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Lexile Conversion Chart
Your child Lexile score is how we measure the reading levels. If you are unsure what reading level your child is on, please review the chart or speak with your child's teacher.
http://languageartsreading.dadeschools.net/pdf/FAIR/LexileConversionChart.pdf
Helpful Sites for teachers and parents
https://www.bcsdk12.net/domain/5202
Interactive Sites for Education
These activities work great with your SMARTboard or interactive whiteboard for whole group or small group instruction or use in the computer lab or at home for individual learning. Choose from fun, educational, interactive games and simulations for math, English language arts, science, social studies, brainteasers, music art, holidays and more!
http://interactivesites.weebly.com
Interactive Sites for Reading/Site Words
Reading Games for all ages and grade levels. Site words are the key to reading!!!!
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/readingsight-words.html
Learning to Read - Alphabet activities, Learn Letters and Letter Sounds
Help children learn to read with our free interactive games and software. Learning to read is the single most important part of your child's education. Learning to read starts with learning the letters of the alphabet.
http://yourchildlearns.com/learn-to-read.htm
Site Word Games
Sight word games put a fun spin on an important early reading skill. sigh words are words that appear frequently in text but can't easily be sounded out, and our online sight word games give kids lots of practice with them. These free sight word games for kindergarten and first grade.
http://www.education.com/games/reading/sight-words/
Site words for all grade levels
From 50-75% of all words used in school books, library books, newspapers, and magazines are in the Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary of 220 words (preschool thru Grade 3). The Dolch word list is made up of "service words" (pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and verbs).
Starfall
Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service and has been teaching children to read with phonics ever since. Our systematic approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, and more. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.
The Best Books to read
Book list with detailed interest and Lexile levels. Find independent reading books from elementary to high school related to topics your students are learning about in class or individually. TeachersFirst continually adds to these lists.