Here are some Ellison teachers' websites with LOTS of awesome links to learning sites. Check them out! There are more links on the Homework Tips tab.
READING SKILLS
Learning Letters and Sounds
Alphabet "Whack-a-Mole"-click the letters in alphabetical order
Spring Bee-help the bee gather the letters in order!
Learn to Read at Starfall.com-Level 1, the ABCs.
Letter Sounds 2-Blends-beginning consonants (3 levels)
Letter Sounds-'S' Blends-beginnings like cl, cr, bl
Letter Sounds-Short Vowels-beginnings like st, sl, sp
Letter Sounds-Long Vowels-beginning sounds are short vowel sounds
Alphabet Zoo-beginning sounds are long vowel sounds
Learn to Read at Starfall.com-match names and first letters
Phonics: Putting Sounds Together
Learn to Read at Starfall.com-Level 2.
Reggie the Rhyming Rhino-play this rhyming word game from Scholastic
Room 108 Phonemic Processing-an excellent activity! Match letters and sounds, exchange letters to make new sounds; five levels.
Phonics Games and Activities (from Sadlier-Oxford Publishing)-Graded phonics lessons in game form. There are many activities here; the emphasis is on letter-sound relationships, but by Grade 3/4 there is more vocabulary and grammar.
Sight Words
Room 108 Word Games using the Dolch Sight Word List (220 most common words)
Dolch and Fry Sight Word Reading Games-match the cards
The Rain Game-spell the word by catching raindrops
The Sentence Game-put the words in order to make a sentence
Hangman-word sets : colours, seasons, months, days of the week, numbers
Reading Games-12 interactive games from the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library (Mansfield, Ohio)
Learning Words
Nina the Naming Newt-find names of things from many settings
ManyThings.org-picture-and-word games used to teach non-english speakers. Several types of games take the learner from new word to recognition.
Learn English with Pictures and Audio-Designed for english language learners.
Learning Chocolate!-another picture-word site with audio
Improving Vocabulary
Readquarium-(from Gamequarium) Build your knowledge of words, meanings, usage. There are lots of activities here, but avoid the "Ads by Google."
Gamequarium's Vocabulary page is another source; there may be some duplication of activities.
FunBrain KidsCenter-scroll down to the Words section. Again, lots of activities, but avoid the in-house advertising.
GET YOUR CHILD MOVING!
https://www.gonoodle.com/ Lots of videos of fun games and movement activities for those days when the weather's not that great!