New Language Arts Games

You'll have to thank Mr. Guess for this find.

http://www.wordcentral.com/games.html

Robo-Bee

Will your language skills blossom or wilt? It's up to you as you control the flight of the Robo-Bee through a garden of synonyms, antonyms, spelling, and usage puzzles!

BIGbot

Feed the BIGbots! These word-automated machines have quite an appetite, so come prepared with a voracious vocabulary! Good hand and eye coordination is a definite plus!

Jumble Kids

It's the original, the classic, the long-time favorite! Unscramble a list of words, then use the circled letters to unscramble the bonus solution.

Adverbs

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. They often tell how, when, and where.

We walked quietly down the hallway. I hiccuped loudly. Everyone laughed quietly.

The test is right now. I wish the test were later. Maybe we can have the test tomorrow.

Bring the paper here. Put the paper there. She put the paper upstairs.

Battleship- In this game you have to choose the adverb out of the sentence.

Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that change their spelling when put into past tense.

For example, run changes to ran.

He is about to run the race.

He ran the race.

For example, sit changes to sat.

Please sit down.

He sat down.

Jeopardy- Play jeopardy by typing in the correct irregular verb.

Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions connect two phrases. It is normally done by putting a comma before the clause.

To remember the conjunctions, remember FAN BOYS.

For And Nor

But Or Yet So

My brother had seconds, for he is a growing boy.

I love ice cream, and I am thrilled when I can eat pizza.

She is not sleepy, nor is she ready for bed.

He likes apples, but he enjoys bananas more.

They could go to the movies, or they might rent a movie.

We thought it was a fog delay, yet it wasn't.

She said there was a spelling test on Friday, so I studied hard all week.

Rags to Riches- This game about conjunctions lets you decide which conjunction to use to combine two sentences.

Verb Games

Complete verb phrases

Helping Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Idioms, Antonyms, and Synonyms

Idiom Games:

This one gives a phrase, four possible options, and a sentence.
Paint By Idioms

This one can be a matching game, concentration, flashcards, or a wordsearch.
Face Idioms

Antonym Games:

This one is a jeopardy game with multiple options for the antonym answers.
Jeopardy

Battleship

Synonym Games:

This one is a quick moving game. You need a big vocabulary to do well.
Synonym Toast

Match the given word to its synonym.
Synonym Match

Play memory with synonyms.

Synonym Memory

Prepositions

Prepositions are a part of speech that are often before a noun. They can tell where something is and when something is.

Preposition Chart: Here is a chart with prepositions. Click on an underlined word to see the preposition used in a sentence.

Preposition Crossword Puzzle: Here is a crossword puzzle that will test your ability to use prepositions.

Reading Stories

Here is a link that has the following:

* a weekly reader article

* information about the authors and illustrators from our stories

* a glossary with all of our vocabulary words

* an eWord Game for each story

eduplace link

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Below is a hangman spelling game with the homophones for this week.

A Spelling Game

Below is all kinds of information about Laura.

Meet the Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Research Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura wrote The Little House on the Prairie books. She is one of the main characters in the selection "On the Shores of Silver Creek".

The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

Reading

Many stories are on this website.

Starfall

Houghton Mifflin Reading

Houghton Mifflin Reading

Are you having a hard time remembering the vocabulary meanings?  Check out the link above.  There is all kinds of information.  To find the vocabulary game, scroll down until you find the story we are on.  Click on it.  Then click on the eword game.

Would you like to hear the definitions of words and hear them used in a sentence?  Click on the eglossary.  Find the word you are looking for and click on the sound icon.

Once you pick a story, you can learn about the author and you can even participate in an online poll.  The poll for Gloria Estafan is all about music.  

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