/blender.htm (make new words with a spinning machine)
http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html (great high interest material, good for grades 2-3)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/student-activities (variety of activities from scholastic)
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/English/magice.html (interactive game : read the words to save the princess)
http://www.dositey.com/2008/Products/Content/Include/K1reading/1/1/launch.php (spell a word, and dunk a fish)
http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/language/index.html (variety of language games)
Sight Word Games
http://www.k5stars.com/t/sight_words_games_list1.php (Pay site, but very good sight word activities)
http://www.dolchword.net/dolch-pre-primer-memory-game-1.html (all the Dolch sight words we practice in gr 1-3)
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/sight_word_games.html (variety)
http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/sight-words.html
http://www.storyit.com/magnets/index.htm (build sentences with high frequency words)