Last year, in a Vocabulary.com Blog post What is Vocabulary? Who Gets to Decide? Vocabulary.com Director of Curriculum Georgia Scurletis described a study that showed middle school students put in charge of choosing vocabulary words learned the words more effectively.
Based on that study, Scurletis suggested using the Vocabulary.com list building tool to have students create Vocabulary Lists to accompany reading assignments. In this Back to School planning season, it's worth returning to Scurletis's suggestion, as well as to some new ideas for using the tools on Vocabulary.com to boost student engagement with vocabulary learning.Continue reading...
Teachers: Spend a few minutes exploring the free resources on Vocabulary.com now and get more out of vocabulary learning, reading, and writing all year.Continue reading...
Did you know that with Vocabulary.com, it's quick and easy to make interactive Vocabulary Lists? You supply the words; we supply the definitions and example sentences. Or if you're pulling vocabulary out of a text, we'll build the list from soup to nuts.
Watch this short video to see how it works. Or follow step by step instructions below.Continue reading...
When faced with our Abecedarian/A-B-C SAT Prep Lists, do you work your way straight through from A to Z? Or do you skip around arbitrarily? Did you know you can go even further, breaking the lists up into manageable chunks and putting a little bit of your personality into your learning at the same time?Continue reading...
With school out, the weather warming, and vacations beckoning, Vocabulary.com has added new games to its social media output to help mark this season of play. Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook to play.Continue reading...
Today, Vocabulary.com is joining the New York Times Learning Network and a host of other organizations and individuals in tweeting our #summerreading plans. And to celebrate this essential activity we’re posting Vocabulary Lists for seven great summer reading titles.Continue reading...