Fake Out
Choose a word and try to guess its definition. Words grouped by age and ability levels.
http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/Fictionary Dictionary
Online edition of the popular parlor game for word lovers. Intended to improve one's vocabulary while making up phony definitions for obscure words.
http://www.fictionarydictionary.com
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
Hangman, matching, word search, and vocabulary trivia to help students learn vocabulary.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il
Spatial Concepts
Uses colorful images to define spatial concepts such as over and under, between, and big and little.
http://www.meddybemps.com/9.600.html
ThinkQuest : Library : Winning With Words
A choose your own sea-faring adventure story with links to a glossary.
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=471&team_id=10623
Vocab Test.com
A series of interactive tests designed to help students learn standard SAT words.
http://www.vocabtest.com/
Vocabulary Drill for Kids
Uses one less familiar word in a sentence, then provides three possible definitions. Kids use sentence context to choose the correct meaning.
http://www.edu4kids.com/lang1/
Vocabulary Quiz
Match SAT words with their definitions.
http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-vocabulary.cfm
Vocabulary Vulcanizer
Teaches "word parts" to help users decode meanings and build vocabulary.
http://membersites.namezero.com/jaegerma.nycap.rr.com/
Vocabulary.com- Level One Puzzle
Interactive games suitable for fourth through eighth graders.
http://www.vocabulary.com/VUlevelone.html
What's the Word
Online game to learn reading and expand vocabulary. From Funbrain.com.
http://funbrain.com/vocab/index.html
Word Traps
An alphabetical list of words which are often used wrongly, with more correct alternatives.
http://www.stage-door.org/stampact/traps.html
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