Key Vocabulary
In any discipline learning the vocabulary is key to understanding. This is true whether its cooking, medicine, mathematics, writing, or even sewing! This week, while while working to finish my…
Tag: words
Words Followed by Action
Words need more substance than just inclusion in verbiage. There needs to be meaning AND intent behind them. While in grad school for my Environmental Education degree, we were asked…
Pollinator Week: Hoary Plants
Today, my son and I walked the trails at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge on Brice Prairie. It is a designated site of the U.S. Fish…
Ewww… You Gave me Cooties!
Are you old enough to remember the game Cooties? Have you ever made an origami cootie catcher? About a month ago, I was speaking to a group of students and…
Oh, that odd English language, again. States of the word state.
The English Language In the English language, state is an odd word. Just look at this list of phrases: In what state do you live? He was in a depressed…
Word Enrichment: Origin of Blitz
Last night, my 17-year-old told me he would probably miss dinner tonight because they would be having fundraising blitz for track and field. I have had a student in our…
An Attempt at Humor: Avo? A New Word?
Yesterday, the news was filled with segments about avocados! Really? I highly doubt this is a newsworthy subject. The reports briefly scanned over the nutritional benefits to a trendy new…
Tongue in Cheek: Lavatory and other student misunderstandings in words and phrases.
When I first taught garden club, I would say to the students, “If you need to use the lavatory, now is the time.” This direction was often met with, “What’s…
