Words

Words are to meaning what cells are to life.


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[|Word magnets - a simple activity] - no control over the words.

[|Word Hippo] - find synonyms, meanings, rhyming words, words containing letters (in the order you out them)

[|Graph Words] - try one and see. Click on nodes to redraw from there.

[|Word magnets] - a little control over the words. Edit or add by Shift clicking. [|Magnetic poetry] - a little bit harder. However you might try Triptico - it was online once. I will demo it - if you like it download it or ask for a copy. [|Save the Words] - unusual words and their meanings.

[|Graphwords try a few common words to see the options you ge]t. Check out the elbows (definitions). these could be an interesting study for older kids.

Words for older kids - it is interesting to see how different engines handle the same words - [|The Lightweight Visual Thesaurus] lets you double click to extend options - [|Visuwords] or [|Lexipedia] which is a little simpler. And then there is [|Wiktionary] - say no more really but there are choices of over 2 million english words - if you could say one a second how long would that take? I love it - how about words like **phlogiston? Check out Recent changes - is this a living document?**

[|Wordnik is just a little differen]t - suitable for teachers to find interesting words and definitions. Often links to current usage in publications.

[|Freerice] - word building [|Know word is is a rather cool one] - increases in challenge. [|Vocab Sushi] is another one - it does cost but you do get a trial. [|Word challenge – scrabble]  And for a bit of fun   Some spelling sites <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; display: block; font-size: 18pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|Spelling Bee]gives words in context. The whole paragraph can be read or you can use it to look at each individual word one at a time. <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; display: block; font-size: 18pt; padding-right: 10px;"> <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; display: block; font-size: 18pt; padding-right: 10px;">OK time for something a little more challenging. This is the [|Times Spelling Bee] <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; display: block; font-size: 18pt; padding-right: 10px;">And if you are a [|real spelling sadist] try this one! <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; display: block; font-size: 18pt; padding-right: 10px;"> <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; display: block; font-size: 18pt; padding-right: 10px;"> Runny Babbit

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