If you can't say anything nice (or know someone who fits that description), read this column! The lexicon of beastliness is as sweet as the boors themselves are bitter. Continue reading...
June 6th is National Yo-Yo Day. And while the toy is a fine thing to celebrate, we thought it'd be fun to take a look at the word and what is has come to mean. Continue reading...
Do you say, “I better write this one down, or it will disappear from my brain?” Do you count on answers to questions slipping into your brain hours after the question arises, or phone numbers sticking in your head once you've dialed them five times? If you do, that's great. You're engaging in a process called metacognition. Metacognition means ‘thinking about thinking,’ and educators going back to Piaget believe that engaging in it helps us learn. Continue reading...
Any news event brings new terms and phrases to life while reinvigorating old ones. Look how the recent Presidential election spread malarkey, binders full of women, and bayonets across headlines and tweets. Forevermore, those words will jog the memory of anyone who was paying attention to the 2012 election. Continue reading...
In conjunction with the kick-off of our yearlong Vocabulary Bowl, we've created school profile pages to recognize word-learning progress at every school actively playing. Now, any school competing in the Bowl can see their name up in lights. Continue reading...
Explore our comprehensive selection of memoir resources and learn how to create engaging activities to boost your students' comprehension. Continue reading...
Who can claim word domination as the new Vocabulary Bowl Champion and Runner Up? The results are in, and we are thrilled to announce two first-time winners. We're just as excited to share some staggering statistics that will give you a sense of just how much learning went into this year's season, which was the biggest Bowl ever. Care to guess just how many words were mastered? How many schools participated? We think you'll be amazed. Continue reading...
Lee's General Order No. 9, an address to his troops one day after the surrender that effectively ended The Civil War, contains vocabulary that conveys just how long and bitter the battle had been, and communicates both Lee's gratitude and uncertainty. Continue reading...
Ever ask a group of students the difference between a regular word and a vocabulary word? They would probably respond by telling you that vocabulary words are words that they are supposed to learn in school, unfamiliar words that they encounter in newspapers and novels, or words that show up in workbooks with titles like "100 Vocabulary Words You Need to Know by Graduation." Continue reading...