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Kids Spell

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What it is: Kids Spell is another fun website for students to practice their spelling words on.  Students can choose to practice their own spelling words or practice spelling in general with the “select a spelling list” feature.  Kids Spell gives students a place to create their own spelling list and provides a unique url where they can access the list again and again.  After students have entered their spelling words, they can choose to practice them with eight games.

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How to integrate Kids Spell into the classroom: Because Kids Spell creates a unique URL to access saved spelling lists, it is an easy way for students to practice spelling from school or home.  Just link to the spelling list from your classroom website, blog, wiki, or in your weekly newsletter. Bookmark the URL on classroom computers and create a spelling center that your students can visit throughout the week during literacy.  Students can use the Kids Spell generic spelling lists to help them practice for a spelling bee type competition.

Tips: Be sure to let parents know about Kids Spell, they are always looking for new ways to help their children study.  Games make spelling practice throughout the week much less painful!

Related Resources: Spelling City, Spelling Wizard, Spellitis, Word Safari

Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Kids Spell in your classroom.

Spell with Flickr

Kelly Tenkely4 Comments on Spell with Flickr2616 views

What it is: Spell with Flickr is a site that has been around for a while but I was reminded of it again this week when I used it with my students for a project.  Type any word or name into the Spell with Flickr website and the site will pull letter pictures from Flickr to spell out the word in pictures.  You can click on each letter to get a new picture and when you are satisfied with your picture word, you can drag and drop the word onto a desktop to use later or you can copy code to embed on a website, blog, or wiki.

How to integrate Spell with Flickr into the classroom: Spell with Flickr is a simple but neat website to use in the classroom.  Students can use Spell with Flickr to type in and practice their spelling words, to create titles for reports, to spell out their name for an auto biography poem, and to practice letter recognition.  Teachers can use Spell with Flickr as a fun way to create titles for bulletin boards, classroom signs, to make a unique word wall, or to make an alphabet banner.  Spell with Flickr can also be used on wikis and blogs making it perfect for fun titles.  Create an alphabet book, phonics blends book, or sight word book out of Spell with Flickr pictures.  

 

Tips:  If you aren’t happy with the pictures that were chosen for your letters, click on the picture for a new one. 

 

Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Spell with Flickr in your classroom.