Vocabulary

Students vocabulary best through indirect strategies. Students need to hear words several times and use them in context in order to retain meaning. Vocabulary is developed in three ways; active conversation, listening, and reading.

Florida Center for Reading Research - Vocabulary (learning centers)

Reading Workshop
Vocabulary Builders
What's the Word
Build vocabulary by matching words with pictures.
Word Central
From Merrium-Webster is a fun, interactive environment for daily buzzwords, rhyming dictionaries, and much more. Click on Educators for a nice overview.

Goo Games - Identifying Synonyms
Goo Games - Identifying Antonyms

Try to complete the analogies in a race against time.