Vocabahead

Vocabahead is a wonderful site where students can learn new words. The site has lists of words from A-Z for grade levels 6-11. It also has other categories, one serving as SAT prep. This site contains illustrations for the words, as well as audio recordings that are played along with the definition. Not only does the site define and provide imagery for the word, but it also gives at least three sentences that use the word in it. These examples function to show the learner multiple cases that the word takes place. While I was browsing through the lists, I was shocked to see how many complex words were available. Vocabahead can be a cool site for teachers to encourage students to increase their vocabulary beyond the classroom. I could see myself using this site and offering bonus points for any words that are used in assignments that were learned through this site.