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Iowa super-librarian Shannon Miller recently posted on her blog about introducing Vocabulary.com to fifth and sixth graders through a webinar led by Vocabulary.com director of curriculum development Georgia Scurletis. The verdict: Students were "Having Fun And Learning Lots Of New Words." Continue reading...

Nimitz snags back-to-back monthly Champions Banners, Lanier still reigns supreme among Middle Schools, and there were so many bald eagles in the top ten ranks, you'd never know they were once an endangered species. The January Vocabulary Bowl results are in, and you can watch all the highlights in the latest Vocabulary Bowl Roundup Video. Continue reading...

In a Washington Post review of the recently released summer blockbuster "Pacific Rim," critic Ann Hornaday used the word risibly. 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...

How did this large district successfully implement systematic vocabulary instruction mid-year? By creating a custom-size Vocabulary Bowl that encouraged teachers and students from schools across their county to play, compete and learn. Continue reading...

Over on Separated by a Common Language, Lynne Murphy has her own trans-Atlantic twist on the usual Word of the Year selections. Make your nominations for "Best American to British import" and "Best British to American import."

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See which schools topped the Vocab Bowl leaderboards in the 2021–2022 Final Buzzer One-Day Challenge. Continue reading...

There is so much more to fathers than a bunch of words, but these terms at least cover the tip of the word-berg that describes the changing culture of fatherhood. Continue reading...

Here are some ideas about how you can inspire the students at your school to get involved with the Vocabulary Bowl, setting achievable goals that will provide incentives to keep them going on the road to vocabulary mastery. Continue reading...