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5 Tips for Virtual or In-Person Parent-Teacher Conferences

Now more than ever, we need strong pathways of communication among families and schools. Parent-teacher conferences are one aspect of schooling that can continue, even though...

A Fun Summer Vocabulary Social Media Challenge

I've created a vocabulary social media challenge that is perfect for our digitally savvy students and will encourage them to keep track of the words they spot and stumble...

Vocabulary Valentine's Day Worksheets (PDF) Students Will Love

With February quickly approaching, it’s time to harness the excitement surrounding an upcoming calendar holiday to get students engaged in learning! In this article you’ll...

Rainbows & Rainclouds Phonics Game

Grades K–3

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Vocab Gal's Favorite Test Prep Resources Kit

Grades 3–12+

8 Strategies for Teaching ELL Students Vocabulary Words

When ELL students learn vocabulary, they understand what is happening in their classrooms and have a deeper knowledge of what they are expected to learn. Not only does this...

How to Make Improving Vocabulary Skills a School-Wide Initiative

Vocabulary learning does not take place only inside the English department. All disciplines, from Art to Science, require that students learn discipline-specific academic...

8 Ways to Integrate Greek/Latin Roots into Vocabulary Routines

In this article, I share eight ways I integrate teaching Greek/Latin Roots into my vocabulary instruction. Teachers and instructional coaches will recognize that these...

15 Free Back-to-School Printables for Teachers

Although I have been working all summer long, the inevitable school year start date suddenly looms up before me, scary and overwhelming. To honor teachers also feeling the...

QUICK Vocabulary Review & Practice Activities for Students (Handouts Included)

As I prepare my students for their semester exam that will include 80-100 vocabulary words, I feel the need to insert little vocabulary activities to help my students...

How Word Parts and Context Clues Strategies Can Help Students Become Better Test Takers

So often, teachers tell students to figure out what a word means based on its word parts or on surrounding context clues, but rarely know how to elaborate on that idea and...

Help Struggling Readers Build Vocabulary; 10+ Printables to Get You Started

Today I want to discuss how to help struggling readers build vocabulary! In this article, you'll find over 10 free printables reading specialists and literacy coaches can use...

Writing Allegory Vocabulary Stories in Grades 5–12

While I love reading novels with great vocabulary, it is rare that fiction inspires me to a new and unusual vocabulary lesson plan... This post shares a great story creation...

11 Vocabulary Homework Ideas And How To Motivate Students To Do It!

Homework is such a valuable formative assessment for both teachers and students, and yet students are motivated* by many different factors when it comes to their desire to...

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