Teen Literacy Tips

Merriam-Webster’s Word Central has a few fun drill-and-practice games that you can share with your students. I tried three games: Robo-Bee, BIGbot and Jumble Kids. We’re not talking high-level thinking here, but if you want your students to practice their word skills, or if you need something for remediation, you might want to give these a try. They load easily and are played from your web browser.

Robo-Bee uses context clues to help students choose the correct word from other similar choices:

Reviewing Homophones

Jumble Kids is similar to the newspaper puzzle:

Just Like in the Newspaper

Enjoy!