Cynny Nym

""Hi, I'm Cinny Nym, Dean of Faculty at Vocabulary University®.
At http://www.vocabulary.com we operate a FREE educational vocabulary puzzle and activities site. We are passionate about teaching vocabulary in an innovative, interactive way. Our goal is to help give teachers a new resource of interesting content where they can have their students participate in vocabulary activities throughout the 2004-2005 school year.
We are already broadly used in the classroom. We see more than 150,000 unique visitors per month on our web site, and there are over 14,000 schools where participants have registered. Have you registered?
Our activities are available for you to reprint in your classroom and homes. We would appreciate your feedback after you use our content features or anytime. Thank you."
Mark Twain has been attributed as having said: "The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug" and "What man can not clearly state he does not know." We have detailed below our calendar matrix of existing and "planned" content. These "teacher-features" should help your lesson planning efforts. We encourage all ages to improve their vocabulary. This matrix should help in your vocabulary acquisition.
Month
Existing
Content
Future
Teacher-Feature
Alphalary*
Link and
Comments
September
 (1) Top SAT words
(2) Election/Civics
Election/Civics
More SAT puzzles
yes
Top 108 SAT* words (6 sessions)
Election Comic Strip
October
 (1)Halloween
(2)Football Season
(3)Stock Market Game
Explorers & Scientists
yes
Halloween Puzzles & Activities
Monsters, if you dare!!!
Sports/Football Activities
Stock Market Game
November
 (1)Thanksgiving
(2)CA Gold Rush
Photography
yes
Turkey Day Exercises
Gold Rush Content
December
Holiday Traditions
Fine Arts
Theatre & Music
yes
Holiday Traditions
Christmas Trivia
January
 (1) Wizards
(2)Explorers/Pioneers
Health, Fitness
& Nutrition
yes
Wizard Words and Puzzles
Sacagawea/Lewis+Clark/Pioneers
February
 (1) Valentine's Day
(2) Character Education
Multi-Sciences
(Chemistry/Biology +)
War & Confrontation
yes
St. Valentine's Day
Character Education
March
 (1) St. Patrick's Day
(2) March Madness
(3) Women in History
Greek Mythology
yes
St. Patrick's Day/Irish Lore
Sports/Basketball+March Madness
Women in History - Character Traits
April
 (1) Shakespeare
(2) Earth Day
International Words
& Puzzles
yes
Shakespeare Puzzles
Earth Day Puzzles & Activities
May
Baseball Season
Oceans & Geology
Science Fair
yes
Sports/Baseball Activities
Science Fair-posted soon!
June
 (1)Memorial Day
(2)July 4th
Rain Forest & Insects
Summer Session
yes
Independence Day
and Patriotism
Summer
Grade Level
Puzzles and
Activities
39 weeks of
Lesson Plans with
2 roots/16 words weekly
no
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Every
Month
Your Horoscope
Zodiac Puzzles
Words of the week
no
Your Zodiac Horoscope

If you would like a PDF copy of this matrix click here for VU School Calendar PDF
* An ALPHALARY(tm) is large list of words (from A to Z) that relate to one of our already created content themes.
Sam Mantics
"Hi, I'm Dick Shinary, another faculty member at Vocabulary University®. We offer grade level, interactive vocabulary puzzles and activities. Educational professionals will find this resouce most helpful. We strongly believe in the Mark Twain quotes: "The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." and "What man can not clearly state he does not know." Thanks for passing it on.
Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #137:

Interactive puzzles at grade level: ["S137 Level 1"] -- ["S137 Level 2"] -- ["S137 Level 3"]
Crosswords: ["S137Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S137Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S137Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S137Level 1 WF"] -- ["S137Level 2 WF"] -- ["S137Level 3 WF"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S137Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S137Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S137Level 3-FITB"]
Definition MATCH: ["S137Level 1-Match"] -- ["S137Level 2-Match"] -- ["S137Level 3-Match"]
Is It True or False?: ["S137Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S137Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S137Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S137Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S137Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S137Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Contextual Stories: ["S137Level 1 Story"] -- ["S137Level 2 Story"] -- ["S137Level 3 Story"]

We have had three of our puzzles syndicated within the last year:
  • Rootonym® for print with Tribune Media Services, Inc. (http://www.rootonym.com)
  • Rootonym® online with uclick LLC-Universal Press Syndicate (http://content.uclick.com/content/tmroo.html)
  • Root Routes® was self syndicated in the Palo Alto Daily News (http://www.vocabulary.com/rootroutes.html)
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