Check These Out

Hey guys, check out these fun websites and let me know what you think:

The Origami Club - Learn the art of paper folding.

Phrase Up - If you can't come up with the right words, type in the incomplete sentence and the site offers options for finishing it.


Grammar and Vocabulary - Great place for learning grammar and words.

Yale Digital Commons and 4 Free Photos - Like MorgueFile, so you can use these for free.

Pyramid Challenge - Have you got what it takes to be a pyramid builder?

Historvius - Helps you discover the world's historic sites.

Poetry Through the Ages - For those of you who want to learn the development of poetry.

PrintFriendly - Helps you edit out junk from a website if you want to print it.

DoppelMe - Make a virtual version of yourself.

Give them a go.  If you like them leave a comment recommending them to others.

Wild Things

Go to this site and create a wild thing version of yourself.  I want to attach these to the bottom of your posters, so make sure they reflect your personality.

When you are finished, call me and I will email it to the class account.

Wild Self

Have fun and go wild!

Here is mine:

Basic Facts

If you are one of the people who set 'basic facts' as one of your goals for your Snapshot, then this link is SO for you.  Some great activities and we can even print them out at school if you would like to have a go at them.

BASIC FACTS

See what you think.

Thanks, Mrs King, at Appleby School!

Fullstops and Capital Letters

Today we were focusing on capital letters and fullstops.  When you have finished the activity you can have a go at:

 Basic Punctuation:
THE QUIZ

Capital Letters
THE QUIZ

And then you can play:
Basic Punctuation:
THE GAMES

Capital Letters:
THE GAMES

Have fun!

Apostrophes

When you have finished your work on apostrophes you can take the quiz.  See if you can do level 1, 2 and 3.

QUIZ

After you have done the quiz you can play the games:

GAMES

Have fun!  Hope you have lots.

Games You Might Enjoy

Here are some games and activities that you might enjoy playing, and the best thing is that you will probably learn something in the process.  BONUS!
Just click on the links:
Elemental – You choose an element (eg wind, earth, fire, water) and you have to answer Science, Maths and English questions to get you through the levels.  Pamela and Asher recommend this!

Spherox - Spherox is lost in space, and he needs your help! Use your Maths, English and Science knowledge to help Spherox find his way home.


Whack Attack - Use your Maths, Science and English wisdom to buy you time and whack the medieval characters, mad professors and aliens. Can you get on to the high score board?

State of Debate - It's the year 2020 and Just-Co have banned hoodies, and you've just been spotted wearing one. Can you talk your way out of trouble using your English Language skills?


Writing – Lots of writing activities and ways to improve your knowledge of sentences, paragraphs and genre.  Check out the revision, do the activities and then take the tests to see how you did!


Spelling -  Great spelling activities to improve your skills and turn you into an awesome speller

More Writing -  Fun activities to improve your deeper features and surface features!


Reading -  Want to improve your reading?  Check out these fun activities then and read away.


Have fun!!

Check this out!

Hey guys!  Missed ya today, but I had fun on my course.  You know I get all excited about E-Learning and techy stuff!  Anyway, check this guy out!  You musical kids will love this and anyone can appreciate how clever he is. 

Question:  What amazing gifts do you all have to share with the world?

New to the Blog

Parents, I would like to introduce you to the new item on the blog!  It is the email subscribe widget ( It's a small application that can be installed within a web page or blog). You will see it on the right side of the blog page.

"So what does it do?"

I am glad you asked!  You can put your email address into the widget and it will send you an email when we have new items on the blog.  Then you can stay up-to-date on all the blog happenings without having to bring up the page 10 times a day, as I know you all are doing!  =)

I am encouraging all parents to take up the comment challenge.  Here is how to make a comment, if you are still confused.


How to Make a Comment on a Blog Post


Step 1:  Go the blog and read the blog post for your child, or for the day.  At the bottom of the blog post it says 'comments' (sometimes it might say '2 comments' - this means two people have commented on the post).

Click on 'comments'.

Step 2:  This will take you to a page with the post at the top and a comment box like this at the bottom:

Step 3:  If the box that is circled in red does not say 'anonymous' click the little arrow next to the box and scroll down to that option.  Then type in your comment in the comment box (see example), then click 'post comment'. Make sure you leave your name: e.g. Mrs R or Sandra or Sandra's Mum etc.

If your comment was posted you will see the post come up like this:

And that is it!  Easy peasy!  Now that you have finished reading this, go and find a piece of your child's work to comment on!