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| How do I register/sign up my students or my whole classroom to participate? | Registration is FREE at Vocab U! Fill out our registration form individually or send us an email with a list of people and we will sign them up. Each participant will have his/her own name but can share an email with the teacher, if desired. Many students have 2 registrations, one at school and one at home (where they can share the puzzles with their whole family). There will be NO commercial use, nor will we give our participants name or email to anyone. See our Privacy Policy. |
| Where can I find more details about the Vocab U. site? | When you go to our Sitemap you will see a great deal more about both the "Word Villages" and "Puzzle Villages" at Vocabulary University®. |
| Can I get permission to copy & use these word puzzles in my class? | You have our permission if you want to copy or reprint these puzzles for teaching/school use. We simply ask that you give notice on the copies that www.vocabulary.com is the source. Feedback after participants or other teachers use our content is always appreciated! We ask that you read our copyright notification page as well. |
| How do I earn a DIPLOMA? Do you keep track of my participation? | We keep track of the number of sessions in which you have participated (current one is Session#135). When you have completed 9 different sessions you can receive a personalized, colored diploma on request. You can notify us after you have submitted 7 "live" sessions. We anticipate that sponsors may also send additional congratulatory items (currently being considered!). |
| Where can I find a list of basic roots and meanings? | The puzzles at VOCAB U. are ALL ROOT-BASED and grade-level specific. We have also created Word City - a city of root-word "buildings". We like The Onelook Dictionary (http://www.onelook.com/index.html), as a great web resource of multiple dictionaries including root details. Another favorite recommendation is a book entitled "Instant Vocabulary" by Ira Ehrlich, published by Simon & Schuster in 1968. |
| How often do you create new VOCAB U. puzzle sessions? | Our new product called My Vocabulary is a 39 Week Lesson Plan that will go for an entire school year! We create a new "session" every two months (the most recent one is Fall 2003). The next one, Session #136, will be posted soon. |
| Can I get previous puzzles? Is there an archive? | All the previous session puzzles are in our archive. We have supplied "word bank" exercises for sentences using the words from the puzzles. We also provide sentences with words in their proper context. Feel free to copy and use these in class. We welcome feedback from you and participants after their use. |
| Can you give me more information about Vocabulary University and the creators? | Carey Orr Cook and his wife Jan (a high school teacher) created and maintain three web sites: www.vocabulary.com, www.rootonym.com and syndicate.com. The Syndicate.com Word Puzzle Contests started in February 1995 and, in 1997, evolved into Vocabulary University®. Carey aka "Rich Encounter" and the "VOCAB Team" can be reached by snail mail: Vocabulary University, P.O.Box 7727, Menlo Park, CA 94026 or by email here. |
| Can I order & buy Vocabulary University word puzzle booklets? | Yes. Just email us at vocabulary booklets and specify the appropriate grade level you want. Level 1 is high elementary, Level 2 is junior high, and Level 3 is high school/college prep (SAT-type words). They can be ordered in color graphic bundles of 10 puzzles ($20.00) or 24 puzzles ($40.00). See our Vocab U. Gift Shop for these and other "signature merchandise" from the faculty and characters at VOCAB U. |
| Would VOCAB U. post a list of vocabulary words from a book that I teach? Where do I send it? | Vocabulary U. is pleased to receive any new words, ideas, or vocabulary lists from books (see our "Classic Text" for over 70 "book-vocabulary" lists that have already been completed)! We also create thematic puzzles using specfic vocabulary. Please contact Rich Encounter via email ideas@vocabulary.com. |
| Have you received trademarks for your various creations? | Yes. We own four trademarks with others in process: (1)Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® brand word puzzles, (2)The VOCONs® comic strip, (3)Rootonym® word puzzles and (4)Vocabulary University® including the faculty characters - Dick Shinary, Cinny Nym, Auntie Nym, Acro Nym, Al Literation, Etta Molly Gee, Sam Mantics and Crossword (the mascot). |
| Do you publish a daily word puzzles in any print newspapers? | Both the Rooty*Hoot*Hoot(tm) and Word Web(tm) puzzles have been published daily since February 1995 in the Moline Daily Dispatch and the Rock Island Argus. |
| Where can I see your daily word puzzles in print or online? | Tribune Media Services Inc. began syndicating the Rootonym® puzzles for print in early 2002. The TMS contact number is 800-245-6536. Universal Press Syndicate/uclick LLC began their daily online distribution for web sites and in their Puzzle Society in August 2002. UPS/uclick can be reached at 816-330-6500 |
| How much does it cost to run these daily online or print puzzles? How do I receive them? | The cost of the six or seven puzzles per week is determined by your website traffic numbers or your newspaper's circulation. Please contact the respective syndicates for their pricing parameters. Both print and online websites/newspapers delivery comes via FTP and can always be supplied with at least a one month inventory. |
| If I create a story from the "session" vocabulary, will you post-it? | Absolutely! We are pleased to see our participant's creative storytelling efforts and will edit sparingly. Contributions help everyone. See what has already been posted! |
| How can I get the 100 Election-related words? Is there a charge? | There is never a charge to receive the election words and cliches. Please email the VOCAB TEAM here. |
| What is your Privacy Policy? | We do not allow third parites or anyone to use the emails and other information we collect from our participants. For a detailed understanding of our policy please go to Privacy Policy. |
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