Try this link for general English exercises! Thanks to Hannah for suggesting it! http://www.learnstuff.com/guide-to-learning-english/ Spelling Work www.vocabulary.co.il www.kidspell.com www.spellingcity.com Help with Writing http://www.storystarts.co.uk/ http://www.storybird.com/ Using “Scoilnet” to Publish Your Work Scoilnet………..is the official education portal of the Department of Education and Science in Ireland. It contains curriculum focused resources and support for primary teachers. Within the site there is also the option to upload pupils’ work which can then be viewed by the public online. What better way of motivating and encouraging a child in the process of writing than having their work published online for classmates, family and friends to view.

Visit Scoilnet at www.scoilnet.ie

From the homepage, click on the “Students“ tab and select “Primary“.

Click on the “Tell Us Your Story“ link.

Download & Install Open Office for Kids

Open Office for Kids can be downloaded at:

http://download.ooo4kids.org/en/

If this link shows a “Page not found (404)” error, click on the download link directly underneath this message to access the correct download webpage.

Select “Save File” to download and follow the instructions to install.

Click on the following link to view a video on how to download and install “Open Office for Kids“. The video will open in a new window.

How to Download and Install Open Office for Kids

http://moodle.intolearning.ie/webdav/NCTE/ICT_SEN/2012/media/video/Open%20Office%20Writer/Writer/Writer.html

Online Dictionaries

http://www.wordsmyth.net/ http://www.visuwords.com/ http://www.dictionary.com http://www.merriam-webster.com/     Literacy Work for everyone 4-11 year olds: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/literacy.shtml     Online Talking Books http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/load.htm?f http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories http://www.speakaboos.com/stories http://www.meegenius.com/store/books/free/ http://www.storynory.com/ http://www.kidsaudiobooks.co.uk/complete_list.htm http://www.storylineonline.net/ http://www.goodnightstories.com/hear.htm http://www.ziggityzoom.com/stories.php http://www.mightybook.com/story_books.html http://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/sample     Online Story Texts   http://www.magickeys.com/books/ http://www.storybookcastle.com/ http://www.storiestogrowby.com/choose.php http://www.storynory.com/ http://www.mightybook.com/free_to_read.html http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/indexmain.htm#stories http://bygosh.com/mothergoose/index.htm http://www.popularchildrenstories.com/index.htm http://www.bygosh.com/kidsstories.htm http://www.readprint.com/ http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.bibliomania.com/0/-/frameset.html http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/search.html http://www.scoilnet.ie/ http://corporate.britannica.com/k12_uk_primary_tour.pdf         Some games for everyone!! www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/index.htm www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/     Junior Infants: Phonics: http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html   Senior Infants: 1st Class: 2nd Class: 3rd Class: 4th Class: 5th Class: 6th Class: Try this plurals test – http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/quiz.shtml   How well do you know your homophones??? – http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/quiz.shtml   punctuation correctly and some synonyms of said! – http://www.ngfl- cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/bgfl/dont_use_said/index.htm   How well do you know your synonyms?? http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Fun_and_games/synonyms.htm   A confusing words quiz – Test your spellings http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Fun_and_games/confusingwords3.htm   How good are you at spotting mistakes in a piece of writing? – http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/proofreading/quiz.shtml                    

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you change these singular nouns into plurals? – http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/plurals/pl_7/plurals7.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s some irregular plurals, these are a little harder –

http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/plurals/pl_6/plurals6.htm

 

 

 

 

 

  Spellings challenge!!  – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_y6flash.shtml     Connectives – putting sentences together – http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/quiz.shtml