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6 Useful Vocabulary Websites

In Closing The Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley11/04/20182 Comments

The web is full of websites on vocabulary: good, bad and ugly. Here are six of my favourite free vocabulary websites that I think are useful for teachers and students alike:   …

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jon_seversJon Severs@jon_severs·

Playing #Wordle ? Should you be playing it with kids in classrooms, too? @KateParkerTes spoke to @AlexJQuigley and finds games like this may have some use in schools

https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/secondary/do-vocabulary-games-boost-literacy

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DurringResearchDurrington Research School@DurringResearch·

NEW: @FH_FranHaynes shares how we are helping students understand word morphology - a key approach from the @EducEndowFoundn secondary literacy guidance report.

https://classteaching.wordpress.com/2022/01/17/planting-the-roots-for-vocabulary-growth/

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olicavoliver caviglioli@olicav·

This is to be read.
Rehearsal first (& sufficient) before retrieval practice. https://twitter.com/teacherhead/status/1482726426075934727

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Alex Quigley

I am a blogger and the proud  author of ‘Closing the Reading Gap’, ‘Closing the Writing Gap’, and ‘The Confident Teacher’.

After over fifteen years in the classroom, I now support the cause of education from the other side the school gates. For most of the week I work for an educational charity, supporting teachers and school leaders to access research evidence.

Additionally, I write edubooks and offer consultancy. Also, I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I write about education, evidence, reading, writing and vocabulary. An ex-teacher, I work to support schools and teachers to make the difference for pupils.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I work for an educational charity focused on breaking the link between parental income and educational outcomes. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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