simple antonym app for students
Submitted 9 years ago
Community Review for The Opposites
Eva H.
Technology coordinator
Pascagoula-Gautier School District
Pascagoula MS, US
My Take
This is a good app for students in grades 3rd and above to practice antonym skills. The app is simple, but useful. I would try to incorporate the dictionary area as well, in a writing center for word selection.
How I Use It
This app is rather simple to use. Students must find matching antonyms. The words slowly fill up the screen and the student must click on two matching words to remove them. The levels progressively get harder. There is also a dictionary area, which shows you the words for each level.
You want to be careful. There is an ad that will sometimes appear at the beginning of the game. There is also a "more stuff" button that will take you to other apps.
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Bryan M.
June 2, 2013
Students practice antonyms by matching words as they float to the top of the screen
This might be a good way to practice vocabulary for ELL students or early elementary students. However, it's extremely basic, doesn't teach the words, doesn't contextualize the words, or give any real pathway to a deeper understanding of the words.
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Valerie H.
Milford Brook School
Manalapan, NJ
March 29, 2013
Builds vocabulary as well as reinforces opposites
The app is exactly what the title implies. Two characters say words that are opposites and speech bubbles with the words are shown and said on-screen. Users click on the opposites as they appear in the floating bubbles. There is a “Dictionary” option to find and define the words used in the ten levels. Some words are golden and when they are chosen a symbol appears after clicking it. Level 1 words are simple (left/right, open/closed) and the words increase in difficulty to Level 10 (synonym/antonym, hypothesis/antithesis). The words increase in speed and difficulty to make the game more challenging as the user plays. However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to advance to higher levels without playing through all of them. There is no way to create players so everyone playing would be at the level the last player was at when they start the game. It would be optimal to be able to create players so many students could play the game on the same device and also have the option to save their play. Overall, the app is useful and works well. I would like to see the ability to choose a level to play, and to add players to the game for more usability in a classroom environment.
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