GRVP
Subscriber since: August 2010
Location:
Columbus,
IN
About Me
I have been a language arts teacher for the past 35 years. I love the site because it does such a great job of showing the inter-connective aspects of words. I use the site as an alternative to the linear vocabulary approach of the dictionary. I think the concept of visual thesaurus is a promising one, but I would like to see it taken to the next level in certain concrete ways. I have a lot of visual learners, English language learners, and special education learners who need to be shown the picture with the words to see the true relationship at a beginning concrete level. I realize the limitations of this for more abstract words, but I think the possibility of a visual dictionary/thesaurus is attractive. Maybe it already exists, and you could share the site with me. I have always been intrigued with the word-visual interrelatedness. Growth in language comes through turning the 2-D into real world 3-D. Thanks for providing the graphic organizer that shows the relationship of words.
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Favorite Word:
peacea state of mind that leads to happiness and fulfillment; a worthy goal, a focus to keep in mind, contentment where less is more and share is reality, a restful sleep that brings on dreams of joys, a tool to create a heaven on Earth, caring for others and helping them through the pains of growth, calm the high-pitched frequencies in your head, breathing steadily, relaxing, getting in touch with yourself and others, worrying less; celebrating more, seeing things as they truly are, be here now...
Least Favorite Word:
stressbeing tight, snap, strain, harsh, grate, out of focus, a headache, trying too hard and getting nowhere, drowning, be full of confusing perspectives, coming to a dead end with no way out, tense, inflexible, grumpy, unhappy, holding your breathe, boredom, trapped, and going nowhere fast
Favorite Quote:
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
- the Beatle on Abbey Road
Favorite Topics:
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Fun:
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2 Comments
How to write:
Language arts:
A Wicked Worksheet of the Week
May 15, 2013
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
- 1 Comment
Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
- 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5 Comments
Students:
You've Got Mail: The Art of the Thank You
December 4, 2012
- 5 Comments
The E-Reader Over Your Shoulder
November 12, 2012
- 2 Comments
Teachers:
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
- 1 Comment
Schools Are More Than a Test
January 24, 2013
- 7 Comments
Teaching:
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
April 29, 2013
- 15 Comments
Vocabulary:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1 Comment
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4 Comments
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Writers:
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
- 3 Comments
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