May marks the month when we celebrate a very special woman: Mom! As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, take the time to honor Mom’s ongoing love and support with engaging and creative Mother’s Day writing activities. Use our Mother’s Day word list
Teacher Appreciation Freebies
Teachers, we appreciate all that you do, that’s why we’ve compiled a collection of freebies just for you. Download and print five of our favorite freebies to use in your class today! WORDO is a bingo-like game in which every
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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