Patricia Polacco's newest book, An A from Miss Keller, is a wonderful story about the teacher who transformed Patricia into a writer.
Back to School is right around the corner for us and I am SUPER excited to kick of this school year with some fun, hands-on and engaging resources for The
Spelling Made Fun is a new and innovative fun, multi-sensory spelling programme developed specifically for Primary schools and has been extensively reviewed by practising teachers nationwide. Features: 18 weekly units of work which include fun activities to reinforce the spellings, wordsearches, phonic activities, cloze procedure exercises, opportunities for colouring, drawing and generating their own sentences using the words in the spelling units. Spelling lists with practice sheets for each unit. Using the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check technique. Spelling lists include words relevant to the pupil writing. CVC words, high frequency words, word families – old, -ing, -and, -ent, -ook, - all, -ill, -ive, -ike, -eep, -een. Self-evaluation weekly record sheets. Revision sheets. Tricky word bank to record pupils’ own personal errors. An overall record grid to record scores for each unit for both teachers and pupils to monitor and track progress.
These are so relatable it's hilarious.
Find new words to share every day with Dictionary.com's Word of the Day. Discover the definition, pronunciation, and origin of uncommon words plus more!
Winter is just around the corner and I have been working hard on our Winter Math and Literacy Packet for Kindergarten! I am happy to say that it is
These are so relatable it's hilarious.
These are so relatable it's hilarious.
A hilarious way to kill time & laugh your butt off? Funny new word definitions from the HipDict dictionary. Loaded with sarcasm, wit and inspirational sayings about love and life, these word definitions will have you rolling. Many of the new words and sayings are creeping into my everyday vernacular, especially “Burritoing” and “Lie-Fi.” Best yet, all the content is user-generated, or crowd-sourced, which means you can submit new definitions to add to the party! Add a funny word definition of your own now at the HipDict website and you just might see it on Instagram the next time you click on.
This is a fun worksheet about adjectives and their antonyms. Students match each word in Twin Tom with its opposite in Twin Tyrone.
You might remember HipDict, the crowdsourced dictionary that defines what we’re really saying when we use everyday words, or maybe you’re already following it. The account on Instagram is still going strong with over 2 million followers and enough submissions to post every day.
Playing mentally stimulating games can help seniors to have the risk of dementia and also increase their brain health. The study shows that the ones who play this game have better memories and even have more sections of their brain than the place where memory is sorted.
Did you shag that numpty?
As a linguist, I gotta say, dictionaries are hella interesting, not just because of the obscure etymologies or weird words you can find in them, but because of the rare and unheard of meanings that ordinary everyday words can have.
sometimes you need to know what you would rather not know..it opens your eyes and makes you realize what is important!♡Full moons are great eye openers.. ~ #Forest #Forests #BeautifulMysteriousForests ift.tt/2KDHbyB
It's all beer and skittles
Word search games originated back in the late 60s by Norman E. Gibat, an editor of a newspaper based in Oklahoma. This word puzzle was then known as a great brain teaser game.
Because what you say, doesn’t always reflect what you mean
An explanation of the difference between Fun and Funny with examples.
You might remember HipDict, the crowdsourced dictionary that defines what we’re really saying when we use everyday words, or maybe you’re already following it. The account on Instagram is still going strong with over 2 million followers and enough submissions to post every day.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned in THIS post how I would be taking a giant step forward in “stepping up” my sight word instruction this upcoming year. Not that I need to “teach” sight words any differently, but offer continuous and hands on ways for my kiddos to practice them. Another area I will be offering […]
From absquatulate to vituperative, via Word Warriors.
Word search games originated back in the late 60s by Norman E. Gibat, an editor of a newspaper based in Oklahoma. This word puzzle was then known as a great brain teaser game.
Introducing our new Phonics Coloring Worksheets for Word Families, which give kids practice finding & reading words with common phonics...
You might remember HipDict, the crowdsourced dictionary that defines what we’re really saying when we use everyday words, or maybe you’re already following it. The account on Instagram is still going strong with over 2 million followers and enough submissions to post every day.
Drapetomania
Answers: 1b 2c 3a 4c 5d 6d 7b 8a (cause and effect) linking_words_phrases (linking words) (linking words)
As a linguist, I gotta say, dictionaries are hella interesting, not just because of the obscure etymologies or weird words you can find in them, but because of the rare and unheard of meanings that ordinary everyday words can have.
It's all beer and skittles
Introducing our new Phonics Coloring Worksheets for Word Families, which give kids practice finding & reading words with common phonics...
From boaby to bawheed.
As a linguist, I gotta say, dictionaries are hella interesting, not just because of the obscure etymologies or weird words you can find in them, but because of the rare and unheard of meanings that ordinary everyday words can have.
Because what you say, doesn’t always reflect what you mean
Was ja an mir beinahe komplett vorbeigegangen ist: Das Jugendwort des Jahres wird nicht mehr gewählt! Dabei war das doch immer ein Thema, zu dem man sich schnell irgendeinen Schrott aus den Fingern saugen und dann die Liste der Finalisten in einen Beitrag klöppeln konnte – richtig ge-time-t waren einem die einen oder anderen Besucher
HipDict is a crowdsourced dictionary that defines what we’re really saying when we use everyday words.
As a linguist, I gotta say, dictionaries are hella interesting, not just because of the obscure etymologies or weird words you can find in them, but because of the rare and unheard of meanings that ordinary everyday words can have.
A hilarious way to kill time & laugh your butt off? Funny new word definitions from the HipDict dictionary. Loaded with sarcasm, wit and inspirational sayings about love and life, these word definitions will have you rolling. Many of the new words and sayings are creeping into my everyday vernacular, especially “Burritoing” and “Lie-Fi.” Best yet, all the content is user-generated, or crowd-sourced, which means you can submit new definitions to add to the party! Add a funny word definition of your own now at the HipDict website and you just might see it on Instagram the next time you click on.
