Elementary Vocabulary Best Practices
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Vocabulary.com isn’t a flashy website full of images, but it does allow you to create quizzes to help your students study. Quizzes give four potential meanings for a vocabulary word, and students select the one they think fits. It’s ideal for elementary students because it provides a hint for students if they don’t know what the word is.
Vocabulary.com isn’t a flashy website full of images, but it does allow you to create quizzes to help your students study. Quizzes give four potential meanings for a vocabulary word, and students select the one they think fits. It’s ideal for elementary students because it provides a hint for students if they don’t know what the word is.
Memorizing vocabulary words and definitions can be difficult even for the brightest students. With these online vocabulary builders for elementary students, you can ensure that your students learn the words they need to know.
Memorizing vocabulary words and definitions can be difficult even for the brightest students. With these online vocabulary builders for elementary students, you can ensure that your students learn the words they need to know.
Visuwords is an online graphical dictionary that provides definitions and pronunciation like a traditional dictionary, but also generates a visual representation of the word. This comprehensive database has nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, and you can search for the exact word you need. An additional bonus: students can use Visuwords as a thesaurus when they want to expand their vocabulary.
Visuwords is an online graphical dictionary that provides definitions and pronunciation like a traditional dictionary, but also generates a visual representation of the word. This comprehensive database has nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, and you can search for the exact word you need. An additional bonus: students can use Visuwords as a thesaurus when they want to expand their vocabulary.
Completely free, InsideStory Flashcards offers digital flashcards with words, high-quality photographs, an example sentence, and a brief description. These flashcards are divided into basic, easy, medium, and hard, and teachers can pick the words they want their students to learn. The flashcards can be printed or viewed online, allowing you to choose the best option for your classroom.
Completely free, InsideStory Flashcards offers digital flashcards with words, high-quality photographs, an example sentence, and a brief description. These flashcards are divided into basic, easy, medium, and hard, and teachers can pick the words they want their students to learn. The flashcards can be printed or viewed online, allowing you to choose the best option for your classroom.
The high quality of the images on this site appeals to small children who enjoy visual learning. You’ll want to preview the images before using them in your class to determine if they are age appropriate for your students. There’s one potential drawback for this site—it’s not searchable, so finding specific words is difficult.
The high quality of the images on this site appeals to small children who enjoy visual learning. You’ll want to preview the images before using them in your class to determine if they are age appropriate for your students. There’s one potential drawback for this site—it’s not searchable, so finding specific words is difficult.
This collection of reviewed tools and resources from TeachersFirst promotes vocabulary development and skills for students to improve and master daily vocabulary, subject matter terms, speech/language vocabulary, and ESL/ELL language. Some are tools for study and practice of terms in any class--including world languages, while others focus specifically on written and spoken English. Be sure to check "In the classroom" for ways each resource might help in your teaching area. Share your favorites on a free TeachersFirst public page for students and parents to use for vocabulary practice outside of class.
This collection of reviewed tools and resources from TeachersFirst promotes vocabulary development and skills for students to improve and master daily vocabulary, subject matter terms, speech/language vocabulary, and ESL/ELL language. Some are tools for study and practice of terms in any class--including world languages, while others focus specifically on written and spoken English. Be sure to check "In the classroom" for ways each resource might help in your teaching area. Share your favorites on a free TeachersFirst public page for students and parents to use for vocabulary practice outside of class.