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Helping Teachers Shine when Teaching Elementary Science!

We often hear from school and education leaders: What we really need help with is improving our teaching human capital… Our teachers need a lot of help to teach science and science inquiry, especially at the younger grades.  At our

John April 22, 2018 educational technology, Elementary STEM, Flipping the Classroom No Comments Read more

Providing Successful PD to your Teachers

Note that this post highlights one of VocabularySpellingCity’s sisters: Science4Us. It is an early elementary science program. Increasingly, principals and superintendents are  asking us  to help develop their teachers. We have always provided professional development to support our products but

John April 20, 2018 educational technology, Elementary STEM, Flipping the Classroom, Helping Teachers No Comments Read more

Vocabulary Memory Match: Mix It UP!

The new Vocabulary Memory Match game from VocabularySpellingCity engages the students because it really mixes it up. It blends a classic simple gameplay with some complex concepts of what makes a match. It really makes them think. It is one

John January 14, 2018 educational technology, Flipping the Classroom, Site Features No Comments Read more

Silly Bulls, Penguins, and Roaches! Oh my! Halloween 2017 flew by!

#HappyHalloween2017 🎃👻 pic.twitter.com/ABCm2pDlmt — SpellingCity (@SpellingCity) October 31, 2017 Halloween is all about sweet treats and creative costumes. This year at VocabularySpellingCity, we challenged the team to get into the Halloween spirit by dressing up as a characters from our

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Improving Reading Comprehension through Vocabulary Retention

 Vocabulary is responsible for 70% of reading comprehension problems in elementary schools. And while the research is clear on what most students require to build vocabulary (12 spaced multimodal encounters with a word), many schools ignore the research and reading scores suffer.

John July 9, 2017 educational technology, Flipping the Classroom, Helping Teachers, Teaching Literacy No Comments Read more

Elementary Students: Owning the Learning

One of the brightest trends that I see in education today is a broad nationwide move to have students own their learning and to adopt a growth mindset. I’m particularly encouraged to see that this is a distinct trend in elementary schools. In

John April 10, 2017 educational technology, Flipping the Classroom, Helping Teachers, Teaching Literacy No Comments Read more

Students: Creating Lists, Owning Learning

Everyone would like it if students took more “ownership” of their learning. Students would like it, and so would parents and teachers. VocabularySpellingCity makes it easy to give students more accountability for their own learning. Once they’ve chosen a book

John April 2, 2017 Flipping the Classroom, Site Features, Teaching Literacy No Comments Read more

Our Journey to Vocabulary Matters

 The lack of vocabulary accounted for 70% of reading comprehension problems in a group of 4th graders, according to the National Research Council. Is your elementary school satisfied with your students’ reading comprehension? Most elementary schools are not. I’m writing to

Barbara Kruger August 23, 2016 educational technology, Flipping the Classroom, Site Features, Teaching Literacy 4 Comments Read more

Hacks for Learning with VocabularySpellingCity

Here are some of the best learning hacks we’ve added to VocabularySpellingCity over the last few years. Enjoy, and may your students benefit. 1. Vocabulary and Writing. Students need both to build their vocabulary and to practice writing. A teacher in Davie,

John February 23, 2016 educational technology, Flipping the Classroom, Helping Teachers No Comments Read more

The SAMR Model and VocabularySpellingCity

SAMR: A Model for Assessing How Technology Affects Education (which I think obscures the most important use of technology in education) Updated Summary: The SAMR Model provided one insight: there are new things to be done not just new ways of

John November 4, 2015 Flipping the Classroom, Helping Teachers, Teaching Literacy 6 Comments Read more
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