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Why Poetry Month Should be Every Month

Tim Rasinski is a renowned professor of literacy education whose research on reading fluency and word study has made him a literacy hero to many. Below, he shares his thoughts on the importance of poetry instruction.  “The world is full of

Jennifer Corujo April 19, 2018 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Word Harvesting— Helping Students Become Word Connoisseurs

Tim Rasinski is a renowned professor of literacy education whose research on reading fluency and word study has made him a literacy hero to many. Below, he shares his thoughts on vocabulary instruction.  More often than not, vocabulary instruction is characterized

Jennifer Corujo April 2, 2018 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

Teaching Vocabulary through Greek and Latin Roots

Tim Rasinski is a renowned professor of literacy education whose research on reading fluency and word study has made him a literacy hero to many. Below, he shares his thoughts on the importance of Greek and Latin roots.  In last month’s

Jennifer Corujo March 2, 2018 Uncategorized 4 Comments Read more

5 Things You Need to Know About the Changes to New York State Standards

In 2017, New York leaders adopted a new set of reading and math state standards, adding to the list of states stepping away from the Common Core. Rewriting the standards proved to be a lengthy process, as teachers, educational professionals,

Jennifer Corujo February 22, 2018 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

Posting Educational Standards

I love visiting elementary school classrooms and when I do,  I check out the environment. Every classroom now seems to post the educational goals for the week. They post for each subject. They post at four depths of knowledge. And

John February 10, 2018 educational technology, Teaching Literacy 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

VocabularySpellingCity Speaks with an Australian Accent!

For years, VocabularySpellingCity has been popular in Australia and New Zealand. Despite the heavy usage and rave reviews for VocabularySpellingCity from Down Under, there has been some annoyance regarding our accent. The fact is that our 50,000 sentences were all

John January 13, 2018 educational technology, New Games & Activities, Teaching Literacy No Comments Read more

Sound Counter: Building Literacy Foundational Skills

Sound Counter is designed to build student success on key foundational skills, Sound Counter is a creative approach to helping build these skills.  Students are presented with a word and asked to count the sounds.  For example, a student might

John January 12, 2018 educational technology, New Games & Activities, Teaching Literacy No Comments Read more

Which Letter Team?

Happy New Year and to celebrate, VocabularySpellingCity has provided several new learning games to its Premium Member.  These learning games provide unique benefits to schools, teachers, and students in building foundational, phonics, and vocabulary skills.  Because of their flexibility, high

John January 12, 2018 educational technology, New Games & Activities, Site Features, Teaching Literacy No Comments Read more

If You Want to Expand your Students’ Vocabularies, Look to the Greeks and Romans

Tim Rasinski is a renowned professor of literacy education whose research on reading fluency and word study has made him a literacy hero to many. Below, he shares his thoughts on the importance of Greek and Latin roots.  Veni, Vidi, Vici!

Jennifer Corujo January 11, 2018 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more
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