I love using Smart Kiddies with my class. Now it is even more awesome.
It is now called Study Ladder and there are so many more fun ways to engage children’s learning not only with maths but also Literacy as well.
There are activities available from preschool to Yr 7. You just select the ones that you need.
In the literacy section you can choose from
I just love TES iBoard. They have a new literacy section where there are 136 activities. The best part? They are free to use.
These activities range from narrative texts which explore familiar settings stories, fantasy science fiction and imaginary worlds, tradition tales fairy folk and fables, non fiction texts, phonics, sentence structure and punctuation to word work.
Familiar Setting Stories -characters, scenes and setting, story structure and pace.
Fantasy, Science Fiction and Imaginary Worlds – characters and Scenes and settings.
Traditional tales, fairy, folk and fables - characters, scenes and setting, story structure and pace. Here you can find activities about Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, The Gingerbread Man and The Little red Hen.
Non Fiction Texts - information text, instructional/ procedural textsand labels lists and captions.There are activities that correlate with animals and birds, card designer,getting ready for the gym, plants and trees and many more.
Phonics.-Generic letters and Sounds, other phonic approaches, Phase 1 to Phase - 6 Letters and Sounds
Sentence Structure and Punctuation -Grammar , sentence structure
Word Work- high frequency words, make your own templates, spelling rules and word families.
This is a wonderful site that has many interactives for students from Kindergarten to Year 5. Most of it is subscription but there are many free rsources as well.
There is a Game Zone, Word Searches, Colouring Pages, Reading lessons, Maths lessons, Flash cards, Awards, and many more.
Here is an example of the Reading Lessons that are available for free.
Kindergarten
Phonics
Practice reading words beginning with the ‘y’ sound or ending with the ‘x’ sound with Willie the Worm.
Phonemic Awareness
Join Gabriella in class and play a rhyming word game.
vocabulary
Learn about colors with Penny Paintbrush.
Sight words
Practice reading sight words with Reba Rabbit and Bindy Butterfly.
Reading Comprehension
Read a story about Dan and Lee to see how they are alike and how they are different.
Did you know that this terrific website http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/ allows you to embed their activities onto you own website?
Love it.
This is one of their reading activities.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading/dictionaries/play.shtml
Here is another
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading/dictionaries/play.shtml
What a terrific idea that BBC has come up with. This means that you can direct your students to the activity that you want them to do and it is always easy for them to find when on your website. The only thing is the game is very small. So i always include the link to the game as well.
Maybe some one who knows a lot about html and embedding could find a way to enlarge the games.
