How can researching the origins of first names help students introduce themselves to one another and to some important concepts of word study?  Continue reading...

As a pre-reading activity, how can students piece together a plausible narrative based on a list of key words from the novel Holes?  Continue reading...

How can students use the Visual Thesaurus and other online tools to differentiate between the three branches of U.S. government and learn the duties — and limits — of each?  Continue reading...

How can students use the Visual Thesaurus and other online tools to investigate the jargon of a particular profession?  Continue reading...

How do Ernest Thayer and Garrison Keillor use word choice to convey different tones in the original poem "Casey at the Bat" and Keillor's parody "Casey at the Bat (Road Game)"?  Continue reading...

How can students use Visual Thesaurus word maps and the Community Spelling Bee to learn how to pronounce some tricky words?  Continue reading...

How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to evaluate different numbers according to type?  Continue reading...