Our powerful new teacher dashboard puts the most useful data about how your students are learning words a mouse-click away. This quick video tutorial will introduce you to everything the tool offers and how you can use it to find out what your students are learning and where they're having trouble. Continue reading...
In the following description from her novel O My Darling (2005), Amity Gaige uses the words gloriole and mote to describe the effect of light and snow. Continue reading...
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. Continue reading...
Here at Vocabulary.com, we believe that improving your vocabulary is a worthy goal in and of itself. But let's face it, sometimes a little kudos along the way can help you stay motivated — that's why points and achievements have been part of the learning experience here since day one.
Today, we are proud to announce that we've "leveled-up" the way achievements work on Vocabulary.com. We're pretty excited about it, and we hope you will be too. Read on for all the details. Continue reading...
I recently ran across a quote in a "This I Believe" list on Beers' blog supporting the self-selected reading model, and it reminded me to question our collective faith in Lexile and other measures of readability. The resistance to self-selected reading goes hand in hand with the resistance to giving students the power to be in charge of their own vocabulary enrichment. In both cases, the resistance is a result of the faulty assumption that if a teacher is not in charge of the learning, then it must not be taking place. Continue reading...
In a classic Vocabulary Bowl upset, the Eagles surged in mid-May to regain the lead from Indio High and claim the June Champions banner. Continue reading...
The battle for Vocabulary.com's school leaderboard is getting intense! As New York's Brooklyn Technical High School becomes the latest school to top the hotly contested rankings, the competition is attracting national media attention, with an article in USA Today on how students are rising to the challenge. Continue reading...
Explore our comprehensive selection of graphic text resources and learn how to create engaging activities to boost your students' comprehension. Continue reading...
The Vocabulary Bowl Video Roundup returns with a new format that highlights division play, as well as the top ten schools on the Overall Words Mastered leaderboard. Continue reading...