These are my top 5 favorite literacy games, websites, and apps.
Games
Scrabble Played with two to four players, Scrabble is a game of building words. You score points by placing letter tiles, bearing onto a board divided into a grid of squares. The tiles must form words that flow left to right in rows or downwards in columns. Price: $18.99 (Target)
Boggle Shake the boggle case and then then search for and identify as many words as you can before three minutes is up. For 2 to 4 players. Price: $17.99 (ToysRUs)
Balderdash Balderdash contains a deck of cards with real words that are seldom used. One word is read aloud, the players try to come up with definitions that sound more believable than any other definition. The definitions are read and players vote on the best definition. The more votes on the definition the more points the writer gets. Price: $24.99 (ToysRUs)
Apples to Apples The object of the game is to win the most rounds by playing a "red apple" (noun) card from your hand to best match to the "green apple" (adjective) card as voted on by that round's judging player. Price: $17.99 (Target)
Charades Acting out words and phases is a great way to solidify word comprehension. This game has the players acting out words or a group of words and trying to convey what they are with out saying the word. Laughs are sure to follow suite in this literacy game. Price: $21.05 (Walmart)
Websites
www.abcya.com These computer games & activities are divided by grade and feature large and easy-to-use navigation buttons and auditory directions. Exciting games help students practice sight words, spelling, synonyms, antonyms, and more.
www.funbrain.com This site features several arcade games based on children's books as well as literacy skills including grammar, singular and plural words, and root words.
www.pbskids.org This website features many levels of literacy games and skills. I would recommend exploring word girl's games and activities for superhero fun with words.
www.knowledgeadventure.com This website contains a wide variety of games that can be sorted by grade level, content area, and age. The feature reading games, spelling games, and building word games.
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise Students are able practice skills like word formations, syllabication, spelling, building stories and more. While students practice skills they can build robots, stories, and
Apps
Bluster Bluster is a matching game. The student is given a list of words and blank spots. The student then makes as many sets of rhyming words, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, homophones, or adjectives before the sun sets. You can play alone ore multi-player. Price: Free
The Opposites The goal of the game is to match as many opposites ass possible. Opposite pairs start out easy like up and down, but as the student advances the words become more challenging and the pairings become more abstract. Price: Free
4 words 1 link The student is given a slist of four words that are clues to the fifth words. The fifth word is hidden amongst 20 jumbled letters. The goal is to figure out the fifth word and spell it out using the letters provided. Price: Free
Reading Eggs Spelling 3 Reading Eggs is a compilation 10 spelling games including multiple levels of Check Mate, Stop the Clock, and Word Works and more. Price: There is a light version for free. The full version is $2.99
Just 6 Words Build words with syllables. Create 6 words by using 6 clues and 32 syllables. Combine the syllables to create synonyms to the 6 clue words. Level one begins with 4 syllable words. Each level gets harder by increasing the syllables. Price: Free