http://www.mindjolt.com/word-drop.html – Click letters that are next to each other to start forming your word. Click the final letter twice to submit the word. If you get stuck, click the shuffle button. 15-second ad before each game.

http://www.mindjolt.com/games/word-slider - This is a word search puzzle that lets you slide around the letters within the puzzle. How many words can you assemble? Love it!

http://www.mindjolt.com/word-dimensions.html – A Rubik’s cube has letters on it, and you can form words by clicking adjacent letters, even going onto another side. Made words end up on a list to the right of the cube. 3-D Fun!

http://www.mindjolt.com/grammar-bee.html – The part of speech your bee is to find is at the top. If it says “Verbs”, use your arrow keys to move your bee to form a rectangle around verbs. A semi-intelligent bug chases you. Music is infectious and it’s fun to avoid the nasty bug!

http://thegamerstop.com/44585-Word-Whomp.html - Whomp the gophers to select the letters for the word you want to spell and then enter it. Whomp out as many words as you can before the timer runs out.

Put in 6×4*24 and 6×4 will be a question in your video game, and 24 will be the correct answer. You can then play 6 different games with your questions. Use it for vocabulary, missing letter in spelling, etc.

Copy the math facts below and paste them into the opening screen and play the game “Word Shoot” to try it out . The kids like this one the most.
4×3*12
5×3*15
6×3*18
7×3*21
8×3*24
9×3*27
3×4*12
3×5*15
3×6*18
3×7*21
3×8*24
3×9*27

Another good game for spelling is Chicktionary. Use the letters on the chicken eggs to spell words.
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/chicktionary/index.htm

Use this for spelling practice.

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Some kids learn to read better through a “back door”. One  of the back doors is “encoding”. These children learn the mechanics of word attack better by constructing words, rather than analysis of words. Construct-a-Word does a good job at this. Learners choose a word-ending cluster (word family), then drag initial consonants or blends in front to form words. The program tells you how many there are, and offers a “Print” option at the end.

This game would be for First Graders and later Kindergarteners needing more CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) practice. You are defending your castle against advancing letters, and by forming CVC words, you turn the bad letters to the Good Side.