Pike Lower School Reading

On this site you can play reading games, build words, read stories, and listen to stories.

Rhyme Time

1. Reggie the rhyming rhino.
2. Rhyme with Digby.
3. Is it a real word?
4. Match the rhyme.
5. Find two rhyming words.
6. Match the words that rhyme.
7. Click on the rhyming picture.

The Alphabet

1. Learn the upper case letters.
2. Click on the uppercase letter to match the lower case letter.
3. Practice letter sounds.
4. Match the letters.
5. Mouse over an uppercase letter to see its match.
6. Match uppercase to lowercase letters.
7. Click a letter to hear its name.
8. Find pictures that start with each letter.
9. ABC order
10. Put the words in ABC order.
11. Help the bee take the letters to the hive.
12. Find the missing sound.
13. Hedgie’s Alphabet-Jan Brett
14. Click on the picture that starts with the letter.
15. Phonics Fighter
16. Teddy Bears’ Picnic
17. Type the first letter of each picture.

Short “a” practice

1. Read the story of Zac the Rat.
2. Make a word with the “an” family.
3. Make a word with the “at” family.
4. Make sentences with short “a” words and sight words.

Short “i” practice

1. Read the story The Big Hit.
2. Make a word with the “ig” family.
3. Make a word with the “ip” family.
4. Make sentences with short “i” words and sight words.

Short “o” practice

1. Read the Story Mox’s Shop.
2. Make a word with the “ot” family.
3. Make a word with the “og” family.
4. Make sentences with short “o” words and sentences.

Short “u” practice

1. Read the story about Gus the Duck.
2. Make  a word with the “ug” family.
3. Make sentences with short”u” and sight words.

Short “e” practice

1. Read the story about Peg the Hen.
2. Make a word with the “en” family.
3. Make a word with the “et” family.
4. Make sentences with short “e” and sight words.

All short vowels

1. Chicken Stacker
2. Scales
3. Pounce
4. Name the Picture
5. Pop the Word
6. Word Play
7. Clifford’s Words
8. Word Machine
9. Word Maker
10. Jim’s Whirlyword Machine
11. Long Words
12. Match Picture to Word

Silent “e” practice

1. Read the story Jake’s Tale.
2. Make a word with silent “e”
3. Fill in the missing letter.

All long vowel practice

1. Click on the long vowel sound in the word.
2. Drag the word into the box.
3. Match pictures to sound by sorting them into boxes.
4. Match long vowel words.
5. Read the poem about Daisy the Snail.
6. Long “a” picture hunt.
7. Read the poem The Goat.
8. Make sentences with long “a” words and sight words.
9. Name the picture.
10. Long “o” picture hunt.
11. Read the poem  A Meal by the Seaside.

Consonant Blends

1. Find the blend that matches the picture.
2. Click on the picture that begins with the blend.
3. Wordblender
4. Blending Bowl

Digraphs

1. Beginning digraphs
2. Ending digraphs

“R” controlled vowels

1. Click on the word that names the picture.
2. Click on the word that names the picture #2.

Other Vowels

1. oo, au, aw
2. ou,ow
3. oi, oy, ew

Making Words

1. Put letters together to make the words.
2. Make many words with the same endings.
3. Find the rime.
4. Make small words from big words.
5. Unscramble letters to make words.
6. Word Wizard
7. Word Wheels
8. Fuzzy Lion Ears-Find the onset.

Sight word practice

1. Match the sight word to its shape.
2. Sight word match #1
3. Sight word match #2
4. Fill in the sight word.
5. Drag the word to make a sentence.

Contractions

1. Click on go, then find the words that match the contraction.
2. Click on the key that matches the contraction.
3. Write the contraction for each word.
4. Click on “Matching” to match the words.
5. Match the words to the contraction.

Prefix, Suffix, Root Word

1. Find the prefix, root word, suffix.
2. Match the root word and suffix.
3. Play with dinosaur prefixes and suffixes.
4. Match prefix and meaning.
5. Match words with prefixes.

Spelling Practice

1. Alien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs
2. Alien Scavenger Hunt: Space Trash
3. Which word is spelled wrong?
4. Click on the misspelled word.
5. Spin and Spell
   

Online Reading

Early Reading

1. Easy Stories
2. Fiction and Non-Fiction
3. Three Little Plays
4. Comics
5. Folktales
6. Greek Myths
7. Chinese Fables
8. Clifford the Big Red Dog
9. Longer stories with pictures

Independent Reading

1. Brothers Grimm tales
2. Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales
3. Stories for fluent readers
4. One More Story Put in Pike’s log-in and password. Must be accessed from Pike.
5. Bookflix- Click on  BookFlix, enter Pike’s number or your Andover library card number.

Listen to a Story

1. Stories read by actors
2. Stories from the BBC