Welcome to the articles and resources section of our site. On the left, you'll see a list of links with useful information about how to better use VocabularySpellingCity at home and in the classroom. Also, there is an extremely useful section of the forum where VocabularySpellingCity users are sharing their lists.

Which lists are the Most Popular?

	Dolch Words - This collection of Dolch or sight words is perennially useful. It includes both background information and ready-to-use lists.
	Compound Words - Kids love studying compound words. Teachers love teaching them. Does your school have a Compound Word Day? It should!
	Sound Alike Words - All students, and many adults, benefit from practice in distinguishing the correct spelling and usage of its and it's; they're, there, and their; and to, too, and two
	Math Vocabulary by Grade - Math word lists ranging from Kindergarten to High School.
	Science Vocabulary by Grade - Science word lists ranging from Kindergarten to High School.

The Heavy Stuff: Research and Articles on Spelling

VocabularySpellingCity.com has two articles on the importance of spelling in building successful readers and writers: The Importance of Spelling and Research on Spelling Automaticity.

What's New?

VocabularySpellingCity not only features sentences for each of our 42,000+ words, we also feature vocabulary content, including definitions, parts of speech, synonyms and antonyms! We have introduced four new Premium Activities using this content: Vocabulary Test and MatchIt Definitions, both of which feature definitions; Parts of Speech, which guides students to select the correct part of speech of a given word as used in a sentence; and Word-O-Rama, an exciting word game show that features fill-in-the-blank sentences, definitions, synonyms and antonyms! Learning vocabulary has never been so much fun!

Custom Sentences and Definitions - All VocabularySpellingCity users have the option of writing custom sentences for words on their lists saved in List Management. Now Premium Members also have the option to write their own custom definitions. Custom content appears in all of VocabularySpellingCity's games and activities. This enables teachers and parents to make spelling and vocabulary words more meaningful to their students or children, thus increasing the chances of retention and recall.

Printables - Many of the games and activities featured on VocabularySpellingCity are also available as printable PDFs, thus allowing teachers and parents to generate worksheets for students to use to practice their spelling and vocabulary words in the classroom or at home! Our site also allows users to generate handwriting worksheets in a variety of fonts, formats and type sizes. Students can print the results of their spelling and vocabulary tests, and printable certificates featuring students' spelling test scores are also available.

Student Writing Practice - VocabularySpellingCity includes two writing activities - Sentence Writing Practice, in which students are instructed to write sentences using the word lists entered by their teachers or parents; and Paragraph Writing Practice, in which they are instructed to write a paragraph using their word list. Instructions for both may be customized by teachers and parents. Students of Premium Members have the added advantage of being able to submit their writing practice activities to their teachers for a grade. Teachers may assign scores and add comments or emoticons before returning the writing assignment to their students for review.

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