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Welcome to the Literacy Zone !!
Interactive literacy activities for all year groups
Words and Spellings
Star words
Alien hangman
Catch that horse
Escape the maze
Drag and spell
Plus many, many more !
 
Plurals endings
Mixed plurals
Irregular plurals
 
Alphabet order
Missing letter
Alphabet garden
Interactive alphabet
and lots more
 
Spell the word
CVC maker
Word wheels
It's a goal
Pounce !
The whirly machine
 
Order the weeks
Months of the year hangman
 
Crazy compound words
Other activities
 
Using synonyms
Synonyms game
Don't use said
Other words for nice
 
Dungeon escape
Whomp
Spelling ship
Space hangman
Look out below
Plus lots more !
 
I can read
Read key words
Site word practice
 
Interactive alphabet
Letter formation
Vowel sounds
 
Cluster buster
Blends wheels
Word blender
 
Write a postcard
 
Two interactive activities
 
Prefix meaning match
Prefixes make new words
Spin to win
Plus other activities
 
Writing and Text Work
 
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Three Pigs
The Gingerbread Man
Pied Piper
Plus other activities
 
Myths brainstorming machine
 
Order instructions
Write instructions
Playground games
 
Writing a leaflet
 
Create your own
Write a letter
 
WW2
 
BBC argument activity
 
Using similes to enhance writing skills
 
Writing dialogue
Animal talk
 
Write your own play
 
Grammar and Punctuation
 
Silly sentence maker
Are these sentences?
Penguins on ice
Joining sentences together
Lots and lots more !
 
What are nouns?
Collective nouns
Possessive nouns
Proper nouns
 
Pronouns quiz
Personal pronouns
 
Blast the rocket
Choosing adjectives
Other adjective activities
 
Word links
Characteristics
Word play
Irregular verbs
2Bee or Nottoobee
 
Using adverbs
Adjectives and adverbs
 
Past tense quiz
Tenses activity
 
Punctuate the text
Punctuate the sentences
 
Captial letters game
 
Full stops game
 
Dragon land
Making statements into questions
 
Comma splices
Comma activities
 
Insert speech marks
Don't use said
 
Games and quizzes
Contraction words
Possessive nouns
 
Online Stories
 
What's that noise?
The treasure map
Monster shopping trip
Dinosaur dig
Animated Aesop tales
The magic spell
Penguin party
The cold planet
And many, many more !!
 
Writing and Text Work
 
Story starts
Settings
Characters
Story plant
Planning a story
Beginnings and endings
 
Read a poem
Create monster poem
Shape poems
Different types of poems
 
Headlines
Writing a comment
 
Teddy labels
Farm labels
 
Starship
 
Proverbs matching game
British proverbs
 
 BBC literacy website
Ages 4-11
Lots of activities for all - click here
 
Our Literacy Zone will be continuously updated, so check back for new links.
If you enjoyed the Literacy Zone, don't forget to visit the Maths and Science Zone as well