21 Digital Tools to Build Vocabulary If you follow this blog, you know that I believe effective vocabulary instruction is just about the most important instructional activity for teachers to get right. For lots of reasons. Vocabulary influences fluency, comprehension, and student achievement. How’s that for starters? In addition, a broad vocabulary is important for effective speaking, listening, reading and writing. I write frequently about the importance of effective vocabulary instruction and my recent infographic – the 10 Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Vocabulary Instruction – has proved very popular having been Pinned over 31,000 times. In today’s 21st century classrooms, digital tools must coexist alongside more traditional tools. Digital tools have advantages. The following digital tools show promise to support word learning, review, and playing with language. 21 Digital Tools to Build Vocabulary Reference Tools 1. Lingro is a cool tool for both the “wow” factor and for its usefulness. 2. “Jetty” as defined by Shahi 3.
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Students can match the sounds of different words in this phonemic awareness activties. by flowerific Mar 11
A fun way to practice phonemic awareness. See previous comment of discription. by tiffanygalanis Nov 5
This "Sound Match" activity requires students to match the initial/first sounds in words to the first sound of the name of the picture shown. For example, if the picture shown is a picture of a rabbit, students have to find all the words that begin with the "r" sound and drag them into the box. This game is great because students not only get to hear the correct sounds that match, but also incorrect sounds, and they get to learn why they do not match. I also like how interactive this game is because if you ahve a Smart Board, students get to actually physically drag the words into the box with the Smart Pen. Also, I like that the game has sound so the students can actually hear the sounds, and they also get to hear Clifford bark when they get something correct. It is a fun way to practice phonemic awareness. by kham1 Nov 5