Website of the Week - Spelling City
Posted
Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:13 PM
by
kent-teachers
Spelling City
www.spellingcity.com
Spellingcity.com is a free spelling tool that can help make the teaching of spelling more exciting. With online spelling games, spelling reviews, and spelling quizzes, pupils can memorise their weekly spelling words while having fun.
In the practice test, students click to hear the word and a sentence containing the word. They type in the word and check for correctness. Pupils login with the class information to access that weeks spelling list. They also have the option of creating their own lists.
You could use your interactive whiteboard to play games with a whole-class weekly spelling list. You could also use the website in various other subject areas to teach keywords e.g. science terms.
To get the most out of Spelling city, you should register. It is a free service. Once registered pupils will be able to log on at home, and involve their parents in the learning process.
N.B This is an American site so remember their Grades are different to our Year Groups. Also if you decide to use any of the many pre-made lists you will need to check for American spellings.