As part of my research for a news article unit I’m designing, I discovered Rewordify, an online lexile adjusting tool that will revolutionize your vocabulary instruction. You or your students can use it to make any text easier to read. Did I mention it’s completely free? The site is called Rewordify and all you have to do is […]
Word Hackers: Teaching Vocabulary With Real World Texts
One of the keys students must possess to succeed in high school and college is the ability to communicate fluently in verbal and written academic language. All students benefit from the study and application of academic vocabulary, but some students stand to gain even more from this emphasis. Three years ago, I started teaching in a high poverty […]
It’s Not Just About The Quantity Of Words
As a teacher in low-income schools, I frequently hear about how my students have not been exposed to as many words as their wealthier peers, and this leads to relatively poor performance in school. In fact, I have seen the effects of this in my classroom (with some exceptions), as well. That’s why, when I saw […]