When Vocabulary.com checked in with teacher Kathy Zimbaldi to discuss her students' latest accomplishment, she didn't start by talking about the July Champion's Banner. She talked about Gus Groff. Continue reading...
We've seen a lot of pep rallies, but we've never seen anything quite like the vocabulary extravaganza that brought a whole community together to celebrate its students' academic achievement. Continue reading...
Last week, ninth grade English teacher Marc Ginsberg gave a talk on using web-based vocabulary instruction tools to align middle and high school curricula with the Common Core. Check out his presentation here! Continue reading...
While both words can refer to ways to get rid of something — belly fat, Satan — that's where the similarities end. Exercise is physical activity but to exorcise is to cast out evil. Continue reading...
The cheerleaders, the dance team and the band all came and did their thing, but his wasn't a pep rally for the basketball team. It was a big awards ceremony at Houston's Nimitz High School for their back-to-back monthly Vocabulary Bowl victories. Continue reading...
The town hall format, combined with the explosive nature of the revelations on the campaign trail over this last week, promised a wild evening, and the event did not disappoint. Continue reading...
Something expedient is helpful to you. If you vote your friend in for student body president just because you know she'll hook you up — that's an expedient choice. But expeditious is speedy, like your expeditious exit from the school cafeteria after you spilled spaghetti and meatballs all over your shirt. Continue reading...
Career educator and senior curriculum specialist at the Northwest Evaluation Association John Wood writes about the Common Core and vocabulary instruction: "Schools must continue to address vocabulary development across the grades through high school...through an intentional program that has vocabulary development as one of the instructional goals." Continue reading...
Schools have hit the ground running in the new year, ready to learn new words and break new records. Check out the highlights and shoutouts from the fourth month of the '19 – '20 Vocabulary Bowl season. Continue reading...