Tech Tac Toe-Wordle

Wordle is so easy to use for both teachers and students and I am really excited to let my students experience it. And did I mention it is easy to use? I mean legitimately easy to use.

Take head: the best way to avoid frustration with Wordle if you are using original text is to first put your text in a word processing or notepad program and paste it into the Wordle text box. Once you create your Wordle if you decide you want to change your text you will have to enter it all again. Having it somewhere outside Wordle will alleviate a lot of frustration caused by having to reenter your text.

When you generate your Wordle it presents a random layout and color scheme. If you don’t like what it generated, it is very easy to customize your Wordle: colors, direction of the words, and fonts. You can even eliminate common words in your selected language. Just make the selections from the dropdown menus.

For my Wordle project I selected a passage about Native Americans from the unit on colonial America, copied and pasted it into Wordle and viola, students had a visual of the important vocabulary words in the text. We can then discuss the words, make a Frayer model, add them to our word wall, etcetera.

The uses for Wordle are endless! You can use it to identify important vocabulary in a text, as I did here. Students could also make a world for different parts of speech or the different types of figurative language. They could also create a Wordle that tells about them or as a gift for someone. This tool is very user friendly and could easily be used by my students independently. I actually might add a “Make a Wordle” coupon to the prize bin because Wordle is so easy to use and would require little help from me after they have been introduced to it. I can’t wait to turn my students loose with Wordle!