Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Wednesday Website: Cool Tool for Word Study
Online Etymology Dictionary is an online source for looking up words and their origins. There is a page orienting you to what information you will find there. Then you are invited to search for words and scroll through alphabetically. There are so many ways you could use this. Here are just a few:
1) Have students look up the origins and meanings of content vocabulary with Greek or Latin roots.
2) Have students create words maps for vocabulary with a section for etymology.
3) Have students create a dictionary of made up words using real word parts.