Starfall (www.starfall.com) is a
website designed particularly to teach students to read with phonics. Their systematic phonics approach together
with phonemic awareness practice makes it ideal for students in preschool,
kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.
It is also a great resource for special education and for English
language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).
Starfall uses scientific,
research-based reading materials and activities that are modeled on the “Big
Five” focus areas recommended by the National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development: phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary,
fluency, and comprehension. In addition
to incorporating these focuses, the activities on Starfall are designed to be
fun, motivating, and engaging. Also, the
activities and materials on the websites cater to all levels of readers.
Alongside these important aspects of
Starfall, it is very user friendly and easy to navigate through the
website. Most of the features on the
site are free. Starfall has expanded its
features and for a small fee, members can have access to more activities
including materials that are aligned with Common Core.
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