This KS2 section is split into important aspects of the English curriculum including speaking and listening, handwriting and drama. Children also have the opportunity to take the online @school assessment tests to see how well they are doing with English.
The main part of English is literacy, consisting of Word Level including phonics, word recognition, spelling, dictionary work, and various texts; Sentence Level including grammar and punctuation, looking at adjectives, adverbs, capital letters, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, sentences, syntax, and verbs; Text Level including writing, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and different texts. The @school activities are in an interactive, online test, or printable format, bringing a different dynamic to the subject.
Change the Tense – Adding ‘-s’, ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing. - Interactive activities to change the tense of a verb by adding suffixes
Funbrain Spellaroo - For this interactive activity you need to click on the word that is spelt incorrectly.
How many words? - Interactive activity to find how many different words could be made by adding suffixes.
Identify the Sound - Interactive activity to identify the different sounds made by the letter strings ough.
Identify the Sound – ight - Interactive activity to select the different sounds made by the letter strings ‘ight’.
Identify the Sound – oo - Interactive activity to select the different sounds made by the letter strings ‘oo’.
Identify the Sound – our - Interactive activity to select the different sounds made by the letter strings ‘our’.
Look Cover Write Check - Powerful online spelling tool. Look at the spelling click cover then type in your spelling.
Plural Cranes - Interactive activity where you have to choose the correct plural endings for diffeent words - es or s.
Plurals and Words Ending in Vowels - Interactive activity to turn words ending in vowels into plurals
Spell Check (USA) - Check the spellings, type in the correct spellings and may may end up on their leaderboard!
Spellings - Year 4 - Interactive activity where you need to spell the correct word for the context of the passage.
Suffixes ‘-hood’ and ‘-ship’ - Interactive activity to spell words with the suffixes ‘-hood’ and ‘-ship’
Suffixes ‘-ness’ and ‘-ment’ - Interactive activity to spell words with the suffixes ‘-ness’ and ‘-ment’
Suffixes –ly, -less and –ful - Interactive activity to identify the root word of words with suffixes.