Wordsmyth Wordsmyth has always been a resource for online learning, but with so many K-12 teachers engaging in online instruction during this difficult time, we would like to offer a guide to Wordsmyth’s plentiful tools that can help out with the challenging task of teaching children remotely. For Grades K-2 WILD, a rich and unique online … Read more
The following is a guide designed to make clear the real nitty-gritty of navigation within WILD. It discusses all four components of WILD—the Book, Collections, World, and Picture Dictionary—but it focuses most particularly on navigation within the Collections and within the WILD World. If you are looking for just a basic overview of WILD functionality, … Read more
This overview of the structure and general operation of WILD is designed to help teachers get started using this rich online resource with their students.
We are proud to announce Wordsmyth Word of the Year 2020, selected by the votes of members of the Wordsmyth community. Here are a selection of the comments from our users who voted for the word social distancing. This is a common theme – what most people must do or do not want to do. … Read more
The Wordsmyth educational mission is to foster awareness of how words work in communication, and our WOTY nominations this year have drawn attention to the way words work in society. This has been such an extraordinary year—bringing many new words and concepts to our attention—that Oxford Dictionaries couldn’t choose one word as their word of … Read more
Everyone can participate – students and teachers, friendship and work groups, and families can all take up the discussion of what words have been most important in 2020.
If you forget your password, you can reset it by clicking “Forgot your password?” on the sign up screen. On the next screen, type in your email address, and click “Reset Password”. An email will be sent to you with a new password (generated by the system) and an activation code. Please note that sometimes … Read more
Working in partnership with the acclaimed ReadWorks reading program, Wordsmyth is powering the new “ReadWorks Vocabulary Widget,” now live at www.readworks.org. The new vocabulary widget is automatically available for students to use during reading on the ReadWorks site. ReadWorks pre-selected vocabulary words appear in bold and in blue in their reading passages, and students can click on … Read more
Teachers, the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Center offers some of the best vocabulary-teaching tools you’ll find online and supports your curriculum’s vocabulary component for all subjects. In addition, it provides a remarkably easy way for your students to personalize their vocabulary learning on their own.
Yes! As part of our recent update, we’ve adopted a new logo for WILD. In addition to the logo change, we’ve made many improvements to the dictionary that will make it even better at supporting the online education of learners in grades K to 2. We are aware that teaching young children online can be … Read more
