Compare, Contrast and Make Predictions
A Fishy Story - read story online, then answer questions in Word or Works, or on paper
Compare and Contrast - see two examples, find out about "flavors" of compare and contrast, then see strategies
Dig It! - interactive story predicting the outcome
Compare and Contrast WebQuest - Mother Goose has been told that all of her fairytales and rhymes are too old. She is looking for boys and girls to help her rewrite a few of her old stories into newer or modern ones.
Main Idea and Theme
Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts
Identify Main Idea - online quiz
Identify Main Idea - practice quiz
Main Idea - read the paragraph and select the main idea
Main Idea - Quia Lesson
Main Idea Mini Lesson followed by interactive quizzes.
Main Idea practice - eight online interactive quizzes on Main Idea from the Manatee School District
Literal Understanding - interactive quizzes with factual information on planets
Reading Comprehension stories - interactive quizzes online for 2 stories
Reading Exercises - comprehension, fill in and sequencing
Plurals
Irregular Noun Plurals - Interactive quizzes
Irregular Plurals - Match the related words, singular to plural.
Irregular Plurals - Match related words, oes, os.
Plural Nouns - Add s or es to the words you see.
Plural and Possessive Nouns - Choose from four activities.
Plural and Possessive Nouns - Scroll to the bottom of this page to find a quiz on plural and possessive.
Plural Girls - Type the correct plural form of words.
Plural Play - Be the first to fill a row, column or diagonal, like tic-tac-toe. You must get three in a row to win.
Plurals Picture Quiz - In the space underneath each picture, write in the correct plural form of the word given in the singular
Plurals: Y Endings - Change the singular nouns into plurals
See 'N Spell - Students click and drag letters into the box to spell the words that correspond to the pictures. A very good activity with many skills; plurals, long vowels, short vowels, blends and digraphs.
Singular and Plural Nouns - Three types of games to choose from (some words may be a bit above first grade)
Parts of Speech
Adjectives/Adverbs - Change adjectives into adverbs in this online quiz.
Be - verb usage online quiz
Complete Verb Phrases - find the complete verb phrases in the sentence
Gorilla Grammar - identify Parts of Speech - Beginner [nouns and verbs] Advanced [all parts of speech]
Irregular Verbs - Jeopardy type game for two players
Linking Verbs - identify types of verbs in this online quiz
Noun or Verb - read the sentence and select whether it is a noun or verb.
Parts of Speech - noun, verb, preposition, etc. (interactive quizzes)
Parts of Speech - identify the part of speech that will complete the sentence
Parts of Speech - identify word's part of speech. Part 2 || Part 3
Parts of Speech Quiz - select correct part of speech
To Be - present and past tense online quiz
Practicing past, present and future tenses - Tense Activity 1 | Tense Activity 2 | Tense Activity 3
Verb Phrases - find the complete verb phrase
Verb Power - Students identify underlined words as main verbs, helping verbs or contractions.
Verb Tenses - identify correct usage of verbs
Verb Viper - choose correct verb tenses,recognize correct verb forms, and recognize subject/verb agreement. Arcade type game.
Below are links to fine tune your reading skills!