Topic: Context Clues

• Content Area: Reading, Context Clues
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: English/Language Arts

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVEL(S): 3-5

Topic: Run-on Sentences

• CONTENT: English/Language Arts, Grammar
• GRADE LEVELS: 6-8
• STANDARD: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.3

Topic: Reading

• CONTENT AREA: Reading, English/Language Arts
• GRADE LEVEL(S): 2-4

Topic: Determine the text type of a given text based on its features

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RLK.5, RLK.6, RIK.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL1.5

Topic: Identify and explain the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI1.3, RL1.3

Topic: Reading Informational Text

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RFK,1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF1.3, RF1.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF1.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RFK.1, RIK.5

Topic: Identify sensory words and words that communicate different emotions in a text

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL1.4

Topic: Read grade-appropriate words with and without affixes

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: 2-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF2.3, RF2.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF3.3, RF3.4, L3.4

• Content Area: Library, Dewey Decimal
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary
• Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.8

Topic: Identify characters, setting and major events in a narrative text

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RLK.2, RLK.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL1.3, RL1.7, RL1.1, RL 1.2

Topic: REFERENCE MATERIALS

• Content Area: Library, Reference Materials, ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary
• Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. E

Topic: Identify the main idea and details of a text

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RIK.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI1.1, RI1.2

Topic: Fairy Tales

• CONTENT AREA: Early Elementary ELA - Fairy Tales
• RECOMMENDED AGES: PreK-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.8 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.9 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.R

Topic: Sentence Types & Punctuation (companion to physical game "Exclamatory Evan")

• CONTENT AREA: Elementary ELA - Punctuation/Sentence Types (companion to physical game "Exclamatory Evan")
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 1-4
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2

Topic: PUNCTUATION, SENTENCES

• Content Area: Grammar, ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class/ Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: ELA, Context Clues

• CONTENT AREA: ELA/Reading, Context Clues
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 3-7
• STANDARDS: ‎CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1 · ‎CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.4 · ‎CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.5.c

• Content Area: Library Skills, Fact or Fiction
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Early Elementary, Elementary

Topic: Read common high-frequency words, as well as 1- and 2-syllable words with short vowels

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVEL: K
• STANDARD: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RFK.3, RFK.4; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF1.3, RF1.4

Topic: Text Features

• Content Area: ELA, Text Features
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

• Content Area: Reading, Text Features
• Recommended Ages: Early Elementary
• Suggested Time: 10 - 15 Minutes

• Content Area: Reading,
• Recommended Ages: Elementary
• Suggested Time: 10 - 15 Minutes

• Content Area: Language, Fairy Tales
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class/ Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: Holiday; Christmas

• CONTENT AREA: Christmas, ELA
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 1-6
• STANDARDS: ELA CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.A Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.A Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a wor

Topic: Read and write basic sentences with proper punctuation

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.LK.1, LK.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L1.1g, L1.2

Topic: Non-Fiction Text Features

• CONTENT: Non-Fiction Text Features
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-6
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5 Use text feat

• Content Area: ELA, Poetry, Literary Devices
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary
• Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.10

Topic: Analyze Text Organization and Structure; Identify Main Ideas and Themes

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: 2-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL3

Topic: Main Idea and Inferencing

• Content Area: ELA, Main Idea, Inferencing
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: Fairy Tales

• Game Designer: Patti Harju
• Content Area: Language Arts, Reading
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: GRAMMAR

• Content Area: ELA, GRAMMAR
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary/Middle School
• Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and s

Topic: Reading fluency

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RFK, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF1

Topic: Back to School

• Content Area: Team Building, Elementary ELA
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: Identify the main idea and supporting details of a story (including myths, folktales, legends, etc)

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: 2-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2, RI2.2, RI2.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL3.2, RI3.2, RI3.5

Topic: Identify and support an opinion

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Writing
• GRADE LEVEL(S): K-1
• STANDARD(S): CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WK.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W1.1

Topic: Identify and explain how text elements (including illustrations) relate to one another

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVEL: 2-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL2.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL3.5, RL3.7, RI3.3, RI3.8

Topic: Produce rhyming words and blend sounds to say 1-syllable words

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA.RFK.2, CCSS.ELA.RF1.2

Topic: Language

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.LK.1, LK.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L1.1g, L1.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.LK.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L1.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.LK.2 c & d, RFK.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF1.3

Topic: Digraphs

• Content Area: ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary
• Standard: CC.1.1.2.D Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

Topic: Rhyming Words (companion to physical game "Rhyme Race 500")

• CONTENT AREA: Early Elementary Language, Rhyming Words (companion to physical game "Rhyme Race 500")
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades K-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A- Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Topic: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

• Content Area: Early Elementary ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 40 minutes
• Recommended Aged: Early Elementary
• Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Topic: Reading Literature

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RLK,1

• Content Area: English Language Arts, Science, Math
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary Recommended Ages: Elementary
• Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI,3.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.5

Topic: Sight Words

• AUTHOR: Cori Henry
• CONTEN AREA: Reading, Sight Words
• RECOMMENDED AGES: PreK-2

Topic: Reading, Library

• CONTENT AREA: Reading, Library
• GRADE LEVEL(S): 6-12

• Game Designer: Patti Harju
• Content Area: Reading, Language Arts
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary and Middle School

Topic: Reading Skills

• Game Designers: Lauren Markel & Jennifer Miller
• Content: Reading Skills
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: Explain how text features (including illustrations) can be used to support meaning in text

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RLK.7, RIK.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI1.5, RI1.6

Topic: Spell simple words using phonetics, vowel patterns and digraphs

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.LK.2.C, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.LK.2.D, RFK.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF1.3

Topic: Syllables

• CONTENT AREA: Elementary English/Language Arts, Syllables
• IDEAL GROUP SIZE: Whole class or small groups
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades K-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.B Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.C Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.D Use knowledge that every syllab

Topic: Prefixes and Suffixes

• Content Area: ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

• Content Area: Language, Geography
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class/ Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Upper Elementary

Topic: Use nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions and pronouns correctly

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: K-1
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.LK.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L1.1

Topic: Identify and use text features (images, illustrations) to navigate/understand informational text

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: 2-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI2.5, RI2.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL3.7, RI3.7

Topic: Genres (Reading)

• CONTENT AREA: Reading, Genres
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-5
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.9

• Game Designers: Patti Harju and Adam Bellow
• Content Area: Arts, ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Early Elementary, Elementary, Middle School

• Content Area: ELA, Parts of Speech
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary/Middle School
• Standards: CCSS L.2.1, L.3.1, L.4.1, L.5.1

• Content Area: Language Arts, Letter Identification
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 30 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Early Elementary
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.d, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.c

Topic: Dictionary Skills

• CONTENT AREA: Reference Materials, Dictionary Skills
• RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-6
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

Topic: Decoding and Fluency

• CONTENT AREA: English/Language Arts, Reading
• GRADE LEVELS: 2-3
• STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF2.3, RF2.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF3.3, RF3.4, L3.4

• Content Area: Elementary, Reading
• Recommended Ages: Elementary
• Suggested Time: 10 - 15 Minutes

Topic: Sight Words

• Content Area: Literacy, Math
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Early Elementary
• Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.A Print many upper- and lowercase letters. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.C Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.D Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on kn

• Content Area: History, Social Studies, ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary/Middle School

• Game Designer: Patti Harju
• Content Area: Language Arts
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

Topic: WORD FAMILIES

• Content Area: Reading, Word Families
• Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Early Elementary, Elementary
• Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.B Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.A Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words.

• Game Designer: Angie Dressander and Patti Harju
• Content Area: Reading, ELA
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary

• Game Designers: Caroline Matkowski, Jeff Hennigar, Patti Harju
• Content Area: Reading, Global Read Aloud, Language Arts
• Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
• Recommended Ages: Elementary