February Share

The focus of this month's literacy share was connecting technology into our literacy instruction. We discussed the use of the Internet during center time. Here are some of the sites that we use:
- Syllable Factory: BBC Syllable Games (breaking up words into chunks of sound)
www.bbc.co/uk
- Homophone games: QUIA (matching, word search, flashcards, concentration)
http://www.quia.com/
- Spelling City: word work, phonics work
http://www.spellingcity.com/
- Puzzlemaker: make word searches, crossword puzzles, mazes, cryptograms
puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
- Flashcard Machine: can use this site to create flashcards for word work, vocabulary, etc.
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/
- Eduplace: can play games related to Houghton Mifflin reading series, learn about authors, etc.
http://www.eduplace.com/

We also discussed the use of Read Naturally (fluency), Destination Reading (goes with Houghton Mifflin series), webquests, Smartboards, and Kidspiration for literacy instruction.