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Building Language for Literacy features characters who inspire and motivate learning. Each character leads children on a language adventure to different places in the community, helping children not only develop language skills, but a sense of the world around them, as well. Naming With Nina--Nina loves words, so she names everything she sees! She will help children name different objects in some familiar (and maybe some new!) places in and around town. Rhyming With Reggie--Reggie loves to play with sounds, so he rhymes every chance he gets! He will help children pick out words that sound alike, so children develop an awareness of patterns in language. Letter Recognition With Leo--Leo loves letters, so he spells whenever he can! He will help children match letters, so they become familiar with not only the shape of letters but the connection between letters and the sounds they make. These games are great for not only extending the lessons appearing throughout Building Language for Literacy, but also for helping any children develop their oral language, phonological, and letter knowledge skills.

This Website has a variety of different skill practices. The Math games would probably be the best fit for our Newcomers. Note that it might require some supervision/guidance, especially at first. The Language Arts tab has some other games that could be useful as students progress.

100s of books that can be read online in many, many different langauges! Great for supporting first language literacy and for newcomers who are literate in L1. It is completely free, no registration required, and students can access it from home/library!

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Students learn to read the 224 most commonly used words in the English language in a game format.

Starfall.com is a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. A systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).