Satsboosters

Writing Reminders

2011-05-08T14:09:00.005+01:00

Writng Fun is an excellent last minute

reminder about different text types, ready

for the writing tests on Tuesday!

SATS timetable 2011

2011-05-02T10:17:00.001+01:00

Maths SATS - All You Need To Know!

2011-04-18T17:26:00.003+01:00

This presentations tells you all that stuff you wish you could remember about Maths!

Missing Activities?

2011-04-18T16:53:00.002+01:00

Remember to look down the right side - BLOG ARCHIVE - and click on the links there to see activities that were posted a while ago - they're still there!

Pie Charts

2011-04-18T16:31:00.011+01:00

Practice esimating the size of the "slices" on pie charts.

You WILL have to be able to do this for the test!

Converting Fractions

2011-03-13T11:34:00.003Z

Practice converting fractions to equivalents, simplest form, or to/from a mixed number. This is something you may need to help you answer fractions questions in the test.

All about sentences

2011-03-06T14:24:00.003Z

If there's something you don't understand about writing sentences, these screens may help...

Using Conjunctions...Use zoom to view this activity a larger size!

2011-03-06T14:19:00.005Z

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Order Fractions! To see this properly, use the zoom tool at the bottom right of your browser!

2011-02-10T16:29:00.009Z

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Word Invasion

2010-05-04T16:04:00.003+01:00

Word Invasion will help you understand parts of speech in a fun way.

Co-ordinates

2010-05-04T15:58:00.002+01:00

Need to brush up on your coordinates? This is for you then!

Similes

2010-04-25T16:39:00.001+01:00

Throw a few similes into your writing for a valuable extra mark!

Triangles

2010-04-25T16:32:00.004+01:00

Different types of triangle - you will need to know this!

Fractions

2010-04-09T13:27:00.007+01:00

You will certainly need Equivalent Fractions in your tests. Practice here.

And for Fractions of Amounts, try this Quiz!

Spelling- Prefixes & Suffixes

2010-04-09T13:16:00.003+01:00

Try this BITESIZE Prefixes/Suffixes workout.

Mathionaire

2010-04-04T15:24:00.002+01:00

A bit of fun which helps you with
Maths too .... can't be bad!
Who wants to be a MATHIONAIRE.

Sentence Punctuation

2010-04-04T15:17:00.005+01:00

Some valuable PUNCTUATION practice. You know you need some...

Persuasive Writing

2010-03-29T22:56:00.004+01:00

Remind yourself about how to write
PERSUASIVELY here.

Algebra Challenge

2010-03-26T10:13:00.003Z

Happy with your Times Tables? Try the Mission Algebra Challenge.

Times Tables

2010-03-26T10:07:00.004Z

Need to sharpen up your TIMES TABLES? Take the
Mission Times Tables Challenge.

Commas

2010-03-22T22:06:00.008Z

Have trouble putting commas in the right places? It's important for your Writing Tests that you know. Try this Commas activity.

Instructions

2010-03-20T20:47:00.006Z

Do you know how to write a good set of clear instructions? Try this Bitesize Instructions Activity.
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Guess the Random Angle!

2010-03-14T14:51:00.003Z

There won't be many questions on your paper about measuring angles, but ALL marks are important in getting you the level you want. So try Guess the Random Angle.

READING COMPREHENSION PLUS

2010-03-14T14:42:00.007Z

The 410 Reading Exercises site doesn't look all that exciting BUT it's great for practising your reading comprehension. ALSO you'll find exercises to help you with CONNECTIVES and others things. Well worth a look!
Recommended by Miss Cummings at Kirk Langley.

Write a FORMAL letter

2010-03-13T17:29:00.005Z

It is important to understand what style of language you should use when writing a letter.
This activity will help you with FORMAL letter writing.

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Measuring: Reading Scales

2010-03-07T15:24:00.011Z

There will be quite few questions in your Maths Paper which ask you to read scales accurately. Practice here.

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Reading: Deduction

2010-03-07T13:01:00.009Z

Deduction means working things out from what you read. So the answer might not be RIGHT THERE, you have to think about it. Try this DEDUCTION activity.
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Gut Instinct Maths

2010-02-26T16:18:00.002Z

Requested by everyone at Mugginton who say it's adddictive and of course helps you with Maths too!

Spelling : Look Cover Write Check

2010-02-21T09:51:00.014Z

You can get some good marks to add to your Writing score if you work at your Spelling. The Spelling Bank contains some Tricky Words for you to COPY & PASTE into the Spelling City online LOOK,COVER,WRITE,CHECK tool.

DON'T COPY ALL OF THE WORDS - 10 at a time is good enough!

JUST SO YOU KNOW IF YOU TRIED THE LINK TO THE SPELLING BANK AND IT DIDN'T WORK IT HAS NOW BEEN FIXED:)

Speed Reading!

2010-02-16T13:23:00.012Z

The Reading test is hard because you only have fifteen minutes to read the booklet. If you could do with doing this a lot quicker, SPREEDER is for you. Spreeder is a site where you can learn to speed up your reading. Check out the video clip.

There are some old SATs texts for you to copy & paste into Spreeder.

Click on the Reading Texts button, then click on the doc name to open it. Copy the text.
Open Spreeder & paste the text into Spreeder box. IF IT IS TOO FAST TO BEGIN WITH, CLICK "SETTINGS" (bottom right) and try 200 instead of 300.

World Maths Day

2010-02-14T14:33:00.008Z

World Maths Day 2010 is coming! In the meantime you can get great practice on the site, actually playing in real time against other young people from all over the world... how cool is that?

Kirk Langley & Mugginton pupils should already have their log in details or will soon, so click on the link and away you go!

There are now no more games on the WMD site. Hope you enjoyed it!

Spelling Bee

2010-02-09T17:29:00.016Z

Practice your spelling here with these games & activities at Spelling Bee. You don't need to log in but if you do register, with your parents' permission, you can keep track of your scores.

A good spelling mark can really BOOST your writing score.

WELCOME TO SATSBOOSTERS 2010

2010-02-09T17:00:00.005Z

Here you can come to get fun online activities which will help you practice for the dreaded tests in May.

There will be Literacy and Maths, but no Science this year...

If you hover your mouse over the picture or the title of the activity and you see a hand, this means you can click to go to the website. Remember to use your BACK button to get back to the blog. Or you may need to just close the window to be back at Satsboosters.

If you want to make a comment on any of the activities you'll need to sign up for a google account. Please make sure that's OK with your parents first. But you can use the site without logging on, no problem.Check back often because I'll post new things every few days, especially nearer to the SATs.