WORDSIFT ~ in one word ... AMAZING!!!
I have used wordle to make word clouds before, but OH MY GOODNESS ... this program takes vocabulary development, main idea and summary to a whole new level! I copied a one page sample of a passage to see what would happen. The passage was on rattlesnakes. When the Wordsift was created from the words I pasted in, this is what was created ...
snake wordshift
On this word shift, you can find images, videos, a virtual thesaurus, as well as many options for shifting the words.
My school has a very large ELL population. I think this is going to be a great tool for teachers to use in Science and Social Studies as well as ELA teachers working on main idea and summary.
I agree...great tool for ELL population.
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