Vocabulary.com

I am hopelessly addicted to vocabulary.com I love words. I love new & interesting words. Discombobulated. Defenestration. Effervescence. The English language is just full of interesting terms. The High School English teacher showed off this website at our in-service last week, so I started doing it with my students as a center time activity.

I can create word lists like the words that I notice they are mis-spelling or mis-using or just a fun '3rd Grade Halloween Words" with words like phantom, ghost, pumpkin, haunted, glow, shiver, scary... I also put a list of our 3rd grade spelling bee words.

The kids can track who has logged the most points on our leaderboard. Since I play too, their target is usually to "beat teacher!" or a classmate. T logged 10,000 points last week! Our school is currently #2 in Alaska.

I caught myself playing this weekend. Words are awesome, I'm happy to share my love with the students :)