Thinking Thursdays is back in business. The next offerings will be on May 9th and May 23rd. The technology topic will be Google Drive (Docs) per staff survey. We will explore setup-settings, making and organizing folders, sharing, passwords, form creation, and more. If Google Docs is a new to you, don't worry, we will start at the beginning. If you are an expert, don't worry, you are needed.
Kathy Burnette will be our "Featured Presenter" for both sessions.
Hope to see you all there,
Your Discovery Literacy Leaders
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Vocabulary Help!!
Hey all,
It has been some time since Thinking Thursdays has been engaged. Today, on Twitter, I came across a list of vocabulary sites to assist students. I am including them here. Sorry about the background white. I have not personally used these sites but they are all "live" and may fit a need. They range through all grade levels.
I did find Vocabgrabber quite interesting as you copy paste a document and it pulls out possible vocabulary terms from that document or paste. You can check them out. Maybe, you could post a comment on any you find useful.
Flashcard Stash- registered teachers create vocab flashcards and can share with their students
Free Rice- each correct answer generates a donation of 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme.
Graph Words- online visual thesaurus
Knoword- helps boost vocabulary and spelling
Learning Chocolate- vocabulary learning platform includes a huge array of interactive lessons
Learning Vocabulary Fun-vocabulary games, English vocabulary word games, including Slang Game, Hang Mouse and Letter Games
MyVocabulary.com- root word lesson plans, puzzles, word lists and SAT/ACT test prep
PBS Kids Vocabulary Games- from Radio Martha to the Great Word Quest, a nice listing here
Professor Word- add the bookmarklet to Chrome, Firefox, IE or Safari and when reading a webpage; SAT and ACT words will be identified; can also give the definition to any words on the page which are not understood
Spelling City- teachers can save vocab lists, learning activities and games
VocabAhead- SAT and ACT vocabulary building
VocabGrabber- "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."
VocabSushi- " VocabSushi provides thousands of sentences that demonstrate any vocab word's contemporary usage in news articles."
Vocabulary Worksheets- from the Lesson Corner
Vocabulary Worksheets and Printables- filter by grade level
Wordia- includes videos of students and teachers explaining the meanings of certain words, many games
These are courtesy of
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2013/04/18-fun-resources-to-help-kids-with.html?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AMediaSpecialistsGuideToTheInternet+(A+Media+Specialist's+Guide+to+the+Internet)
Your Discovery Literacy Leaders
It has been some time since Thinking Thursdays has been engaged. Today, on Twitter, I came across a list of vocabulary sites to assist students. I am including them here. Sorry about the background white. I have not personally used these sites but they are all "live" and may fit a need. They range through all grade levels.
I did find Vocabgrabber quite interesting as you copy paste a document and it pulls out possible vocabulary terms from that document or paste. You can check them out. Maybe, you could post a comment on any you find useful.
Flashcard Stash- registered teachers create vocab flashcards and can share with their students
Free Rice- each correct answer generates a donation of 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme.
Graph Words- online visual thesaurus
Knoword- helps boost vocabulary and spelling
Learning Chocolate- vocabulary learning platform includes a huge array of interactive lessons
Learning Vocabulary Fun-vocabulary games, English vocabulary word games, including Slang Game, Hang Mouse and Letter Games
MyVocabulary.com- root word lesson plans, puzzles, word lists and SAT/ACT test prep
PBS Kids Vocabulary Games- from Radio Martha to the Great Word Quest, a nice listing here
Professor Word- add the bookmarklet to Chrome, Firefox, IE or Safari and when reading a webpage; SAT and ACT words will be identified; can also give the definition to any words on the page which are not understood
Spelling City- teachers can save vocab lists, learning activities and games
VocabAhead- SAT and ACT vocabulary building
VocabGrabber- "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."
VocabSushi- " VocabSushi provides thousands of sentences that demonstrate any vocab word's contemporary usage in news articles."
Vocabulary Worksheets- from the Lesson Corner
Vocabulary Worksheets and Printables- filter by grade level
Wordia- includes videos of students and teachers explaining the meanings of certain words, many games
These are courtesy of
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2013/04/18-fun-resources-to-help-kids-with.html?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AMediaSpecialistsGuideToTheInternet+(A+Media+Specialist's+Guide+to+the+Internet)
Your Discovery Literacy Leaders
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