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Author Interview: Sara Zarr

Sara Zarr is AWESOME! I interviewed her in St. Louis and then saw her at NCTE and she was so cool-she introduced me to her husband, and we chatted for a few moments. Our...

Name a Car! Vocabulary Activity, Grades 4–12

What is a sure fire way to get students excited about vocabulary? Ask them to come up with a fun name for a brand new car. Car names can be vocabulary words! I will never...

Author Interview: Patrick Carman

Patrick Carman is a truly amazing and prolific author! He has three series of books where kids go online at certain points during their reading to watch videos and listen...

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Rainbows & Rainclouds Phonics Game

Grades K–3

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Vocab Gal's Favorite Test Prep Resources Kit

Grades 3–12+

Author Interview: Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka is in a word-hilarious! He was funny, kind and gracious enough to grant an interview after a day full of school visits and his library event. I was even lucky...

Author Interview: Jarrett Krosoczka

Jarrett Krosoczka is awesome! His kid’s book Punk Farm and the sequel, Punk Farm on Tour, are hilarious (farm animals rocking beloved kid’s tunes) –and my three year old has...

Vocabulary Activity: Branding with Vocabulary

Have you ever noticed how many vocabulary words are in brands? Every year, my kids will walk up to me with a blank CD, DVD or jump drive and say, “Hey Ms. Ressler-it says...

Author Interview: Lincoln Peirce

Lincoln Peirce was such a nice author! He had been presenting at schools all day, and autographed until 9 p.m. and then graciously took more time to sit down and chat with...

Color Your Vocabulary Activity, Grades 1–12

This vocabulary activity works for all ages, because who doesn't love to color? At the mention of coloring my sophomores light up like kindergarteners at snack time. The...

Vocabulary Games: Celebrity Throw-Down with Vocab Words

Use pop culture and celebrities to engage students in a fun vocabulary game! With Celebrity Vocab Throw-down students will get in groups to make up stories using assigned...

Vocabulary Practice: Improv + Vocabulary = Kinesthetic Vocab Vim!

I had grand aspirations of becoming an integral member of my college’s improv comedy troup[1] but I just cannot be funny so spontaneously and so continually. However, in the...

Teaching Vocabulary– Getting Students to 'Reach for the Stars'

How can you motivate students to do extra work without extra credit? This has been the newest discussion question around the departmental coffee pot[1] as our district has...

Author Interview: Maggie Stiefvater

I have been thinking about when my tough students will "buy in" to learning vocabulary, and I think what is most important is having teen celebrities celebrate words. So I...

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