Jeremie De Leon: ILA Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective Literacy Website #3

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Jeremie De Leon

ILA Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective Literacy Website #3



ABCya (https://www.abcya.com/) is a free website that has hundreds of educational games that are organized by grade level and subjects. The website’s primary target are students from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. High school students will not benefit as much from this website, but it can still be used as a refresher for skills that they learned during their early school years. The educational games in the website are great tools to help students learn and motivate them. There are a few multiplayer games that students can play with their classmates. Majority of the games are aligned with the Common Core Standard and teachers can assign games that meet a specific standard.

            Unfortunately, the website does not have any type of assessment, learning support, or ways to track progress. The lack of those specific features makes ABCya an enrichment tool that also acts as an award for the students that are ahead. In addition to having literacy skills that students can practice with, the website also provides typing games. This means that students can also learn keyboard and computer skills. The games are super simple and easy to grasp so students can fully explore the website and work independently. The website itself is easy to navigate through.

            Majority of the content in ABCya is free and there are a lot of content. Teachers have the option to pay for a subscription that includes an ad-free version, but majority of the games are not blocked by a pay wall. If the teachers have a subscription, another unique feature of the website is that it provides downloadable printables that are organized by grade level and subject. The search bar also makes it easy to look for specific printables. Each printable also lists down what CCS it aligns with. Despite the lack of assessments and progress checking, ABCya is useful to help students practice specific literacy skills that are taught to them.

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