Literacy

Latest update: 8th July, 2013 Added: New sections for antonyms, synonyms and grammar. New activities for vowel sounds and videos outlining the meaning of different terms. A variety of other activities supporting other areas of the curriculum have also been included at the bottom of the page.

Short vowel activities Can't remember what the short vowel sounds are? Remind yourself with the catchy Short Vowel Song! || ||  ||  ||
 * Story Map Tool ||  ||
 * [[image:Story Map activity.PNG width="234" height="267" link="http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9496/index.html"]] ||  ||
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 * [[image:kidphonics missing vowel.JPG width="302" height="222" align="center" link="http://www.kizphonics.com/phonics/short-vowels-a-e-i-o-u-phonics-practice-activity/"]] ||  ||   ||   ||

Long vowel activities
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 * [[image:Letter Planey - vowel blends.PNG width="298" height="222" align="center" link="http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L7852/index.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/drag n spell.JPG width="286" height="222" align="center" caption="Drag N Spell" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml"]] || [[image:Long vowel snap.JPG width="290" height="217" align="center" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/snap/snap.shtml"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/turtle dash.JPG width="323" height="223" align="center" link="http://www.arcademics.com/games/turtle-dash/turtle-dash.html"]] ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/Vowel poems.JPG width="327" height="248" align="center" caption="Long vowel poems" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/sandcastle quiz.JPG width="357" height="241" align="center" caption="Sandcastle Quiz" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/flash/fsgame.shtml"]] ||  ||   ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/learn to read.JPG width="235" height="238" align="center" caption="Long and short vowel sound activities" link="http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/play.htm?fwordMachines.bmp"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/letter bugs - alien scavenger hunt.JPG width="320" height="244" align="center" caption="Alien Scavenger Hunt - Letter Bugs" link="http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/alien/ashlo.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Forest Phonics.JPG width="307" height="239" align="center" caption="Forest Phonics" link="http://www.ictgames.com/forestPhonics/forestPhonicsOnline/index.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/blending dragon.JPG width="314" height="238" align="center" caption="Blending Dragon" link="http://www.ictgames.com/blendingDragon/index.html"]] ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/Snap.JPG width="285" height="236" align="center" caption="Long Vowel Snap" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/snap/snap.shtml"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/chute shuffle.JPG width="287" height="220" caption="Chute Shuffle" link="http://www.ictgames.com/chuteShuffle/index.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Postcard.JPG width="295" height="233" caption="Write a postcard - identify the vowel sounds" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/flash/fsgame.shtml"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Deep Sea Phonics.JPG width="289" height="228" caption="Deep Sea Phonics" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/popup.shtml"]] ||




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Watch Ne-Yo sing about how the letter "h" changes the sound of the blend when added to //c//, //s// or //t//. || ||  ||  ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/Space trash.JPG width="325" height="263" caption="Alien Scavenger Hunt - Space Trash" link="http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/alien2/ash2lo.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Construct-a-Word.JPG width="320" height="267" caption="Construct-a-Word" link="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/construct/index.html"]] ||  ||   ||




 * = [[image:mrd12sho/Word reader.JPG width="323" height="259" align="center" link="http://www.ictgames.com/wordreader.html"]] ||= [[image:mrd12sho/dino spelling.JPG width="305" height="261" align="center" caption="Dinosaur Eggs" link="http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurwordsrepeat.html"]] ||= [[image:Kitten Hop.JPG width="264" height="267" align="center" link="http://www.arcademics.com/games/kitten-hop/kitten-hop.html"]] ||=  ||



Vocabulary activities
 * [[image:mrd12sho/Whirlyword Machine.JPG width="336" height="243" caption="Jim's Whirlyword Machine" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/whirl/gamefs.shtml"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Pounce.JPG width="340" height="255" align="center" caption="Pounce" link="http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Seaside Circle.JPG width="340" height="251" caption="Seaside Circle game" link="http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/flags.html"]] || [[image:fearless frieda.JPG width="352" height="257" link="http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/frieda/frieda.html"]] ||
 * [[image:making bread.PNG width="346" height="200" caption="Making Bread vocabulary game" link="http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/makebread-game.html"]] ||  ||   ||




 * [[image:mrd12sho/DJ Cow's Spelling Patterns.JPG width="327" height="268" align="center" caption="DJ Cow's Spelling Patterns" link="http://www.ictgames.com/hybrid.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Spell a word.JPG width="332" height="258" caption="How Many Words?" link="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/Eight1.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/LookCoverWriteCheck.JPG width="308" height="258" align="center" caption="Look Cover Write Check" link="http://www.ictgames.com/lcwc.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Look Out Below.JPG width="301" height="259" caption="Look Out Below" link="http://pbskids.org/lions/cornerstones/joseph/games/lookout.html"]] ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/magnetic spelling.JPG width="340" height="260" caption="Magnetic Spelling" link="http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/mag/spelling.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Pirate Spelling.JPG width="327" height="267" caption="Pirate Spelling" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/spelling/play/popup.shtml"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Play online - Wordfind.JPG width="335" height="261" align="center" caption="Play Online - Word Find" link="http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Space Hangman.JPG width="347" height="283" align="center" caption="Space Hangman" link="http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacyresources/files/alpha/alpha.htm?s=44244157da7db97e428926bb9be49365"]] ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/Spelling Ship.JPG width="349" height="251" caption="Spelling Ship" link="http://www.ictgames.com/plankgame.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Word builder.JPG width="318" height="238" caption="Word Builder" link="http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/auto/18/49.html"]] || [[image:trapped spelling.JPG width="427" height="280" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/spelling/play/"]] || [[image:silent invasion.JPG width="400" height="278" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en01soun-game-silent-invaders"]] ||

Making sentences
 * [[image:sentence jump.JPG width="334" height="283" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en30stru-game-logging-sentences"]] || [[image:Wonderful words - pets.PNG width="346" height="276"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/sentences.PNG width="350" height="277" link="http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9680/index.html"]] || [[image:Wonderful words - food.PNG width="354" height="280" link="http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9682/index.html"]] ||
 * [[image:Wonderful words - space.PNG width="334" height="257" link="http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9681/index.html"]] ||  ||   ||   ||

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 * [[image:Travelling pronouns.JPG width="272" height="282" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/pronouns/play/"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/noun dunk.JPG width="370" height="287" link="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index_pre.html"]] || [[image:balloon noun game.JPG width="356" height="298" link="https://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/noun/balloon_game/"]] || [[image:icecream talk.JPG width="375" height="297" link="http://www.abcya.com/nouns_and_verbs.htm"]] ||
 * || [[image:rocket game.JPG width="378" height="252" link="http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/demo/rocket.htm"]] || [[image:super stories - nouns and adjectives.PNG width="339" height="245" link="http://splash.abc.net.au/res/i/L6186/index.html"]] || [[image:super stories - nouns and adjectives2.PNG width="340" height="246" link="http://splash.abc.net.au/res/i/L6184/index.html"]] ||
 * [[image:super stories - verbs and adverbs.PNG width="320" height="238" link="http://splash.abc.net.au/res/i/L6185/index.html"]] ||  || [[image:verb viper.JPG width="224" height="232" align="center" link="http://www.arcademics.com/games/viper/viper.html"]] ||   ||
 * [[image:gnome plural fishing.JPG width="229" height="193" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en16plur-game-plural-fishing"]] || Adverb Song -ly


 * [[image:Capital letters and full stops.PNG width="353" height="256" link="https://content.echalk.co.uk/esa/English/punctuation/sentence/sentence.html"]] || [[image:question marks and exclamation marks.PNG width="347" height="254" link="https://content.echalk.co.uk/esa/English/punctuation/exclaimQuestion/questionExclamationMarks.html"]] ||  ||   ||

Synonyms and antonyms
 * Synonyms (words that have the same or similar meaning) ||
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Watch "Humongous", a song to teach you about synonyms for //big//. || ||  ||  ||  Squanky the Tooth Fairy: Quest Quest for Opposites  ||  ||   || Word Trail: Antonyms and Synonyms || Play on the word jumbler machine with Star and Hutch. Select the "Sounds the Same" button to sort homophones (words that sound the same but have different spelling). ||
 * [[image:synonyms.JPG width="336" height="265" link="http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/matchgeneric.asp?filename=kderittesynonyms"]] || [[image:Squanky the tooth taker.JPG width="368" height="259"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/matchit sentences.JPG width="345" height="274" link="http://www.spellingcity.com/synonyms.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/matchit sentences 2.JPG width="367" height="270" link="http://www.spellingcity.com/word-match-vocabulary-game.html?listId=8084381&format=raw"]] ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/Walk the plank.JPG width="377" height="268" link="http://firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/other/synonyms/interactive/synonyms.htm"]] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Antonyms (words that are the opposites of other words) ||
 * [[image:mrd12sho/hopposites.JPG width="339" height="269" link="http://pbskids.org/lions/games/hopposites.html"]] || [[image:squanky2.JPG width="327" height="272" align="center" link="http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/squanky/squanky.html"]]
 * Combination of Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms/Homophones ||
 * [[image:Super word toss.JPG width="344" height="256"]] || [[image:ball hogs.JPG width="354" height="270" align="center" link="http://fen.com/studentactivities/BallHogs/BallHogs.html"]] || [[image:mrd12sho/Word trail.JPG width="365" height="273" align="center" link="http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-1-games/esl-efl-games/word-trail.html"]]
 * [[image:Word Frog.JPG width="362" height="272" align="center" link="http://www.arcademics.com/games/frog/frog.html"]] || [[image:furious frogs.JPG link="http://www.arcademics.com/games/furious-frogs/furious-frogs.html"]] || media type="custom" key="23538684" ||  ||


 * [[image:facts and opinions.JPG width="357" height="277" link="http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/"]] || [[image:syllable sorting.JPG width="374" height="283" link="http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en01soun-game-syllables-factory"]] ||  ||   ||