A Principal With Principles

A Principal with Principles

There are lots of principals out there. And there are lots of rappers out there. But rhyming principals? Seem crazy to you? Well it's time you met Mervin Jenkins. Or Spectac, as we call him in the studio. Mervin is both an emcee and a former middle school principal. As an artist, he's recorded albums with Big Daddy Kane and 9th Wonder, and you can hear him on our Motion, Hamlet and European Middle Ages tracks. As an educator, he has been a principal and an assistant principal in North and South Carolina. We've been working together for years, and…

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The Week In Vocab

The Week in Vocab

Review the Biggest Buzzwords of the Week! When you follow national and worldwide affairs, you get access to controversial murder cases, big money, planes falling out of the sky and more. Each week, we’ll highlight the top buzzwords or terms that your students might not have known or even heard until now. All these words are featured in the most recent edition of The Week in Rap. And once students beef up their vocab, the news will make a lot more sense. THIS WEEK second-degree murder (noun) -- non-premeditated killing, resulting from an assault in which death of the victim…

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New Vocabulary Videos For Grades 2 – 8

New Vocabulary Videos for Grades 2 – 8

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…

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Five New Word Up Vocabulary Videos

Five 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, you're in luck today. Here are the newest five videos. These videos are for grades 2-4, but we have new vocabulary videos for the older grades coming up very soon. Check in next week for more! The New Videos 2nd Grade Vocabulary:…

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Six New Word Up Vocabulary Videos
  • December 12, 2011

Six 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.) We could wait till we had all of the videos to release them, but we know you'll want them ASAP. So each Monday, we are releasing our newest videos. Watch the six new videos we released today, and check in next Monday to see the newest crop. The New Videos 4th Grade Vocabulary:…

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