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Articles from September, 2012
It's one of the enduring cross-cultural culinary conundrums: Why are packaged potato snacks called chips in the US and crisps in the UK? The answer is equal parts history, legend, and marketing savvy. And the spudscape is getting more complicated as cultural boundaries dissolve and the snack-food industry grows more creative and prolific.
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List of the Week: Third Grade Spelling
List of the Week: Third Grade Spelling
Teacher Tracy K. has made a Vocabulary List called 3rd Grade Unit 3 that includes short-u and o sounds. Now, by playing a Spelling Bee with this list, Tracy's third graders can practice spelling these 16 words.
Watch this short video on how quick and easy it is to make free, interactive vocabulary learning and spelling lists like Tracy K.'s.
In this Wordshop article, Susan Ebbers considers how interest influences student learning. She focuses on a timely legal question sure to interest students and engage them in debate: whether Facebook "likes" count as free speech.
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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - September 5, 2012
Ten Words from Today's NY Times - September 5, 2012
Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - September 5, 2012.
Then see Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.
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Celebrating Labor (and Labour) Day
On the first Monday in September, the United States observes Labor Day, while Canadians celebrate Labour Day. If you want to know why labour is the accepted spelling in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries like Canada, while Americans prefer labor (and color, favor, honor, humor, and neighbor), check out this classic Word Routes column by Ben Zimmer.
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