Help Me … Help You! Remember that funny scene and line from the film Jerry Maguire? It came to mind this morning when I came into the office early and participated in a major software release for VocabularySpellingCity. Today we
Vocabulary Building for Elementary School Students
I’m just back from the International Literacy Conference and I was struck my some apparent elementary ELA industry trends: Principals, literacy coaches, and teachers all seemed to be moving away from basal readers as core curriculum. More often, they are
‘I think that you have a splendid website!’
Some first graders and fourth graders were asked to write a few words on what they think about VocabularySpellingCity. It turns out we have some pretty enthusiastic fans in the early education demographic. Fourth grader Madylin says, “It is my
Mother’s Day Wishes from the Mayor of VocabularySpellingCity
To celebrate Mother’s Day, the mayor of VocabularySpellingCity reviews her emphasis on grammar and his interest in language arts style guides. “Frankly, Mom would have loved Mary Norris, a copywriter at The New Yorker. She’s known as the Comma Queen”
Teacher Talk: What they are saying to us
The Question: We asked of our users is to just tell us something about how they use VocabularySpellingCity. Here’s a collection of comments. I use spellingcity on a daily basis. I assign assignments or let students choose activities to practice words.
Vocabulary: Shades of Meaning
Since building student vocabulary skills is one of the big development areas for our company, I’m thinking a lot about how to build elementary vocabulary skills in a more rigorous and nuanced fashion. Today, I’m writing about nuances of meaning but more
Thanks for Bringing the Force of Words to Our StarWords Sweepstakes!
Hydrospanner, quest, apprentice. Awesome. Hyperspace. Hope. Here at VocabularySpellingCity, we had a StarWords celebration, and you brought it — the force of words, that is. Our members — teachers and their students, parents and their kids — took part in
Career Days, December 2015 at VocabularySpellingCity and Science4Us
To celebrate the Hour of Code this December, VocabularySpellingCity and Science4Us will host over 300 elementary school students from the Broward County Public Schools with the goal of building interest in careers in coding and more generally to careers in high tech. To achieve
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
Who Owns the Learning?
Who Owns the Learning?
How VocabularySpellingCity Helps Students Own their Word Study