Clicking on the Unscramble game in Vocabulary.co.il takes you directly to the game options menu. Here, you can choose from over 100 different game topics, 3 level difficulties, and 4 timer settings. You can also choose whether to include audio on your game or not.
After you have made your game choices, you can click […]
Do you remember the feeling that used to come over you when your teacher would announce a “pop quiz”? Beads of sweat would come pouring down your face as the papers were handed out, and your hands would shake so much you could hardly hold the pencil straight. A quiz was something to be […]
Children with dyslexia are often at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to acquiring new vocabulary. Those with reading challenges must rely, for the most part, on building their word bank by the spoken word, rather than the written word. Even more frustrating, some children with dyslexia also struggle with auditory processing issues, so even […]
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If English happens to be your second language, you may have a very special New Years resolution this year: building your English vocabulary.
If that sounds like a resolution that might be too difficult to keep, then check out the following simple tips for making English vocabulary learning fun and interesting.
1) […]
You don’t have to sit down long with a piece of classic literature to realize that your vocabulary is more limited than you think. The wordsmiths of the literature world weave a wide variety of English into their works, and often they aren’t always words that we come in contact with in daily conversation. That’s […]
Every standardized test that involves vocabulary has some form of “fill in the blank” style question. In other words, here is a sentence with a word missing; you choose from the following word options to complete the sentence.
It’s a very basic way to check a student’s word comprehension using sentence context. Showing that a student […]
I have this weird thing with song lyrics. I can hear music I haven’t heard in 20 years or more, and suddenly I will realize that I STILL remember the words!! It’s kind of freaky, actually. It’s like there is this little “compartment” up in my brain that stores song lyrics without my knowledge!
But the […]
We at Vocabulary.co.il are curious. We get some feedback on our vocabulary building games and articles, but it never quite allows us that “peek into the classroom” that we would like.
If you are a classroom teacher, using Vocabulary.co.il in your daily classroom or homework schedule, we would love to hear from you. Sound off […]
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am incredibly thankful for all the creative ways there are to build English language skills online. Maybe I’m not able to run in a field and shout them across the hills like Maria in the Sound of Music, but I still have some “favorite things” that I know […]
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The third week of November is Geography Awareness Week. This was a week established in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan to promote geographic education in public schools. Geography, and particularly globalization, are important subjects of focus in an increasingly small world.
Teachers who are looking for good geography activities and games to supplement their […]
