Interactive+sites

=KEY LEARNING AREAS= =NEW TERM 2=

[|ANZAC]- A great site to show your children. It really brings the battle alive - 3D
Maths games -[|Academic skill builders]

[|Butterfly lifecycle] simple way to show children a life cycle
[|Alien Scavenger Hunt] fun spelling game

[|Explore the planet Mars with realistic Mars habitats, rockets, ground cars and robots] great site to explore Mars - great interface and great variety
[|Simon] memory game you can play online ( fun for a wet weather day )

[|Patchwork easter egg] interesting way to demonstrate and explore symmetry with colours and an easter egg design with grid
[|Function machine] great introduction to algebra. Good interface ( excellent ) [|Illuminations: Tessellation Creator] good tesselation demonstrator - excellent options available. [|Illuminations: Ten Frame] great way to demonstrate ten frames. Good variety [|Three Little Pigs - One Scene Focus] use to discuss the story - make scenes and add stuff [|Treasure Hunt] follow simple instructions to find the treasure

[|SHOW®/WORLD - A New Way To Look At The World] fantastic site to look at statistics etc from around the world
[|Intteractive 100 square] move the patches to cover the square in various ways - great teaching resource to discuss number, numeration, number patterns etc [|Math Live] lots of mini video type sessions investigating many maths-numeracy concepts. Great stuff for grade 3 up ( excellent * * * * )

[|Virtual Dice] customizable dice to use for a huge number of teaching objectives. Very useful - a variety of faces 6,9,12
[|Interactive 100 square] Great teaching resource with 100 grid. Allows you to change the colours of the squares.

[|ENERGY STAR KIDS] teach children about sustainability. Very good site
[|Talking Pets: The site that's got all the pets talking] fun site; choose a pet and off you go. Even make it talk

[|2D shapes activities] good way for students to become familiar with 2d shapes in context. Good interface and voice support
[|Virtual keyboard] lots of interactivity

[|Race track numbers] put the numbers back on the race track. 4 levels
[|CGP Books - What's the time Mr. Wolf?] practice hour times and relate to Little Red Riding Hood

[|Family photo spot the difference] good pre-reading activity and also for generating discussion
[|Little Red Riding Hood story] Good resource - different style of story with various endings. Good [|Picture Making with Shapes] [|Maggie's Grammar Games] fun games to learn and practice grammar knowledge -various levels [|Make your own Kaleidocycle!] upload some pics to make your own kaleidoscope thingy! Ready for you to print and make [|Teaching resource for numeration] very clear learning object for demonstrating numbers to 4 digits [|Jan Pienkowski - Free Online Books]read some of the Meg and Mog books online e.g. Owl goes to school, Owl goes to the Vet

[|Early learning IWB activities and resources] wide range of resources
[|Learn To Read] fantastic site to teach kids to read - just amazing [|Penguin patterns] nice way to look at patterns, no. of items in a pattern etc

=NEW THIS WEEK= [|Great Barrier Reef] [|Numeracy & Literacy ict games] [|BP Educational Service - Free online resources - BP Educational Service (BPES)]

[|K-12 animated storybooks]

[|Nouns]

[|Talking Pets: The site that's got all the pets talking] fun site; choose a pet and off you go. Even make it talk
[|WordItOut - Transform your text into word clouds!]

[|ABCya! Word Clouds]
[|Math Playground] Action packed //math// site for elementary and middle school students featuring //math// games, //math// word problems, //math// worksheets, logic puzzles, and //math// videos [|Pattern Game for Children] game to get children talking about patterning. Put the right colour tiles for the train to use.

[|Virtual Dice] customizable dice to use for a huge number of teaching objectives. Very useful
[|Teletubbies and shapes] early learning resource - watch the Teletubbies make shapes

[|Fun with shapes] match the shapes on the picture: very appealing interface. Basic shapes
[|Counting stick] very versatile teaching resource for IWB: wide applications

[|Ordering numbers with caterpillars] lots of levels to teach order of numbers, also number patterns with this.
[|Ordering numbers using leaves] good clear interface to work on ordering numbers

[|Ordering numbers teaching resource] fun way to teach ordering numbers
[|Interactive 100 square] Great teaching resource with 100 grid. Allows you to change the colours of the squares.

[|Interactive Games] lots of links to grammar type resources
[|Cool Online Instruments and Games for the Music Classroom « musictechtips] Cool Online Instruments and Games for the Music Classroom

Presentation
[|WordItOut - Transform your text into word clouds!]

ALL KLA'S
[|e-Learning for Kids (worth checking out)] [|Crickweb - an awesome site]

Mathematics
[|Spinner (K-6)] [|Calculator (K-6)] [|Banana Hunt] - Learn angles using bananas and a monkey. [|Count us In] - Maths website for Years 0 - 3 [|Great math games website] [|Numeracy and Literacy Games] - Online games for junior students. [|Maths Teacher's Tool Kit]Selection of maths tools and Learning Objects [|Shapeville game] Find the shapes in everyday pictures. [|Your Number's up!]This is a four player game (5 if someone is in charge of the mouse) [|Number bond activity] quick little game for young children to work with number bonds to 10 and 20 [|Angles] good challenge type game to get students creating angles and making decisions

[|Math Playground]
Action packed //math// site for elementary and middle school students featuring //math// games, //math// word problems, //math// worksheets, logic puzzles, and //math// videos [|Pattern Game for Children] game to get children talking about patterning. Put the right colour tiles for the train to use.

[|Virtual Dice] customizable dice to use for a huge number of teaching objectives. Very useful
[|Teletubbies and shapes] early learning resource - watch the Teletubbies make shapes

[|Fun with shapes] match the shapes on the picture: very appealing interface. Basic shapes
[|Counting stick] very versatile teaching resource for IWB: wide applications

[|Ordering numbers with caterpillars] lots of levels to teach order of numbers, also number patterns with this.
[|Ordering numbers using leaves] good clear interface to work on ordering numbers

[|Ordering numbers teaching resource] fun way to teach ordering numbers
[|Interactive 100 square] Great teaching resource with 100 grid. Allows you to change the colours of the squares.

[|Interactive Games] lots of links to grammar type resources
[|Phonics (K-2)] [|Learning to read- great site (K-6)] [|Spell city (K-6)] [|BBC Children] - Stories for junior students. [|Starfall] - Reading activities and games for N.E. and Year 1 students [|Numeracy and Literacy Games] - Online games for junior students. [|CBeebies - Stories and Rhymes] online reading activities for juniors [|Can You Follow Directions?]- Tina will give you directions. Click on the pictures in the correct order. [|BookPALS Storyline Online] Listen to stories online! [|Writing Fun Text Organizers] Interactive Books [|Looky Book] [|Children's Library] great site to look through. http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ [|DigiLearn] [|Time Magazine for Kids] [|Dust Echoes]- Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories - Video [|Parts of Speech Games] [|Worksheet Works] - Great for creating your own worksheets for drill and practise (e.g. parts of speech)
 * __Digital Books:__** This is an awesome site with digital books! They are lovely. :-) About - friends, lying. Really cute one is - "Waldo tell me about christ"

Adverbs
[|**Alien Word Mine**] **-** (iknowthat.com) choose adverbs [|Rags to Riches] (similar to Who Wants to be a Millionaire) [|Adverb Battleships] [|Supernova Sentence Puzzles] - (iknowthat.com) choose adverbs [|Rocket Word Tag] - (iknowthat.com) choose adverbs [|Learn at Global] - Adjectives & Adverbs Grammar Show [|Using Adverbs] - includes whiteboard lessons for interactive whiteboard - good teaching focus! [|BBC Bitesize Adjectives & Adverbs] - revision bite & quiz

Alliteration
[|Guess the alliteration]

Apostrophes
==[|Apostrophes] - BBC skillwise - factsheets, games & quizes== [|Contractions] - quia [|Match the contraction] - match the cards to make a contraction

Collective Nouns
[|Collect Nouns]- wonderful illustrations - click on the collective noun (fun school) [|**Crickweb**]

Comma
[|Using Commas] - bbc Skill Wise - factsheets, games & quizes

**Compound Words**
[|BBC Bite Size] - Compound & Complex sentences [|Compound Words] - Cricketweb

Common Errors/Confusing Words
[|BBC Skill Wise Confusing words] (factsheet, game & quiz)

**Conjunctions**

 * [|Conjunctions quiz]**

Double Consonants
[[[|http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar4.htm#|Fish] 'em Up]] - game - choose the correct spelling (ed, ing, y) [|Spelling Quiz] - adding ed & ing

**Double Negatives**
[|Double Negatives] - bbc factsheet, game & quiz)

Grammar & Punctuation Activities – lots of different grammar/punctuation activities
[|Woodlands Junior] [|Games Aquarium] [|Reading Links] - Loads of activities for reading [|Grammar Ninja] - if you know your grammar you will love this game [|Verbs] - present, past & future verbs by Cricketweb - drag the word to the correct place [|Changing Nouns to Singular Plural] - Cricketweb
 * [|My Monster]** – Using similes, adjectives, etc to develop figurative poetry.

Homophones/Homographs
[|Homophone Dictionary] - a definition and a list of homophones in alphabetical order [|BBC Skill Wise] - factsheets and activities about homophones [|Super Match Game] - match the correct Homophone (good game)

Nouns
[|Nouns] [|Alien Word Mine] Nouns (Iknowthat.com) [|Rats Common & Proper Nouns] (Learning Planet) [|Grammar Blast] - check sentences for proper & common nouns (Eduplace) [|Plural Girls] (Funbrain)

Poetry
[|My Monster] Using Similes & adjectives in a poem. [|Giggle Poetry] - read and rate funny poetry

Reading Strategies
[|Fact & Opinion] (BBC Schools Skillswise) [|Fact & Opinion](Teaching & Learning Resource) [|Summarising] (BBC Schools Skillwise) [|PROBE] [|Authors Purpose] (a Video from YouTube explaining the different reasons for writing) [|Authors Purpose Quiz] (read passage and choose the correct answer- by Reading Skills Rocket)

Sentences
[|Is this a sentence] - BBC SkillWise [|Putting Sentences Together] - BBC SkillWise, factsheets, games & quizzes [|Penguins On Ice] - easy game where you drag words to make sentences [|Sentence Structure Review] (simple, complex & compound) [|Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences]

Similes
[|Similes Matching Game] (English Grammar)

Spelling
[|Look, Cover, Say, Type & Check] - an EXCELLENT site for practicing your spelling by Crickweb [|Prefixes & Suffixes]- BBC Bitesize Revision [|Word Selector] -helps you to remember the medium frequecy words [|Gater Smash]- smash the words that are spelt incorrectly

=Suffixes= [|Suffix Matching Game] - Match the words to make a suffix [|Sadlier Suffixes] - Choose from a list of suffixes. Has an audio component. Great for Speech. [|Maggie Earth's Adventure] s - match the suffixes & the prefixes (good game) [|BBC Suffix Quiz] - test what you know about Suffixes. You can also play a game and check out the fact sheets!

**Synonyms & Antonyms**
[|Using English] [|Learning Planet Crossword] crossword! Use a thesaurus (word) to help you – it’s a little tricky [|Sadlier Oxford] antonyms click on the antonyms __Synonyms[|Manatee]__ [|Same Different] [|Oz Speller] - Online Spelling Tutor [|Eight Letters in Search of a Word]

=Plurals= [|BBC - Plurals Rule Game]

=**Portmanteau Words**=

Portmanteau Words
[|Quia] - book illustrating portmanteau words Quia - [|Play hangman] once you have read the 'portmanteau words book'!

Pronouns
[|Supernova Sentence Puzzles] - (iknowthat.com) choose prepositions [|BBC Personal Pronouns] (skillwise) [|Pronoun Choices] (by Quia)

Proofreading
[|Eduplace Proofreading Flash]

Prefixes
[|Race to Ramses] - cool game where you have to beat robbers in a toom [|QUIA] - select the correct meaning for the prefix word. [|Building Prefixes] – building prefixes ~ match meanings to prefix words [|BBC Skills Wise - Prefixes] - - BBC Skill Wise – revision and activities about prefixes [|English On Line] - game where you need to pick the right prefix to build a tower.

Prepositions
[|Supernova Sentence Puzzles] - (iknowthat.com) choose prepositions [|Alien Word Mine] - (iknowthat.com) choose prepositions

Punctuation
[|Spelling & Grammar Punctuation Quiz] - BBC Schools Bitesize [|Punctuate the sentences] - add full stops, capital letters to the sentences [|The Magic Key] - BBC Full Stop Game [|Dragon Land] - BBC Question Marks [|Commas] - BBC skillwise [|Insert Speech marks] - insert speechmarks into the text [|Don't Use Said] - speech marks

Silent Letters
[|Silent Invaders by Skill Wise] - factsheets, quizes, games & worksheets [|Rags to Riches] - similar to Who wants to be a millionaire

Spellling
Look, Cover, Say, Type & Check - BRILLIANT site for spelling practise

Tense
[|Getting the right tense] - BBC skillwise factsheets, quizes, games & worksheets

Writing
[|Story Sequencer] - sequencing and storyboarding activity (story structure and summarising key events in stories) - Cricketweb [|Edit Dan's Copy] - Edit Dan's report by looking for the correct punctuation, etc [|Sequencing Events in Instruction Texts] [|Planning a Story] - BBC Bitesize revision [|Writing a Story - Beginnings & Endings] - BBC Bitesize revision. [|Writing letters] - BBC Bitesize revision [|Writing Leaflets] - BBC Bitesize revision [|Writing Instructions] - BBC Bitesize revision [|Writing an Argument] - BBC Bitesize revision [|Writing Fun] - Jenny Eather's web site

SOSE
[|Animal Homes (K-2)] [|ABC TV's Our Animals]

[|K-12 animated storybooks]
[|Animal Homes (K-2)] [|Water/Water Cycle - Free presentations in PowerPoint format, interactive activities, lessons for K-12] [|Simple Machines] - Your students will love this interactive website! [|ABC TV's Our Animals] [|BBC school science clips] [|Understanding Sound] Play Ocean Odyssey and learn about sound and how it travels. [|Third Grade Science Activities] Practice your Science Skills and knowledge! [|Second Grade Science Activities] Practice your science skills and knowledge! [|First Grade Science Activities] Practice your Science skills and knowledge! [|Butterfly Life Cycle] A simple, easy to read diagram of a butterfly's life cycle. [|Let's Learn About Insects!] Learn about what insects are and about the many different kinds of insects on our planet. [|Science Activities] Learn about health, plants, animals and much more! [|Dinosaurs]Learn about over 40 different dinosaurs!

The Arts
====[|Cool Online Instruments and Games for the Music Classroom « musictechtips] Cool Online Instruments and Games for the Music Classroom====

Technology
[|Typing - Dance Mat (K-6]