Dictionary skills
By Tim Bowen A new series of worksheets by Tim Bowen. These worksheets are aimed at training learners in dictionary use and developing their vocabulary. These worksheets are designed for use with the Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (subsequently referred to as the MED2).
Vocabulary worksheets
Actions Business English Clothes Colours Communication worksheets Countries and nationalities Culture and traditions Describing people Education English for Specific Purposes ESP Environment and nature Face and body Family Flashcards Food Friendship General vocabulary Greetings Health Hobbies Holidays and traditions Idioms Jobs/occupations/professions likes and dislikes Meaning Music Numbers Peace and solidarity People Personal information Phonics Picture composition Places School Science Seasons Sports Technologies The age The alphabet The animals The city The house The transports The weather Time Travelling Teach Children to Read with Phonics, Worksheets, Games, Videos, Books These are among the best phonics worksheets, games, videos and flash cards you will find online. The has everything you need to help a child learn to read through phonics: decodable stories, listening exercises, you name it.
Developing Students' Academic Vocabulary Helps Beat Achievement Gap
At a small school district, I faced the challenge as an administrator of diminishing the achievement gap in the student scores, especially in math and science. For example, we noticed that in science there was a 40-point gap between Hispanic students passing the test versus the number of white students passing. Having been in the classrooms and having observed teachers teaching, I knew that they were not treating Hispanic students any differently than the white students. So why was there an achievement gap? We wrestled with this question for a while.
Vocabulary Practice With Rap Your Words
Vocabulary Practice With Rap Your Words Posted on Thu, Sep 15, 2011 I love being able to let popular celebrities inspire my students with a positive educational message, especially the most unlikely ones.
English Language Roots - Prefixes, Suffixes & Syllables - PrefixSuffix.com
Word Prefixes, Suffixes & Syllables Welcome to PrefixSuffix.com! We improved our chart-based site, adding features such as a root word search engine which gives you access to over 2,000 root words, making our site one of the most comprehensive online references of English language word roots. Also, now you can take it with you on your iPhone! Introducing the PrefixSuffix iPhone App. The left-side menu has selections that you can use to learn more about root words, and it also provides two teaching games, Rooty and Meany, both of which will test your knowledge and improve your vocabulary.
Learn Biology Online For Free with our Huge Collection of Open Courses
If you’ve always been interested to learn more about nature and the diversity of life, you can now Learn Biology Online for Free! Free Biology courses are easy to find yet some of the ones you find may not be worth your time. We’ve put together a list of Biology courses from well-respected institutions such as John Hopkins, Yale, MIT, Stanford, and UCLA. Hopefully, this free resources will help you advance your knowledge of Biology towards a career in education, medicine, research, and agriculture. MOOCs are Massive Open Online Courses. They are university courses that have been put online, often with enhanced functionality such as Lecture Notes, mini-quizzes and other special features.
UW-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook: index
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Physics with Calculus/Mechanics/Scalar and Vector Quantities
Introduction[edit] The study of physics is intimately tied in with the study of mathematics. Sometimes, the direction of a number or quantity is as important as the number itself.
