I love this game on so many levels. First off it is a great way to build vocabulary. It gives you a word and you must choose from the four words below which one defines the word. There is even a button that sounds the word out to you so if it's something you are stuck on it will help. So the coolest feature on this site is that every time you get a word right they will donate 10 grains of rice to the World Food Programme. That is so awesome because not only is this site helping your students with vocabulary but in the process of learning your students are helping those that are hungry. This site is just so amazing I cannot recommend it enough. I know this is for language arts but you can do other subjects as well. What a great motivator for your students to learn so they can feed the hungry. This would be a great activity to do in your spare time between lessons or classes.
Furious Frogs
Another great game to really hammer in those skills you are learning in class. This would be either a great hook or, like the last game, a time filler in your room. Here the students play as frogs and try to eat the most flies. In order to do that, however, the student has to correctly identify the right fly based on the word in the center. They must find the synonym, antonym or homonym of the word in the center. This is a fun multiplayer game that will get students competitive side to drive them in to the right direction of learning.
These two games are great for teaching students new words or allowing them work on the words that trouble them. It is fun and if the teacher turns it into a competition then it drives the students to do better not only because its a game but now they have to beat their friends. Free rice is my favorite of my favorites. I love that it promotes and helps a great cause and with the help of your students then you can really make a difference which will impact their lives, and the lives of hungry familys for years to come.
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