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Helping ELL students speak up

Helping ELL students speak up | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Encouraging student voice among young, English Language Learners who are still building their vocabulary is challenging. Some technology tools can help support this process ..."

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Seven good flashcard creation apps for teachers

Seven good flashcard creation apps for teachers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Here is a collection of some of our favourite apps for creating flashcards on iPad or iPhone.  Students can use them to help with memorizing vocabulary, preparing for a test, learning a new language…etc ..."

 

  1. Flashcards+ by Chegg
  2. StudyBlue
  3. Quizlet
  4. Studies
  5. Flashcards - study with Custom Flashcard Maker
  6. Flashcard Hero
  7. Flashcards Deluxe 
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Eight must-have vocabulary apps and tools

Eight must-have vocabulary apps and tools | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A strong vocabulary is essential for student success. Therefore, teachers must make every effort to help students’ master vocabulary inside and outside of the classroom ...."

  1. Power Vocab Word Game
  2. SAT Vocab - Mindsnacks
  3. SAT Word Slam
  4. Shahi - A visual dictionary
  5. uVocab Vocabulary Trainer
  6. Vocab Ahead
  7. Vocabulary.com
  8. Word Hippo
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With devices, digital platforms and online activities becoming more and more accessible, teachers across the country are increasingly integrating technology into their classrooms and by using platforms to increase vocabulary range it is an innovative and useful form to aid students who struggle to learn. 
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Eight tips for teaching with mentor texts

Eight tips for teaching with mentor texts | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Using great writing as a model doesn’t come naturally to students—it’s a skill that needs to be taught ..."

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Nine simple solutions for common teaching problems

Nine simple solutions for common teaching problems | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The solutions to many of our education challenges are things we could start doing tomorrow. Here are 9 ideas you can try right away ..."

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Twenty-one digital tools to build vocabulary -

Twenty-one digital tools to build vocabulary - | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
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APP Ed Review January round up – Vocabulary apps! — Emerging Education Technologies

APP Ed Review January round up – Vocabulary apps! — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Breathe Some New Life into Vocabulary Instruction At App Ed Review, we see a new year as a new opportunity, and that has inspired us to think about vocabulary. Yes, vocabulary! While it may not be the most “jazzy” thing ..."

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Infographics

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21 Digital Tools to Build Vocabulary

"...In today’s 21st century classrooms, digital tools should coexist alongside more traditional tools. Online tools, compared to their more traditional counterparts, provide a broader array of information about words and word meanings. In addition, some tools allow teachers to easily customize words so that students can practice, review, and play games with content or unit-specific words..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: DIY emojis

Free Technology for Teachers: DIY emojis | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Emoji Builder is a fun little site for making your own emojis. To design your own emoji on Emoji Builder you simply pick a base face then add on eyes, mouth, and accessories from menus on the site ..."

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Let's stop talking about the '30 million word gap'

Let's stop talking about the '30 million word gap' | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Did you know that kids growing up in poverty hear 30 million fewer words by age 3? Chances are, if you're the type of person who reads a newspaper or listens to NPR, you've heard that statistic before ..."

 

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SOS: A review game for ESL students

SOS: A review game for ESL students | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"SOS is a fun review game for ESL students. You need to review grammar and vocab to help it stick, so check out this ESL review game for kids and adults ..."

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FREEPhonics Home

FREEPhonics Home | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"FREEPhonics is a free e-book from Primary Concepts with 82 lessons designed to help pre-K students build vocabulary and reading skills. The curriculum also comes with materials to support instruction, such as a teacher app and reproducible pages with letter tiles, word-building mats and sorting journals ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: ABCD Wordie analyzes text and creates vocabulary lists

Free Technology for Teachers: ABCD Wordie analyzes text and creates vocabulary lists | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"ABCD Wordie is a handy tool for evaluating the level of the vocabulary in a passage of text. To use ABCD Wordie you simply paste a chunk of text into the ABCD Wordie site and then choose one of nine levels that describe the reading skills of your students ..."

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Lesson plan | Analyzing maps to better understand global current events and history

Lesson plan | Analyzing maps to better understand global current events and history | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

'In this lesson, we provide strategies to help students accurately interpret maps, and we suggest ways for using current event maps as a tool to better understand both history and what’s going on in the world today ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: Ten good tools to help students learn new vocabulary words

Free Technology for Teachers: Ten good tools to help students learn new vocabulary words | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A couple of weeks ago I published a video about using Vocabulist to create vocabulary lists and study sheets from a document ..."

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