Miss Spell’s Class is an original word game that lets players test their spelling skills against the most commonly misspelled words on Dictionary.com. Players must quickly decide whether each of 20 words is spelled correctly or incorrectly, as speed and accuracy count to get to the top of the class!
• “Delightful…easy to recommend and difficult to ace.” – Macworld.com iPhone Central Blog
Features:
* American English
* 10,000 words in the game
* See the correct spelling for each misspelled word
* Get the definition for every word
* Choose a font for your game board
* Game Center support
* Global scoreboard
Make the grade:
* Think quickly! A 10 second penalty is added to your time for each incorrect answer
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/miss-spells-class/id308754739?mt=8#
I have shared Spelling City before, but it just got better. http://www.spellingcity.com/
Vocabulary and SpellingCity.com has:
- Over 42,000 spelling words with customizable sentences and definitions
- A REAL person who says each word and sentence
- Free home pages for teachers and parents to save lists
- Teacher training videos to show teachers and parents how to use Vocabulary and SpellingCity.com
- Customizable sentences and definitions for words with multiple meanings (e.g., a scale for weighing, to scale a mountain, the scale on a map)
- Free printable handwriting worksheets for handwriting practice with your saved lists
- Free teaching resources with lists and lesson plans for teaching high frequency words, compound words, sound-alike words (their, there, they’re), contractions, possessives, and more. There are also lists for learning state capitals.
- Fifteen games to play online or to print: Spelling, Word Meaning, Vocabulary, Alphabetical Order, Parts of Speech
- A free forum and newsletters with more vocabulary and spelling resources
With each word list, students can choose one of four options:
- Spelling Test repeats each spelling word with a live voice and uses it in a sentence.
- Vocab Test gives a definition for each word, along with a choice of six possible words.
- Teach Me spells and displays the word in ways that stimulate memory for visual and verbal learners.
- Play a Game uses your word list in educational games that teach spelling, word meaning, vocabulary, and alphabetical order.
After taking an online spelling or vocabulary test, students can print out a report, retake the entire test, or get tested only on the spelling words they got wrong the first time.
Teachers: try our new Vocabulary and Spelling City Parents’ Letter, available as a PDF for you to print and send home with your students’ spelling word lists. It is also available in Spanish.
If you are a Premium Member, we have a specific Premium Member Parent Letter.
Vocabulary and SpellingCity also offers a Premium Membership for teachers and parents who want more. Premium Membership features:
- Automatic test grading and student gradebook
- Complete activity tracking of all student activities
- Access to the Premium Games for your lists: SpeedySpeller and LetterFall
Want help paying for a Vocabulary and SpellingCity Premium Membership? Vocabulary and SpellingCity has become an authorized vendor for Adopt-A-Classroom.org. It’s worth checking out.
Vocabulary and SpellingCity is the sole source provider of premium membership for type service.
Help make spelling time a fun time! Vocabulary and SpellingCity.com wants to make our spelling website an invaluable part of every child’s spelling and vocabulary education. To help us keep improving our vocabulary and spelling games:
- Link to Vocabulary and SpellingCity from your school website, homeschool blog, or list of online learning resources.
- Tell your colleagues and friends, write a review for a teachers group, or forward our newsletter.
- Participate in the Vocabulary and SpellingCity forum. Share lists that you’ve posted, discuss your experiences on using the site, and make suggestions for new features or spelling games.
- Become a fan on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter.
Vocabulary and SpellingCity.com shares technology with a vocabulary website. Vocabulary and SpellingCity is grateful to Time4Learning.com (homeschooling curriculum, afterschool online study) and Time4Writing.com (teaching writing) for their support. Vocabulary and SpellingCity recommends the following keyboarding games.
Spelling City: the ultimate online spelling program.
http://www.spellingcity.com/
SpellingCity.com has:
- Over 42,000 spelling words and ten learning games!
- A REAL person who says each word and sentence.
- Free home pages for teachers and parents to save lists.
- How To Videos to show teachers and parents how to use SpellingCity.com.
- A free forum and newsletter with more vocabulary and spelling resources!
- Ten games to play online or to print: Spelling, Vocabulary, Alphabetical Order.
- Free printables for handwriting practice with your saved lists.
- A Resources Section which highlights features and existing lists for Dolch words, compound words, sound-alikes (their, there, they’re), contractions, possessives, and more.
After taking the online spelling test, students can print out a report, retake the entire test, or get tested only on the spelling words that they got wrong the first time.
TeachMe spells and displays the word in ways that stimulate memory for visual and verbal learners.
Printable Games include WordSearch, UnScramble, MatchIt, Alphabetize, WhichWord?, Sentence UnScramble and MissingLetter.
Printable Handwriting Worksheets for combined spelling and handwriting practice can be created from any saved list (this feature only works if the list is saved). Choices includes three sizes of lines, capitals or small letters, script or cursive, and with directional arrows on or off. How cool is that?
Teachers: try our new Spelling City Parents’ Letter, available as PDFs for you to print and send home with your students’ spelling word lists. It is also available in Spanish.
