1001 Nights

We are reading some of the stories from 1001 Nights in Literacy. StoryNory has some of the stories that you can listen to or read.

Sheet Map

We made a sheet map that has all the settings for our quest myth. It was great fun to make and decide where to place each setting.

More Greek Myths

Go here for more Greek Myths

Myths

We are learning all about myths in Literacy.

Here are some great myths that you can read or listen to.

'ight'words

Our spellings this week are 'ight' words.

Try out this wordsearch to find 'ight' words (play game 7):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/letterpatterns/game.shtml

Practice spelling 'ight' words (select 'igh'):
http://www.ictgames.com/lcwc.html

Move the 'ight' words to go with their correct meaning (there are 2 sets):
http://www.readwritenow.ie/index.cfm?page=exercise&exerciseId=98

This website has lots of 'ight' words and a poem with lots of 'ight's:
http://www.akidjustlikeme.com/id40.htm

Watch the video to help learn how to spell 'ight' words:
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/ightwords.htm

Calligrams

We are learning about shape poems in literacy. Last week we looked at calligrams.

This is a wonderful site where the letters of each animal's name move into the shape of the animal:
http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf