Stories of Words: Computers
When computers were invented in the 1930s scientists created new words to describe the new machine. When computers became widely used by people, people began… Read More »Stories of Words: Computers
When computers were invented in the 1930s scientists created new words to describe the new machine. When computers became widely used by people, people began… Read More »Stories of Words: Computers
Las Vegas. New York. Pie Town. Toponyms, or the names of places, are as different as the people who have named them. By learning the story… Read More »Stories of Words: Toponyms
Putting words into groups can help us learn more words. For example, synonyms are a group of words that similar meanings. The word pretty is a… Read More »Stories of Words: Nym Word Groups
Every day, millions of Americans are speaking Spanish. They are introducing Spanish words to the English language. Americans are speaking English words with deep Spanish… Read More »Stories of Words: Spanish
Music has its own set of words. Some words are used in other areas of life, but have very specific meanings in music. These words include notes,… Read More »Stories of Words: Music
The texts in the Stories of Words series provide a great opportunity for students to expand their vocabularies, increase their background knowledge, and develop facility with the… Read More »The Stories of Words: TextProject’s Newest Texts and Vocabulary Product
Many people like to wear the latest fashions. Fashion is a style of clothes, items, or ideas that is popular at the moment. Fashions change… Read More »Stories of Words: Clothes
Learning to read and write are critically important goals for all children. Some children achieve these goals with little difficulty and progress rapidly in school.… Read More »Teach Your Child to Read & Spell
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Have you ridden a bike? Have you been a passenger in a boat, car, train, or airplane? If so, you’ve used transportation. When new forms of transportation… Read More »Stories of Words: Transportation