Helpful Websites
The following websites are free and do not require a login. Simply click on the links.
Symbaloo - a link to many fun games and learning opportunities, sponsored by Mullen
Virtual Letters - Make words out of letters! You can move the letters by mouse or by touch. Vowel teams and consonant chunks are included!
Mo Willems - "Lunch Doodles" with the famous author who wrote
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and
Elephant and Piggie. Mo Willems shows how he creates kids books and invites the kids to doodle with him.
Jarrett Lerner - Make your own comic books.
Debbie Ohi - Listen to a book read, learn how to illustrate, and hear music.
Starfall - fun games for grades K-2
Sight Words - Videos for practicing sight words, K-1
www.sphagettibookclub.org - kids can read books and write reviews
Time for Kids - free access to the magazine articles and digital library
Imaginering - a website by Disney that lets you create your own worlds
International Children's Digital Library - listen to stories read in different languages
PBS - a website full of videos and activities for all grades and all subjects
These websites contain digital books, videos, activities, and games focused on helping young learners to build and practice literacy skills.
- Read Write Think - This resource offers a variety of projects and activities designed to support literacy. Can be filtered by grade level.
- Storyline Online - This site has celebrity actors reading well known story books aloud via YouTube.
- Scholastic - This site has day-to-day projects to keep students reading, thinking and learning.
- United for Literacy - Has free book access narrated in many languages.
- i-Ready/At Home - Printable at-home activity packs are designed to provide K-8 students with valuable self-directed exercises and practice during extended absences from school. Each pack is designed to reinforce key concepts for a given grade.
- Reading Bear - A free online program to support beginning readers’ vocabulary and concept development while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English.
The following websites are also recommended by PWCS:
Journal- Write about your experiences at home use one of many Journal prompts.
Visit Word World where words come alive.
Explore these digital resources to build your English language skills:
Listen to these authors sharing picture books and excerpts compiled by author Kate Messner.
eMediaVA is a collection of over 160,000 free learning resources (videos, audio files, images, etc.), all searchable by SOL for grades PK-12.
Rivet - a free App that gives you access to over 3,500 books
Mullen has access to the following websites that you can use at home. Ask your teacher for more details about specific classroom login information.
EPIC - digital library for kids 12 and under
Flocabulary - a way to build vocabulary and grammar skills
Reading A-Z - free printable books
RAZ Kids - online books and comprehension games