Explore dozens of titles recommended for a wide range of readers, each paired with curated vocab lists, adaptive activities, and self-grading assessments. Continue reading...
At the second Republican presidential debate, held last night at the Reagan Presidential Library and aired on CNN, the candidates jockeyed for the attention of primary voters. There are many ways of judging their performances, but what better way than to analyze their choice of words? Continue reading...
In anticipation of the announcement of the winner of The Man Booker International Prize this Wednesday, we're awarding our own prizes to the nominees today. But don't look here for an analysis of literary merit. We're considering these writers only in terms of their usefulness to vocabulary learners. Continue reading...
At any given time of the day, you could zoom into any of our high school classrooms, and find scholars on their laptops, phones, or other devices – surprisingly – logged into their Vocabulary.com accounts and working on vocabulary lists: Not Candy Crush or any other game, but Vocabulary.com! Continue reading...
The Project LIT Community cultivates a love of reading through student-led book clubs and an emphasis on engaging, culturally relevant texts. We've paired the texts on their book list with ready-made vocabulary lists that can be used as a teaching resource and to support independent learning. Continue reading...
When disappointing test scores indicated a need for vocabulary intervention, this AP English teacher got serious about creating a culture of word learning that has put his school on the Vocabulary Bowl map. Continue reading...
The latest installment in Maryrose Wood's Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series hits bookstores tomorrow. It's delightfully rich in adventure, humor, and...vocabulary. In honor of its release, Wood joins us to talk about why she loves to use big words with kid readers. And to define pteridological. Continue reading...
In our summer reading series, Vocabulary.com gets up close and personal with the authors of some of our favorite books about summer. In the final installment we talk with author and editor Lamar Giles, whose middle grade and young adult novels deserve a spot at the top of your students' summer reading lists. Continue reading...
We were thrilled to learn that sixth-grader Nicholas Rushlow of Pickerington, Ohio, who placed 17th in last spring's Scripps National Spelling Bee, is an avid user of the Visual Thesaurus. In fact, he used the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee as a training tool in preparing for the Nationals. And now as he gets ready to compete again during this school year, he's taking advantage of our new Community Spelling Bee feature to customize his practice lists. We caught up with Nicholas and his mother Michele Rushlow to find out what it takes to be one of the nation's top spellers. Continue reading...