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January 24, 2013
Flocabulary Team

Announcing 2012’s Year in Rap Contest Winners!

Flocabulary has once again teamed up with The New York Times for our annual Year in Rap student contest. We are so thrilled to announce the winning raps! We were floored in the best way when we learned that 1,104 students entered this year's contest! And after reading through every single one (seriously!), we were consistently impressed by students' thoughtful and creative reflections on some very serious events from 2012. Our top picks mixed insightful news summaries with pithy language and excellent rhymes. You can view the winners on The New York Times Learning Network, and we've also listed them below. Group…

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January 23, 2013
Flocabulary Team

13 New Flocabulary Videos!

...and even more coming all the time! [jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media/7-how-else-to-be-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images/7-how-else-to-be-image.jpg] One of our new videos, How Else to Be. We're starting 2013 right with a batch of new videos for you! We have a bunch of Word Up videos this month, plus a little math. We now have videos for every third grade vocabulary song, and we're working to make that happen for every grade level. As always, there are even more videos on the way! If you'd like to watch all of our videos, make sure to sign up for a free two-week trial to Flocabulary. New Videos Vocabulary 2nd Grade…

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January 4, 2013
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Flocabulary Hosts #Engchat on Monday, January 21

Does Figurative Language Still Matter in the Modern English Classroom? In accordance with Common Core standards, it's important that the modern student knows how to construct argumentative statements, read actively and write across different media. But should they be able to note that "Common Core" is an example of alliteration? (In fact, Common Core says yes.) But what do you think? Discuss your thoughts on Figurative Language with us on Monday, January 21 at 7pm EST when we host #engchat. We'll discuss these questions and more: Does our society still value having a way with words? What is the place…

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December 3, 2012
Flocabulary Team

10 New Flocabulary Videos!

...and even more coming all the time! [jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media/8-were-the-piglets-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images/8-were-the-piglets-image.jpg] One of our new videos, We're the Piglets. We're working hard to create videos for all of your favorite Flocabulary songs, which means a whole lot of Word Up coming at you, plus a little bit of Grammar. This week we have ten new videos for you, with even more in the works. If you'd like to watch all of our videos, make sure to sign up for a free two-week trial to Flocabulary. New Videos Vocabulary 3rd Grade Vocabulary: Climb Trees Have you ever had the uncontrollable urge to climb a…

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October 9, 2012
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13 New Flocabulary Videos!

...and even more coming very soon! [jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media/adverbs-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images/adverbs-image.jpg] One of our new videos, Adverbs Are Preferred. We've been creating even more videos to go along with our songs, both old and new. We've finished animating our division songs (yes, all of them!) and are continually adding to our Word Up vocabulary videos, all while creating a new Week In Rap each week and units in new subjects like Civics. We're listening, and we know that videos help Flocabulary to be an even better learning tool in the classroom. These new videos are in a range of subjects, including vocabulary, language…

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