Try these poems
Laughable Language
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Reading Groups
BookWorms:
Login to OxfordOWL
use our class logon and password
Username: matihiko
Password: Laingholm54
Roy The Zebra activities
BookOwls and BookMice:
Read or create your own stories
Check out the amazing books here
Create your own!
Login as a STUDENT and link to class using this code HU9XK
Free eBooks - as pdf's or read online
Monday, February 2, 2015
Reading and Comprehension Action
Check out the FLASH stories and quizzes here
Dictionary game - find the meanings of words
Mass of games - using dictionaries, poetry, non-fiction etc
LISTEN to a story read by the author!
Reading comprehension stories and questions at different levels:
Book Worms and Book Owls: do Grades 1 and 2
Book Mice: do Grades 3 and 4
Read some twisty stories online
Online stories - talking! and MORE talking books here and more talking books here too
BOOKWORMS - A book shelf of interactive books [they have other languages too] here
All GROUPS - Different leveled books here too Oxford OWL - you will need our class login though!
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Conversations
http://www.iphonetextgenerator.com/
http://ifaketext.com/
http://www.fakephonetext.com/
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Geogrpahy Practice
Find where the continents and oceans are with this drag and drop game of the world
Monday, April 29, 2013
Searchable Places
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Story creators
Create a storybook using Kerpoof animations
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Grammar and Punctuation
Games to help with learning and practicing capital letters
MORE Games for learning full stops and capital letters.
Punctuation Games: punctuation, grammar, pronouns, verbs, question marks, adjectives, capitals, full stops etc
Noun/verb game - Collect ice-creams for the monsters by choosing the correct Nouns or Verbs or BOTH.
Games - simple games to practice full stops placement, capital letters, making sentences etc
Grammar ROCKS
Check out this page for games, activities to practice adverbs, adjectives and verbs, there's even songs!
Check out this page for games and activities to practice adjectives.
Check out this page for activities and games about Verbs
Plurals of Nouns GAME Punching Kanga WATCH this to remind yourself of rules for making plural nouns
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Writers Block
Practice writing with these games - arguments, letters, leaflets, instructions, comment, story
PinkyDinky Doo - full of games using words and language
Boogle type word game - find as many words as possible against the clock to score points.
Games and quizzes using.... fairy tales, myths, instructions, letters, leaflets, recounts, arguments, similes, plays, dialogue, poems, news, alliteration and proverbs
Spelling Bees
Practice spelling and numeracy in fun games with others [FREE] tutpup
Spelling city - put in 5 words you need to learn, play games to learn them
Mass of games - grammar practice, hangman, verbs, storylinks, compound words, nouns, alphabetical order, making words
More games - play and read - punctuation, spelling, word games
Spin and Spell - choose a picture and spin the dial to spell the word [American voice - but fun]- things we eat, clothes, transport, things in the home and animals - also Challenge a friend!
Spelling using wordsearch type scenario - good fun
Games and quizzes - spelling, plurals, synonyms, homophones, word games, prefixes and suffixes, blends etc
Countdown - make as many words with given consonants and vowels
Torture the Teacher spelling game - choose the incorrect spelling until the teacher resigns!
Spell words correctly form the pictures to win the race - Grilled Cheese Please
Vast load of spelling games here
Mr Smith's essential list activities - practice and check Mr Smith Spelling
Wonderous Vocabulary
Choose the right word to complete the sentence or complete the dictionary meaning - Robobee
Save the words - obscure words on the near extinction list
Playing with words in an anagram game
Word of the day and quotations
Word game - find as many words as possible in the time given
Chicktionary - a fun chicken game to practice finding words!
Prefixes - Spellings Got Talent game!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Online writing tools for teachers
Wiki full of online inspirational writing ideas for teachers
Online collaboration with numerous peeps iEtherpad