I have decided to paint (not plant, paint) a large tree in my formal living room (which functions as a rumpus room for the kids). I am going to do this with ‘magnetic’ paint so that the tree becomes a magnet board. My plan is to use it for a variety of instructional purposes for [...]

When I took Latin in high school, I just loved it (ok, I’m a Latin geek) because it was like a wonderful puzzle that allowed me to chip away at the English language. With each new piece of vocabulary, I was gaining a key to the kingdom, so to speak, for my own language. Each [...]

I just finished reading a book by Judy Willis entitled Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. I highly recommend it for teachers and parents interested in how reading is learned and how we build meaning and gain comprehension. Find out more at ASCD.org.

If you are looking for an alternative to a paper dictionary, or if you would like to find a rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and traditional dictionary all in one place, complete with audio tools that allow you to hear the pronunciation of the word, check out www.wordcentralcom. It is a site from Merriam-Webster and, while its [...]