Comments on: ELL: English Language Learners and VocabularySpellingCity /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/ A Chat with the Mayor Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.14 By: Michele Stewart /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/#comment-78941 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:38:59 +0000 /blog/?p=260#comment-78941 Is there a way to get the directions said in Spanish? I have a new student that has no English and it would be helpful for the directions to be read in Spanish to them since I know very little.

]]> By: Michele Stewart /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/#comment-78940 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:37:21 +0000 /blog/?p=260#comment-78940 Is there a way to get directions said in Spanish?

]]> By: George Spyro /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/#comment-49106 Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:28:47 +0000 /blog/?p=260#comment-49106 “site” and “sight” words are sound-alike words meaning that although they sound alike, they are written differently and mean different things.

They are known as homophones. Easily confused with heteronyms and homonyms. Here’s a page that sorts it all out:
https://www.spellingcity.com/homophones-and-homonyms.html

]]> By: John /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/#comment-42149 Sun, 04 Jun 2017 12:59:31 +0000 /blog/?p=260#comment-42149 Segmenting and recognizing sounds and syllables are key prereading skills. Here’s a page with a good overview of the activities that VocabularySpellingCity has to offer:
https://www.spellingcity.com/word-study-games.html

]]> By: Elise Orter /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/#comment-21360 Fri, 20 May 2016 15:54:16 +0000 /blog/?p=260#comment-21360 In reply to David McCollum.

Hi David,

We have both Latin and Greek Roots Words lists available on our “site”. Under Word lists & Lessons head to English / Language Arts, then drill down to Vocabulary Study and here you’ll find this hidden gem of word lists. A total of 29 lists are currently available.

http://www.spellingcity.com/latin-greek-root-words.html

Use these words with our learning activities to engage your students.

]]> By: kayla /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/#comment-21260 Mon, 16 May 2016 23:06:50 +0000 /blog/?p=260#comment-21260 I need help

]]> By: David McCollum /blog/esl-english-language-learners-and-vocabularyspellingcity/#comment-20608 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 01:09:31 +0000 /blog/?p=260#comment-20608 The VocabSpellingCity site is good!!! Am I the only one who keeps confusing “sight” and “site”?

What’s the fancy Latin-derived term for these sound-alike words? Doesn’t the sight, I mean site, have some lists and exercises to practice it?

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