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When this 7th grade English teacher realized that her students could decode words but were not reading critically, she intervened immediately with Vocabulary.com and embarked on a research project to measure the outcomes. In her award-winning paper, Carolyn Streets describes the impact of systematic, direct vocabulary instruction as "transformational." Continue reading...

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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...

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Our content team has put together a shortlist of high-quality texts by and about people of Hispanic heritage. Each title is linked to a ready-made vocabulary list that's based on the text. Continue reading...

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We've got you covered when it comes to summer reading. Peruse these 70 selected books that we've paired with curated vocabulary lists — including titles for middle grade through high school readers, from classics to popular YA and graphic novels. Continue reading...

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Planning for Women's History Month? Vocabulary.com enriches your lessons and helps your students get more out of their reading. Continue reading...

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Planning for Black History Month? Vocabulary.com enriches your lessons and helps your students get more out of their reading. Continue reading...

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Lexicography is famously considered an art and science, but Kory Stamper thinks of it as a craft, a term implying "care, repetitive work, apprenticeship, and practice." Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries is a wonderful firsthand account of a lexicographical craftsperson who is master of another craft: writing. Few books about words—or anything else—are this well-written. Continue reading...

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