We are continuing our walkthrough series this week with a look at one of the favorite games of teachers and homeschoolers - - the Vocabulary Quiz.  While normally the name “quiz” does not bring us warm fuzzy feelings, this particular quiz will have your students singing your praises!
The Quiz is a simple question and […]

Every standardized test that involves vocabulary has some form of “fill in the blank” style question.  In other words, here is a sentence with a word missing; you choose from the following word options to complete the sentence.
It’s a very basic way to check a student’s word comprehension using sentence context.  Showing that a student […]

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 […]

In our last series of newsletter articles, we looked at how vocabulary is developed throughout life. Our next series will focus on how to use vocabulary building to increase your chances for personal success in life. We will begin our series by examining how to expand vocabulary for entrance examinations.

SAT Exams
The verbal part […]

When you think of vocabulary in relation to high school, you generally think about preparation for college entrance exams. High schoolers who are preparing to further their education must put their energy into building a strong vocabulary during their final years in school. But even if you are not planning on attending college […]

With the average four-year private college tuition averaging close to $20,000 a year, parents are looking into every way possible to finance their child’s higher education, including grants, loans, and scholarships.  But what if you could get $40,000 in tuition just for knowing your vocabulary?!  That is what the winner of this year’s National Vocabulary […]

The General Education Development (GED) exams is an equivalency test for those who have been unable to receive an official high school diploma, but wish to show their proficiency of high school skills and knowledge. Last year, almost 900,000 people in the United States took the GED test in hopes of improving their choices for […]

One of the most interesting things about the English vocabulary is finding out where in the world a word comes from. Did it just appear out of thin air? Did someone see a tree for the very first time and just know instinctively that it was a “tree?” Did the first English-speaking […]

From the state assessment tests in elementary school, all the way through the college entrance exams, vocabulary is a key element of almost any standardized test.  In fact, in the verbal score of these tests, vocabulary may be the single most important factor.  Even if there is not a specific vocabulary section in an assessment […]