BEENLEIGH STATE SCHOOL


The activities on this page have been chosen because they will help students (from Years 4-7)

to READ and understand the ENGLISH language.


 

YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO CHECK OUT OUR:

STORIES TO READ ONLINE COLLECTION

AUDIO STORIES COLLECTION

OR OUR ENGLISH ACTIVITIES FOR YEARS 1-3

OR OUR PHONICS

 

 

  

1. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

No.

spelling

vocab.

cloze

word

recog.

meaning

grammar

compre-

hension

word/

story

building

class-

ification/

making

of books

Wacky Web Tales

1

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

x

 

Puzzlemaker (children make their own activities)

2

x

x

 

x

 

 

x

 

 

Sink it ‘n Solve it

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spellbinder

4

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

Create Your Own Story

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

Word Central – Word Coding

6

x

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

Word Central – English Experiments

7

x

x

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Odd One Out

10

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fake Out - definition Guessing Game

11

 

x

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

Spellcheck from FunBrain

(easy and hard levels)

12

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spelling Test - 50 most misspelled words

13

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grammar Gorillas - parts of speech

14

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

Boeing - Space words

15

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to Make a Cup of Tea

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 x

 

2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

No.

spelling

vocab.

cloze

word

recog.

meaning

grammar

compre-

hension

word/

story

building

class-

ification/

making

of books

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairground Spells – click on the Grab sign to practise punctuation, particularly apostrophes

18

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

Fairground Spells – click on the Fruit Machine to practise spelling up to 8 letters

19

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

No.

spelling

vocab.

cloze

word

recog.

meaning

grammar

compre-

hension

word/

story

building

class-

ification/

making

of books

Fairground Spells – click on the Ferris Wheel for  focussed practise with vowel pairs

20

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairground Spells – click on Test Your Skill to find short words in long words

21

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairground Spells – click on Dodgems to practise suffixes and prefixes

22

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

No.

spelling

vocab.

cloze

word

recog.

meaning

grammar

compre-

hension

word/

story

building

class-

ification/

making

of books

Swanky the Tooth Taker (synonyms)

24

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fearless Frieda (surfing)

25

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fearless Frieda (skating)

26

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wizards and Pigs (poetry skills)

27

 

x

 

 

x

 

x

x

 

Swanky the Tooth Taker (opposites)

28

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tina’s World (fact vs fantasy)

29

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

Make Your Own Characters 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

No.

spelling

vocab.

cloze

word
recog.

meaning

 grammar

compre-
hension

word/
story
building

class-
ification/
making
books

Word Builder

31

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a Story

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

x

Create Your Own Adventure

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

x

Phonics’ Activities

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Story Sequencing

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instruction Ordering

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing Dialogue

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

No.

spelling

vocab.

cloze

word

recog.

meaning

grammar

compre-

hension

word/

story

building

class-

ification/

making

of books

Collective Nouns

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Word Wheels

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labelling a Scene

40