Vocabulary.co.il - Effective Literacy #4 by:Jackie

Vocabulary.co.il (http://dev.vocabulary.co.il/) is a fun and engaging online vocabulary website that includes vocabulary online games such as word search, crossword puzzle, and hangman (their version is called Hang Mouse). Through this website users can choose the vocabulary list to be used in the online word game. Vocabulary.co.il is a great literacy website dedicated to helping users build their reading, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and English language skills. This website was designed to build a students or users vocabulary skills and motivate students and users to learn through playing fun online spelling and vocabulary games. Vocabulary.co.il is organized with dozens of categories of vocabulary lists. When students make the connections between words and ideas or words and pictures they are building their vocabulary skills. This website is not just a great tool and resource for struggling readers but it is also a great resource for English Language Learners since the games help build on a user’s literacy skills.

            Vocabulary.co.il provides a large variety of games and resources that can help build literacy skills for just about any age. The website resources include Time4Learning which is a complete online curriculum that includes games that revolve around building vocabulary skills and that can improve a user’s phonemic awareness, reading fluency, and phonics skills. Another great resource is their sister site VocabularySpellingCity where you can copy and paste your vocabulary word list into the special tool and it will generate games and activities to teach you the words from the list. The site also includes speed reading articles, spelling articles, vocabulary articles, ultimate vocabulary, expand vocabulary, GRE, SAT and PSAT vocabulary. The games improve vocabulary, increase vocabulary, power of words, vocabulary builder, and more great resources to build a person’s literacy skills.

            Vocabulary.co.il is a great online resource for everyone who wants to build on their literacy skills and English language skills. This site provides a wide range of articles, lessons, games, and other resources which are fun and engaging that can help build on a user’s literacy skills.