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  1. Calendar

     March-April WordMasters Challenge
    Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009 - Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    The third WordMasters Challenge of the year. Click here for details.

  2. Calendar

     American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
    Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2009 - Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2009
    Cruciverbalists descend on the Brooklyn Marriott for the 2009 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Read our dispatches from the Tournament in Word Routes.

  3. Calendar

     National Spelling Bee
    Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009 - Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    The 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee will be held in Washington D.C. Get in the spelling spirit by trying the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee.

  4. Edulinks

     Poetry for Kids
    Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2009

    Here are some great online resources for getting children interested in poetry.

    Poetry4Kids

    Giggle Poetry

    Favorite Poem Project

    Scholastic Poetry

  5. Contest Corner

     Four-Part Harmony
    Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2009

    Students: try to find as many words as you can that are defined using all four parts of speech on the Visual Thesaurus (i.e., noun, adjective, verb, and adverb). E-mail us with your list of words and we'll send the winner who has accurately compiled the longest list some swell Visual Thesaurus swag (if you don't know what that is, look it up!). The deadline is a fortnight after the ides of March (again, look it up!).

  6. Wordshop

     Build a Word Wall!
    Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2009
    A word wall is pretty much what it sounds like — a classroom wall reserved for a word display. Most teachers associate word walls with emergent readers, but word walls are no longer just the stuff of elementary schools. Word walls can be used effectively to help students at all levels to learn vocabulary.

  7. Evasive Maneuvers

     Shooting Sea Kittens in a Barrel
    Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2009
    As the only euphemism columnist in America, it is my sacred duty to help euphemisms swim and purr to their greatest potential, lest Darwinian forces maul them prematurely.

  8. Calendar

     VT @ DSNA
    Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2009 - Sat May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    The Visual Thesaurus will have an exhibit at the Dictionary Society of North America biennial conference, held at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Click here for more information.

  9. Calendar

     VT @ NECC
    Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2009 - Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    The Visual Thesaurus will have an exhibit at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in Washington, DC. Stop by and visit us at Booth 937! Click here for conference details.

  10. Calendar

     VT @ T+L
    Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2009 - Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    The Visual Thesaurus will have an exhibit at the National School Boards Association's T+L Conference, held in Denver, CO. In addition, Georgia Scurletis, director of curriculum development for the Visual Thesaurus, will be presenting "The Visual Thesaurus: a dynamic approach to vocabulary development," in conjunction with the New York Times Learning Network. Click here for conference details.
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