Vocabulary & Spelling

From site:  The 100 most frequently used words make up about half of the written English language. Here are strategies I use to help students learn to spell these words.

From site:  This website offers a fun way for your child to improve their spelling. There are 3 games designed for children between 7 ­ 11 years old. In each game the child is drawn into a story and has…

Greek and Latin Roots provides the base, origin and meaning of Greek and Latin root, prefixes and suffixes.  List is in alphabetical order by base word.

Pick up letters to form words.  Practice your vocabulary and spelling at the same time.  Compete to become a top scorer.

From site:  Build Vocabulary through Word Games: Snonym Toast – How many synonyms can you grab from mid-air before the time runs out? Rhyme Time – Solve these rhyming riddles! Funny Pages – Stop by for cartoon captions and word…

Using words from E.B. White’s book, “Charlotte’s Web,” kids can choose a game to play.  The games ask them to identify parts of speech, plural and singular nouns, synonyms and antonyms, prefixes and suffixes.

Click on the picture of the object you want to spell.  Click on the letters of the wheel to spell the object.  You can play by yourself or with a friend.

From site:  Martha is here to help kids learn lots of new words as they play. Each game on our site introduces a whole bunch of new words. The more kids play, the more words they’ll hear. Play along with…

From site: Make learning spelling fun with spelling games.  SpellingCity.com has more than 35,000 spelling words and eight spelling games.  A person says each word or sentence for your child to spell.  There are thousands of spelling lists to choose…

Pick a category to play an interactive game that helps improve your vocabulary skills.  ABC order games give you 10 words to put in order.  Synonym games let you match similar words; antonym games let you match opposite words.

Free Rice combines two goals: Improve English vocabulary for everyone. End world hunger by providing rice to hungry people.  For every vocabulary word you answer correctly, Free Rice will donate 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. …

From site:  Feed the BIGbots! These word-automated machines have quite an appetite, so come prepared with a voracious vocabulary! Good hand and eye coordination is a definite plus!

From site:  Will your language skills blossom or wilt? It’s up to you as you control the flight of the Robo-Bee through a garden of synonyms, antonyms, spelling, and usage puzzles!

From site:  This highly-interactive activity supports critical thinking and problem solving while also building students’ comprehension and spelling skills. Students start by choosing puzzles based on four popular U.S. children’s books. They are then prompted to use clues to identify…

From site: A great language activity, “Guess What’s in the Bag” focuses on speaking, listening, and problem-solving skills. Whole-class participation allows students to use their imagination and frees them to play with words as they describe hidden objects, hear clues,…