Ten Read-Aloud Commandments by Mem Fox "Children need to hear 1000 stories before they can begin to learn to read." - Mem Fox Websites to explore at home! Reading and Phonics: http://starfall.com/ http://teachyourmonstertoread.com/ http://www.storylineonline.net/ http://abcya.com/ http://www.kidzone.ws/phonics/ Punctuation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/punctuation/play.shtml - practice placing common punctuation marks Spelling: http://www.abcya.com/first_grade_computers.htm http://www.spellingcity.com/ www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/index.html - spell the missing words www.wordcentral.com/games.html - 'alphabot' is a fun, challenging game http://www.netrover.com/~crose/dolch/dolch.htm - practice dolch words - words we use everyday http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/sightword/dolchgames.htm http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/#hangman - an interesting look at an old game www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg - spelling fun with many levels http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html - look, cover, spell http://www.ictgames.com/lcwc.html - another look, cover, spell game www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html - practice creating plural forms http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/flash0.shtml - go fishing with a troll to find the correct plural form of a word http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/alien2/ash2.html - help the alien build words