Academic Games & Websites

Online Academic Games are a convenient way to practice skills that reinforce key ideas in different subject areas. These resouces are sites that allow students to play games that involve mathematics, reading and vocabulary, and exercise your brain.

Free Rice http://freerice.com/category This site has questions on different subject areas and skill levels. Questions include vocabulary and skills related to Math, Science, and Reading. Every correct answer you recieve collects rice to help feed the hungry.

iBraining http://www.ibraining.com/ This site has games for your brain. Under the memorization section, you will try to remember strings of words or numbers in a 2-step game.

Antonym matcher game http://roomrecess.com/pages/AntonymMatcher.html It’s a memory game with antonyms.  You just click on the tile, which causes a word to appear, then try to find and match its antonym.

Poems!! http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm Get creative.  Start with an “All About Me” and then click on the title on the left to create more fun quick poems. It’s really fun!

Vocabulary Development, Antonym game  http://www.vocabulary.co.il/synonyms/intermediate/elementary-synonym-antonym-game/is This neat game gives you a set of words and you choose if it’s a synonym or antonym.  You progress through the game by choosing the correct response.

Synonym quick game http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/synonyms/synonyms.htm Can you beat the clock with this timed synonym game??

Sentence Speedway http://www.gameclassroom.com/game/45242-3290/using-prepositional-phrases-clauses-transitions-and-conjunctions/sentence-speedway Racers ready, set go!! Drag the race car to the correct starting gate. You will be challenged to place the correct phrase from the sentence into its correct category. It’s fun!!

Reading to Find Information  http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/reading/finding_information/play/popup.shtml  You are trapped in a tower and need to become a detective by using the information you read, to free yourself.

The Cube game http://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/games/questioning/ques.html Play the game, answer…who, what, when, where, why.  All part of the fun with a roll of the dice!

Fun with context clues  http://roomrecess.com/pages/ContextClues.html Use the clues from the sentence to find the missing word. It can be a

Unit Conversion http://www.adaptedmind.com/pgamev68full.php?tagId=503&utm_expid=33853517-86.0W5RkdHpSCKymlKq2628WA.0&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adaptedmind.com%2Fgradelistresponsivechalkboardv5.php%3Fgrade%3D8 A fun game that links to math conversions!!

Art Fun!  http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/3dtwirler.htm  Create symmetrical shapes and outlines in a 3-D way. See what shaped and angles you can find within your creation!

Open Dysleic Font for Chrome   https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opendyslexic-font-for-chr/cdnapgfjopgaggbmfgbiinmmbdcglnam?hl=en Open-Dyslexic is an open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. This extension overrides all fonts on web pages with the OpenDyslexic font, and formats pages to be more easily readable.