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There is a brand new game in VocabularySpellingCity – VSC WordFind! The mouse is back and he’s on a word-finding mission. Help him by using the letters in each spelling or vocabulary word to make as many words as you can! The more words you find, the higher your score. Stumped? Click the Hint button for a sentence or definition clue!

VSC WordFind: The Featured Game for May

WordFind is a Premium game, but ALL members can use their own word lists to play this exciting new game during the month of May.

So the students’ favorites games:

Word Search, Unscramble,  Parts of Speech,  Hangman (HangMouse), Crossword Puzzle, and Word Find.

Enjoy!!!!

Like lots of homeschoolers, I HEART SpellingCity.com.  What a great site.  Both the free and premium are great. The premium is only $30 a year for automated grading of vocabulary and spelling tests, record keeping, and access to all the premium content.  This is definitely worth it and absolutely something we should support with our dollars.

VocabularySpellingCity’s mission is to facilitate vocabulary development, phonics, and writing skills through a word study tool that allows for differentiated instruction while working with vocabulary and spelling word lists. The site has been particularly useful in engaging struggling students, facilitating English language vocabulary skills with ESL students, building a school-home link, and simplifying teachers’ and parents’ administrative work.

The most popular learning activities are unscramble, wordsearch, hangman, crossword puzzle, alphabetical order practice,  grammar, handwriting practice worksheets,  and writing activities.

In terms of content and teaching resources, here’s a list of my favorites:

Analogies
Compound Words
Contractions
Dolch – Sight Words
Literature Based Word Lists
Math Vocabulary - Most Popular!
Multiple Meaning Words - New!
Phonics & Sight Word Curriculum
Possessive Nouns
Science Vocabulary - New!
Sequential Spelling Program
Sound Alike Words
Syllables - New!
Word Abbreviations

This video has three women telling their very funny stories of mistakes that they’ve made homeschooling. It was an online webinar which got recorded.
The discussion is about things that they wish that they had known.

Five Things that I Wish that I had Known when I started!

Featuring Kerry, Kelly, and Mary. Moderated by Jen!