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Kids Spell Web Site October 26, 2009

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You can select from one of our spelling lists, or create your own. Custom spelling lists can be saved, and linked to from a classroom website.

Once you have selected a list, play one of our many free spelling games listed to the right.

These spelling games have been designed to improve spelling abilities in a fun way, that your student’s will love.

Interactives for Promethean by Skill & Grade Level October 14, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Early Learning, Educational Resources, Games, Math Resources, Promethean Resources, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources, Spelling.
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Interactive Activities from Utah Education Network (Grades K-2)

Grades 3-6 Interactivities from Utah Education Network

WeboWord September 26, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Educational Resources, Odds and Ends, Reading/Language Arts, Spelling.
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Weboword is a visual vocabulary site with a Word-A-Day feature and vocabulary puzzles.

Spelling Activities: Twenty-Seven Ways to Practice in Style September 18, 2009

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Twenty Seven Spelling Activities

How do we keep the spelling activities familiar enough to allow for self direction, yet fresh enough that the students won’t balk at the idea of doing them? Here are twenty-seven tips for primary through high school to help get you started.

Word Safari September 18, 2009

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Word Safari is a free online game where students can enter their spelling words and then play the game to practice.

School Time Online Learning Games August 30, 2009

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Schooltime Online Science Games

School Time Math Games

School Time Social Studies Games

School Time Language Arts Games

School Time Logic Games

I Know That Activities for Students August 26, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Early Learning, Educational Resources, English Language Learners, Lesson Planning, Math Resources, Promethean Resources, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources, Special Education, Spelling, Technology.
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I Know That.Com web site has a collection of fun learning activities categorized by grade level and subject designed especially for elementary students.

Ninja Words Online Dictionary August 24, 2009

Posted by eatonblog in Digital Storytelling, Educational Resources, English Language Learners, Lesson Planning, Odds and Ends, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources, Special Education, Spelling, Technology.
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Ninja Words Online Dictionary is a free, fast online dictionary students can use for writing projects, vocabulary study, or even spelling words.

Word Ahead Vocabulary Videos July 29, 2009

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Word Ahead Vocabulary Videos is a new web site that has a short 1-2 minute video telling the meaning of hundreds of vocabulary words. You can even sign up to receive a word video each day by email. In looking at the word list, most words may be difficult for elementary, but I can see teachers in third and fourth grade using this site to challenge their students. It is particularly suited for middle and high school students.

Spelling Web Sites July 19, 2009

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Spelling Games

Spelling Wizard from Scholastic.com lets students, parents, and teachers create their own word search and word scramble games to play online. Each game can have up to ten words. To use Spelling Wizard simply enter ten words into the list field then select word search or word scramble. Spelling Wizard is probably best suited for students in Kindergarten through second grade. Scholastic also offers a free tool for creating online spelling flashcards

Read Write Think has an online activity for young (K-2) students based on four childrens’ books. Read Write Think’s Word Wizard asks students to select one of four books that they have read or have had read to them. After selecting a book the Word Wizardcreates a simple online spelling exercise based on the words in the book chosen by the child.

Spell Bee was developed at Brandeis University with funding from the National Science Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Spell Bee allows students to play spelling games in a head-to-head format. Spell Bee allows teachers to create accounts for students so that teachers can track student progress.

MSNBC has an interactive spelling bee based on the words from the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. There are three games to play and the words get progressively more difficult the longer you play. The words are read to students who then type the word into the spelling box. Just like in a real spelling bee, students can get the definition and or hear it used in a sentence. The difficulty of the words in the game make it best suited for middle school and high school students.

Spelling Bee The Game is an online spelling bee similar in style to the MSNBC game mentioned above. After selecting an avatar (game persona), students hear words read to them and have to type the correct spelling in the fields provided. If a student spells a word correctly, they move on to the next level. If a student does not spell a word correctly, they are given an easier word to try. If students need help spelling a word, they can hear the definition read as well as hear the word used in a sentence.

Kids Spell provides eight free games that help students learn to spell more than 6,000 words. Kids Spell is a part of the Kids Know It Network. The Kids Know It Network provides educational games for all content areas taught in grades K-6.

Spin and Spell has been featured on a number of blogs over the last year. Spin and Spel l asks students to select a picture and then spell the name of the item. Alternatively, students can have word select for them and then identify the correct corresponding image.

GamesGames.com offers sixteen free spelling games. Most of the games seem to be designed with grades 3, 4, and 5 in mind.

Spelling City is a resource that Jim Moulton shared in his Best of Web 2008 presentation at the ACTEM conference in October. Spelling City not only offers games, it also offers the capability for students to type a word and hear it pronounced.

Catch the Spelling offers more than two dozen categories of spelling games. Each game has the same format; as words fall from the top of the screen, players have to “catch” the appropriate letters in the correct sequence to spell the word displayed at the top of the game. Players “catch” letters by moving a cursor at the bottom of the page. In some ways it reminded me of a cross between Tetris and Frogger.

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