In our local area, schools are completely shut down today thanks to an unusually powerful and pervasive snowstorm that doesn’t often hit those of us living in the Southeastern States.  Knowing how slowly our local department of transportation is able to clear the roads after a storm like this one, I predict that schools will [...]

American school students have been making the news in recent weeks – – but not necessarily for the right reasons.  Some educational analysts are concerned after the most recent release of the PISA results.  The PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) compares literacy in math, reading, and science from a sample of 15-year-old school students [...]

Children who have a grade-appropriate vocabulary can succeed not only in the classroom, but also on statewide standardized tests.  Students who lack these vocabulary milestones in the early grades find it more and more difficult to catch up as they progress through their school years.  This is especially important for English language learners, as they [...]

One of the things even young children can usually do easily is come up with “opposites.”  If you ask them what is the opposite of “happy”, they can generally guess “sad.”  The opposite of “cold” is “hot.”  These comparisons are called antonyms. Antonyms are word pairs with opposite meanings. Some words can have more than [...]

One of the most exciting improvements at Vocabulary.co.il is the way you can now search for vocabulary games by grade level!  From the youngest readers to the SAT-prep students, we have games for you!  Teachers usually don’t have time to go searching for games that they can be sure will work with their students, so [...]