20 Ideas To Help You Keep Up With Your Learning While You Are Staying At Home
If your school has been closed due to the Covid-19 virus, we are here to help.
As we go through this uncertain time together, we will do our very best to continue working as normal. While we do expect a higher demand, our servers have plenty of capacity. We aim to continue to respond quickly to any requests for information or support.
Whether you are a long-time user or new to our site, we hope some of these ideas will help you stay focused and beat boredom:
- New to the site and not sure where to start? Logging back in after a long time? The first thing to do is work out your base spelling level using the Spelling Ability Test.
- Once you have your score, start working through your Personal Course Pathway. That’s a route through the site tailored to your specific strengths and weaknesses.
- Your Spellzone subscription also gives you access to thousands of word lists.
- We know that no two students will have the same needs so learning how to create your own spelling lists is always a good idea.
- The Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check test is a classic when it comes to learning spelling – and with good reason! Learn more here.
- Not sure how to pronounce a word? Our Listen and Spell test lets you listen to a word before trying to spell it.
- Our spelling games are a great way to have fun while still feeling productive.
- Missing your friends? Some of our games a have a multiplayer option too. Log in at the same time and challenge each other!
- Writing is one of the best ways to improve your spelling. These ideas for incorporating writing into your at-home routine were written for the summer holidays, but most of them will work now too.
- Not sure what to write about? Here are five prompts.
- Ever wondered where our words for different types of cloth came from?
- What about our words for coffee?
- Did you know that English words are borrowed from languages from all over the world?
- In fact, here are five weird wordy titbits you can text your friends about.
- Did you know some words have multiple contradictory meanings?
- Not to mention there are words that sound the same but are spelt in totally different ways?
- Want to learn how to express yourself more interetingly? Click here.
- This article will help you if you want to learn as many new words as possible.
- This one will help if you want to polish up your punctuation.
- And if you’re looking for procrastination, here are our top tips for tidying your desk!
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20 Mar 2020
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