Vocabulary.com targets individual proficiency levels and provides adaptive learning - perfect for summer!
Vocabulary.com's independent learning activities are fun for students to learn and easy for teachers to assign.
For many students, summer break is all about fun and games. Lucky for teachers, Vocabulary.com specializes in making vocabulary building fun! Our resources make it easy to encourage independent and remote learning over the summer to avoid learning loss. This list of some of our favorite activities (and suggestions on how to implement them) is perfect for parents, educators, and learners who want to continue word learning all year round!
Start planning educational summer activities using some of our favorite features:
Pump up learning with VocabTrainer
VocabTrainer gets learners excited about word learning! Vocabulary.com’s award-winning adaptive engine pinpoints students' vocabulary levels and provides personalized development based on their proficiency.
Summer learning suggestion: Challenge students to master 10-20 words per week. Keep track of student activity in your teacher dashboard and offer incentives to students who reach the goal. Offer incentives based on the number of weeks they’ve completed the challenge (i.e. students who reach the goal for 10 weeks get the biggest prize, 8 weeks get a smaller prize, 6 weeks get a smaller prize, and so on).
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Create competition with Vocabulary Jams
Engage your students in some fun, friendly competition. Host a Vocabulary Jam using one of our vocabulary lists or create your own! Learners can also join existing Jams and compete against fellow learners online.
Summer learning suggestion: Schedule Jams ahead of time and notify students or parents when you’ll be hosting them throughout the break. Learners can compete from home against their friends and classmates. Incentivize participation with small prizes!
Pair summer reading with Vocabulary Lists
Vocabulary.com’s curriculum team has curated over 13,000 vocabulary lists that align with all subject areas. Every list has a learning and teaching toolbar so you can instantly assign activities to students once you’ve found the perfect list. Since your school year curriculum is on hiatus, encourage students to explore lists that align with their own interests or their summer reads.
Whether they’re major sports fans wanting to test themselves on football terms or word nerds who want to master Words to Help You Win at Scrabble – we have a list for everyone!Summer learning suggestion: Assign summer reading along with one of our accompanying vocabulary lists or create your own list! Paste up to 100 pages of text from anywhere and we’ll hand-pick the most relevant vocabulary words to create a customized list.
Have students choose their own lists with the Learner Resource Center
Vocabulary.com’s Learner Resource Center features some of our most popular lists and collections organized by subject or topic. This is a great resource for students to use during the summer to get ahead for the next school year. From essential vocabulary to math to test prep, the Learner Resource Center is stacked with valuable vocabulary lists that are sure to benefit any student!
Summer learning suggestion: Have each student choose any list from the resource center that’s relevant to their next grade level and master the words on that list. Check out our “Words Every ‘X’th Grader Should Know” lists to set students up for success in their next grade level. Have your students master all the words in their current grade level before the break ends and offer incentives to every student who completes the assignment!
Plan your curriculum with Teacher Resources
Find the perfect ready-made resources to align with your curriculum on our Teaching Resources page. With this one-stop spot, we’ve made it easy to browse writing resources, articles, and curated vocabulary lists. Browse by textbooks, subjects, or test prep.
Summer learning suggestion: Use this resource page to organize your curriculum during the summer and get a headstart on the new school year! With every subject and test prep topic, diversify your vocabulary teaching with this wide range of resources. Set up your classes for the year and prep all your assignments before the school year even starts!
Incentivize learning with printables
Encourage learners with some fun printouts! Get students excited about using Vocabulary.com with this summer vocab bingo card using our pre-made card or creating your own with our blank template.
As students are filling out their bingo cards and completing summer activities, have them set a goal and keep track of their progress with this printable progress tracker! As they reach their goals, reward them with these editable Vocabulary.com coupons!
Another way to incentivize summer learning is to award learners with our customizable achievement certificates! It’s an easy way to motivate them and celebrate their wins.
Summer learning suggestion: Keep tabs on students’ progress on the teacher dashboard and celebrate when students hit certain milestones by sending a digital copy of the certificate that they can print out!
Bonus suggestion: Host a grade- or school-level competition and whoever masters the most words over summer break gets a shoutout and/or a pizza party for their class!Don’t have an educator license? Start a free trial to implement Vocabulary.com in your summer learning.