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Vocabulary/Spelling

  • Alphabet Organizer Recommended Resource
    Students can use this tool to create such things as an alphabet book or for discussing background knowledge on a topic they are beginning to study.
  • Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun Recommended Resource
    Interactive vocabulary games. Even young users will find this site simple to use. Simply choose the familiar game format (word search, hangman, a quiz and a match game) and the play is intuitive.
  • SpellBinder Recommended Resource
    Spellbinder supports the principle that spelling is best mastered within the context of learning to write. From wickED on TKI.
  • The Word Frequency Lists Recommended Resource
    Many word lists are here - 500, 1000, 2000, academic lists
  • 330 Most Common Verbs
    A list of verbs taken from the 3500 most common words in English, according to the Macmillan Essential Dictionary.
  • The Compleat Lexical Tutor
    Analyse the vocabulary difficulty of your text.
  • The Compleat Lexical Tutor: Analysis of Word Difficulty in Text
    Paste a text you have written here to make a vocabulary profile of your writing.
  • Crossword Puzzle Generator Maker - Crossword Puzzle Creator
    This is an easy to use crossword maker. To add language value adapt the crossword so that each student has some of the answers and some of the clues and each student must find the missing clues/answers by asking their partner.
  • Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards
    Flashcards using Dolch sight words, including links to other resources using the Dolch sight words.
  • DynaMo's Den (BBC)
    Interactive reading, spelling and number games. Suitable for English language learners in middle and senior primary school.
  • ESL Cafe Web Guide: Vocabulary
    Dave Sperling's guide to ESOL vocabulary links.
  • KS1 Bitesize (BBC)
    Interactive literacy games aimed at students in their first years at school. Includes phonics, sentence construction, punctuation, pronouns.
  • Lexical Approach (British Council)
    A clear explanantion of the important role of formulaic phrases in language learning.
  • Penguin Dossiers
    Monthly articles - Penguin Reader level 3. Archive of past Penguin Dossiers and worksheets. Dossiers include reading and listening practice, and vocabulary building.
  • Sagwa: Pictures as Words
    Early Chinese writing used pictograms - symbols that stand for a word or idea instead of words. Try your hand at matching pictograms with their corresponding meaning with this fun game.
  • Skillswise: Words: Spelling (BBC)
    Learn about prefixes, suffixes, root words, letter patterns and much more.
  • Spelling Bank Activities
    Online, interactive games to help students understand spelling rules.
  • Spellits: BBC Schools Literacy
    Interactive activities to improve spelling. This site is best viewed using Flash, and with sound. Printable versions of all the spelling activities are available in the non-flash version. For advanced students.
  • Vocabulary Builders' Page
    Worksheets and activities for developing content area vocabulary.
  • Vocabulary: The 100 Most Useful Words in English
    Did you know that on average, just 12 words account for a quarter of all reading? Read all about it here.
  • Word Turtle
    Students can custom-build word search games.
  • WordCount
    WordCount is an interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. WordCount data currently comes from the British National Corpus®.
  • Wordsmyth
    An online dictionary with other facilities such as teacher generated glossaries, crossword puzzles and quizzes. Registration is free.