Word Clouds: Ways to use them with your students...

Word Clouds can be extremely useful.

Here are some examples:
Show it to the students so they can make inferences about what we'll be studying throughout the year. You can also use it on Open House night to show the parents. From time to time, look back at it to remind me which terms and phrases I should be emphasizing with my teaching. It's a great way to think about the necessary vocabulary.

Visit wordle.net to create a word cloud of your own state's standards! Simply copy and paste the standards into the create box and let wordle.net do the rest of the work for you.

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