Vocabulary.com Blog
Articles from April, 2016
Success Stories
California's Rialto School District Tackles New Literacy Standards, Gets Instant Results
When a teacher at California's Rialto High School piloted Vocabulary.com, she was looking for new and efficient ways to teach vocabulary to her students. Her instant success inspired her entire school district to adopt Vocabulary.com to help meet new literacy standards.
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A Descriptive Prescriber's Useful Usage Guide
Bryan A. Garner's big book makes the little nuts and bolts of English easier to handle.
Garner's Modern English Usage, which just released its fourth edition, is potentially a damn useful thing to me. And after looking through Bryan A. Garner's latest, I can report that the potential is realized: this is an extremely useful and sensible guide. I don't know if I would sleep with it under my pillow, but I won't keep it far from my desk.
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Success Stories
How a Florida Middle School Made Headlines for Word-Learning Success
Margate Middle School parlayed its success in the Vocabulary Bowl into local media coverage.
Florida's Margate Middle School needed help with vocabulary instruction. When they started implementing Vocabulary.com, the students' success built excitement for learning and also made headlines in the local media.
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In order to readily comprehend a text, students need to know about 90% of the words in it. That's what makes vocabulary learning and retention such a key piece of the reading comprehension puzzle. With this in mind, consider putting the following protocol in place to maximize reading comprehension and long-term recall of word knowledge.
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Success Stories
Students Achieve "Unheard Of" Literacy Gains at Ohio's Woodward Park Middle School
Teachers were amazed at how Vocabulary.com helped disadvantaged students.
At Woodward Park Middle School in Columbus, Ohio, teachers were looking for a way to help out struggling students with literacy and turn around their scores on standardized tests. By adding Vocabulary.com as a literacy center in the language arts classroom, they saw immediate results.
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Announcements
March Madness Strikes the Vocabulary Bowl Leaderboard
Our monthly roundup of the top 20 schools features newcomers and familiar faces.
In the Vocabulary Bowl, we had our own kind of March Madness, with the best and the brightest jockeying for position at the top of the leaderboard. Our SportsCenter-style roundup catches you up on all the action.
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Tips & Tricks
Prep Your Students for Better Reading!
Make vocab activities out of any text in no time at all.
Teachers: here's how to use Vocabulary.com to prep your students for whatever text you are teaching. Watch this video and see how easy it is to quickly make adaptive learning activities using our list making tools.
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