Literacy

EVERYONE... you need to do the English Test... Here's the website link:
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When you logon, you need to create a new password using a capital, little letters and a number... Maybe A capital, the first three letters of your name, and the year you were born?

CRIMSON GROUP

Go to www.eyecanlearn.com for your activity!

SPELLING Go to www.spellingcity.com to practise your Essential Spelling Lists -I've put on List A of all the different lists... when you have learnt them all, get tested and print out the certificate. Then I can put list B up for you!

You might need to search for me as the teacher!...
==== //Click on the BLUE tab that says "**find a list**",// //write in Ashman in the search box and click "search". You should see my name down the bottom of the page. Click on this and you're away! You can see the different options for each spelling list including testing and playing a game.// ====

WORD FOR THE WEEK...

verdant
\ VUR-dnt \, adjective; 1. Green with vegetation; covered with green growth. 2. Green. 3. Lacking experience or sophistication; naive.

[] Blue Group: This the link for thesaurus word finds... [] //This is a good site but you do need to click on the "find rhymes" button and go down to "find synonyms" -have an explore whilst you're there!//

[] //Good for a dictionary...//

[] //A really cool site although with a lot of ads... scroll down the page to find all the meanings... I really liked the visual thesaurus at the bottom (it even has a dictionary component too!)//

WRITING @http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/

READERS @http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm @http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

PUNCTUATION This one is on commas COMMAS COMMAS: hard!

Here's some sentence and punctuation activities... Clink on the link and have a go ESPECIALLY if you are one of those kids who seem to not understand what a sentence is!!! WHAT IS A SENTENCE PUNCTUATION PUTTING IN THE FULLSTOPS a little bit junior but, hey, it might actually teach you!!!