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The Importance of Spanish Cognates for English Language Learners

Have you ever noticed that there are words in Spanish that look the same or nearly the same as…


InferCabulary- Vocabulary Research References

InferCabulary is based on the latest vocabulary research. These researchers are literacy,…


Social emotional learning

Social Emotional Literacy Instruction

With the dawn of social-emotional learning in the schools in the last decade, there has been hoards…


Vocabulary progress monitoring

Vocabulary Measurement: Progress Monitoring Tool

The focus of our last two posts has been on progress monitoring vocabulary acquisition to determine…


Vocabulary Assessment

Measuring Vocabulary Growth

After reading Measuring Vocabulary Growth Part 1, we are now speaking the same language that…


Vocabulary acquisition

Knowing Vocabulary Words (& Measuring Growth)

Let me paint the picture... Sitting in IEPs and Curriculum Planning Meetings over the past 25…


Vocabulary Instruction exit tickets

Vocabulary Instruction: Exit Tickets

Word learning is a gradual process that historically only comes with repeated encounters across…


six images of industrious as found in the online vocabulary tool, InferCabulary

Generative Vocabulary

Did you know that the Oxford English Dictionary updates its collection of words four times a year?…


vocabulary myths debunked

7 Vocabulary Myths

We’ve all heard the rumors about what is best when it comes to teaching vocabulary… So are they…


InferCabulary for vocabulary instruction

Vocabulary Word of the Week!

Word of the Week - InferCabulary Style! Whether you are: interested in learning more about…