Tuesday 4 May 2010

Word Invasion

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

Co-ordinates


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

Sunday 25 April 2010

Similes


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

Triangle Sort


Different types of triangle - you will need to know this!
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Friday 9 April 2010

Fractions








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





And for Fractions of Amounts, try this Quiz!
LINKS FIXED 09/04/12

Spelling- Prefixes & Suffixes





Try this BITESIZE Prefixes/Suffixes workout.

Sunday 4 April 2010

Mathionaire

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


Updated link 09/04/12

Sentence Punctuation

Some valuable PUNCTUATION practice. You know you need some...
Genral Link to Skillwise.

Monday 29 March 2010

Persuasive Writing

Remind yourself about how to write
PERSUASIVELY here.

Friday 26 March 2010

Algebra Challenge


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

Times Tables


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

Monday 22 March 2010

Commas


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

Saturday 20 March 2010

Instructions

Do you know how to write a good set of clear instructions? Try this Bitesize Instructions Activity.
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Writing Instructions

Do you know the right way to write a good set of instructions? Try this

Sunday 14 March 2010

Guess the Random Angle!



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


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.

Saturday 13 March 2010

Write a FORMAL letter

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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Tuesday 9 March 2010

Sunday 7 March 2010

Measuring: Reading Scales

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

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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Friday 26 February 2010

Gut Instinct Maths

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

Sunday 21 February 2010

Spelling : Look Cover Write Check

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:)












Tuesday 16 February 2010

Speed Reading!

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.

  1. Click on the Reading Texts button, then click on the doc name to open it. Copy the text.
  2. 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.

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Spelling Bee

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.