(My new favorite website) VOCABULARY.COM (My new favorite website)

Vocabulary.com does NOT Just quiz student just on the most common definition of a word 2. Make quizzes.

Vocabulary.com IS… An excellent resource for ALL teachers and students 2) Free to all MCSD employees and students 3) Research based and standards based.

Vocabulary.com FACTS: It is for all disciplines. It can be used to build vocabulary in general or to address teacher selected vocabulary words. It can be used to identify vocabulary critical for the comprehension of a passage. Yes, it does this for you! It tracks students progress. It is adaptive computer based learning. Ie) The Challenge

Vocabulary.com Sign-up using Google + and your Keysstudents.net account, which is your firstnamelastname@keysstudents.net and whatever password you created. If you are not using this account the password is 12345678. Most of your information will auto-populate.

Vocabulary.com Creating classes is easy, easy, easy!

Vocabulary.com- The Challenge The Challenge- How it works Placement- practice- multiple-meanings- parts of speech- clues-remediation Students should spend 15 minutes a day in The Challenge. The Challenge requires no action from the teacher once the class is set up and students have joined. .

Vocabulary.com Creating Assignments Part One 1: Create a list by typing words in the text box and assigning to your classes. A) B) C)

Vocabulary.com Creating Assignments Part Two 2) Create a list by selecting from 1.000s of ready-made lists. Follow the same steps as before to add to a class. You can modify a ready-made list by copying and pasting the words from the ready-made list into a new list vocabulary box. Remove what you don’t like and add what you want!

Vocabulary.com Creating Assignments Part 3 My favorite way to create a list is by copying and pasting text into a “Create a list” text box. The program does the work for you! It is A-Maz-ING!! Copy text from a digital copy of an article, story, whatever. (This is from online SB) Paste in the “Create a new list” box. 3. Click

Vocabulary.com Creating Assignments Part 3 …AND THIS HAPPENS! You can modify the suggestions and assign. It is that easy!

Other information You can set due dates for assignments. There is an app, but it is not free, yet. However, the online version works perfectly fine on mobile devices. There are tutorial webinars every Tuesday. Sign-up on vocabulary.com. If you do not create your account using Google +, you will need to contact mwalizer@vocabulary.com in order receive full rights to the program. It is not free to create classes and assign lists, but our district has paid for these services. Be sure to let Matt W. know you are a Monroe County Schools employee. Questions? Comments from current users?