We always love hearing from classes that are using Flocabulary. Well this class went above and beyond. They made a creative and funny video acting out our Age of Exploration song. But enough about us. Let the excellent "Highfill Crew" tell you all about The Age of Exploration:
Check out the lyrics and more. Nobody wants to read boring sentences. So every writer from Charles Dickens to Lupe Fiasco uses a technique that makes their words jump off the page. They use figurative language. Figurative language means that the words you use don't have their literal meaning, but instead are meant to be imaginative, vivid and evocative. So what is figurative language? Simply, it makes writing more interesting. Our new, free figurative language song covers 11 common types of figurative language, from metaphor and simile to juxtaposition and onomatopoeia. This lesson plan uses the song as a jumping off…
Fifteen New Word Up Vocabulary Videos! The Word Up Project used to just teach interdisciplinary vocabulary words through songs and activities. But now we’re amping it up: We’re working with a talented team of animators to bring you videos for every single Word Up song. (Yup, all 98 of them for grades 2-8.) If you’ve ever wanted to see penguins join a rock band, a boy befriend a dragon or two mimes find love... you're in luck. Here are the newest fifteen videos. We have a sampling of videos from grades 2 through 8. Check back soon for more videos! The New Videos 2nd Grade…
Today we're featuring our new video, "Bottom of the Ninth" from our complete vocabulary curriculum, The Word Up Project. It's a vocabulary song all about baseball, and it's free for the whole month of February. So why not review the vocabulary by actually playing a round of America's favorite pastime? Word Up Vocabulary Baseball Game Materials Needed Use the Fix the Mistake or Pick the Winner worksheet for the Word Up Unit you're working on. Here's the worksheet for "Bottom of the Ninth." You can find worksheets for other units by clicking on Exercises in the right panel of each song…
Punxsutawney Phil, the world's most only famous groundhog, saw his shadow this morning. So if you believe in the prognostication powers of Phil, you've got to believe that we've got another 6 weeks of winter coming to us. But why do we believe such things? Should we? This lesson plan asks students to pick from a list of superstitions, consider where the superstition came from and then confirm their hypothesis with research.
