Sites and Apps for Vocabulary and Spelling Practice - Best of 2016

 

Sites and Apps for Vocabulary and

Spelling Practice - Best of 2016

Building Language for Literacy, offers three language activities from Scholastic. It is Interactive White Board Ready and is web based. This is good for PK, K and possibly 1.

Spell Up is a Google Chrome Experiment. Spell Up is a game in which you hear a prompt to spell a word then have to speak into your laptop to see the word spelled on your screen. If you spell the word correctly it stays on the screen where it becomes part of a tower of words. If you spell a word incorrectly, it will fall off the screen and you will be prompted to try again (you can skip a word after a few tries). This app is great for students who can already spell many words s I would say grade 3 and beyond. There is no control as of yet over what words you're given.

web based  is a fun and challenging game that tests your ability to match definitions to words. You're given the first letter of the word and a definition and you need to spell out the word.  This would be great for grades 5 and 6.

Could you win the National Spelling Bee? Vox's spelling challenge presents you with the final winning words from twenty past national spelling bees. You will hear the word pronounced then you have to type it in the spelling box to submit your answer. Before submitting your answer you can hear the word used in a sentence and see the origin of the word. This could be fun for grade 6.