Vocabulary+Activities

 The teaching of vocabulary is a key component of the Learning Focus Strategies planning model. The activities featured in this section can easily be used to help students beome more successful with their vocabulary skills.      
 *  Visuwords - This site allows you to look up words and see their meaning and association with other words and concepts -- all in a graphic format. You can make your own diagrams with your class too.
 *  Nota - Nota is a service that allows you to create a blog that is more like an online scrapbook. How does this fit as a vocab activity? Well, some teachers have used it to create an online word wall for their units - giving students access to the word wall from anywhere.
 *  Knowtes - Here you can create digital flash cards for your students. You can then add these flashcards to your Schoolwires page, or just provide the link to your students. The site does require an 'invitation' to create an account, but they typically have several 'invitations' to hand out all of them time.
 *  Wordle - Remember word splashes from LFS training? Well, this is the technology version of a word splash. You can make a graphic with words in different color schemes, different sizes, different directions, etc. The finished word splash is easy to share online or print.
 *  Visual Dictionary - Merriam-Webster has created an online visual dictionary that is free to use. This could be a helpful tool for introducing vocab words to your students, so they have a visual representation of the word. It is growing almost daily, so if it doesn't have the word you are looking for, check back.
 *  Quizlet- This is another tool you can use to make flashcards... well, sort of. You can make simple quizzes that act much like flashcards. Their sample quizlet quizzes you on US capitals, but you can easily make this an interactive review of vocab words for you classroom. 