mrs robeson's List: Vocabulary

Word Lists for: Analogies,,Capitonyms,,Compound Words, Contractions, Dolch - Sight Words, Geography Lists
Homophones, Homonyms, etc.,Literature Based Word Lists, Math Vocabulary, Monthly Holiday Lists, Multiple Meaning Words, Phonics & Sight Word Curriculum, Possessive Nouns, Sample Lists By Grade, Sequential Spelling Program, Sound Alike Words,
Syllables - New!, Word Abbreviations"

Reading: Teachers have found valuable lessons to support a variety of reading RIT ranges on the Florida Center for Reading Research Site under "student center activities"

A list of the vocabulary used on NWEA's assessments. It is broken out by subject and RIT range. Great resource for classroom goal setting

Do you know your Reading RIT Range? If so you can select games that are at your "Just Right" level to help you practice skills that fall within your MAP Target Strand. You can find out your RIT Range by asking your teacher or referring to the MAP scores that get mailed home. To begin practicing just find your the strand that you would like to work on and select your level. You will be taken to a WIDE RANGE of activities that will help you reach your MAP Goals!

"Teaching Strategies These teaching strategies have been designed by teachers, and educators (principals, coordinators) in Catholic schools across Melbourne and by educator"

"How does Vocabgrabber work? VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save. Select any word on the list and you'll see a snapshot of the Visual Thesaurus map and definitions for that word, along with examples of the word in your text. Click on the word map or the highlighted word in the example to see the Visual Thesaurus in action."

NWEA vocabulary lists

2009 Academic Vocabulary lists/study ideas

Academic vocabulary notebook paper

BINGO creater – on the left side of the page click on Bingo button – open the Excel document and save it to your desktop. You enter 30 vocab words in the master card with the yellow background. It will then create 32 cards for you and a master list to make the tiles you pull for the game. All the cells are locked and protected except for the master card with the yellow background. That’s the only place you can enter data.

"Pam Hogan ESL sites for Adult Learners"

Clear the words before the blocks topple down on you! Look out for bonus words for triple points.

“granddaddy” of “cause-related” games. If you choose the correct definition of the word, the next word you’re given is “harder.” If you answer incorrectly, the next word is supposed to be “easier.” In addition, for every word you get correct, ten grains of rice are donated to an international aid agency. A year-and-a-half ago, the BBC published a story quoting United Nations’ officials as saying the game has generated enough funds to feed 50,000 for a day at that time. Free Rice recently expanded its game and now has questions related to grammar, geography, art, foreign language and math, too (Yes, I know, this doesn’t teach the words in context, but because they have questions in all the categories, it’s so fun, and it’s for a good cause, are all reasons why I added it to this list.

"unique combination of being fun games to play while also having bona fide educational value. St become so absorbed with these games that they don't realize how they are reinforcing essential skills & learning new concepts. These games go beyond typical online word jumble & word find games by utilizing more unique gameplay attributes that challenge students and stimulate deeper & more sustained thinking. The detailed directions that are provided will help students understand the games & get the hang of them more quickly...Hover over each image to get a brief description of the overall idea of the game & the level of difficulty. Although determining how hard or easy a game is can be complicated because there are many variables involved, the games are color-coded into two general categories. Yellow means that the game allows students to choose the level of difficulty or that the game may be less difficult than the green games, which are consideredto be more difficult. The best way to see if a game is a good fit is to read the directions & give it a try.(Web page descriptor)

Lessons for Teaching Vocabulary booklet

A word-game strategy that builds vocabulary and comprehension while motivating students, (Said to be for middle school and up)