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Vocabulary Review Games
Students are more likely to use study and practice procedures that are “game-like” and less boring than simple rote memorization. Here are some fun and effective…
Vocabulary Word Part Games
Students are more likely to use study and practice procedures that are “game-like” and less boring than simple rote memorization. Here are some fun and effective…
How to Teach Reading to Children, Youth, and Adults
Should you teach reading to children, youth, and adults in the same way? The answers may surprise you in this strategy-filled article.
Essential Study Skills
Looking to prevent summer brain-freeze and help your child get a jump start on the next school year? The tips from Summer Daily Brainwork will teach…
Why English Spelling Is So Difficult
This article explains why the English Spelling System is so difficult to master. Seven suggestions give hope to even the most challenged speller to improve spelling.
How to Teach Context Clue Strategies
Refining the skills of context clues strategies will help readers increase vocabulary. Wide reading of challenging academic text is the most efficient method of vocabulary acquisition.
Learning Vocabulary from Independent Reading
Most vocabulary beyond the first ten thousand words comes from independent reading. Wide reading of challenging academic text produces the greatest net vocabulary gain.
Learn Vocabulary by Reading
Most teachers teach vocabulary inefficiently. Learn the common mistakes that teachers make in vocabulary instruction and how to re-orient vocabulary instruction to help students make real…