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All About Adjectives

Adjective Introduction Let’s say you are at the store and there are two shirts that you really want to buy — but you can’t decide which shirt because they are both so nice! You ask your friend for their opinion, and they tell you that the blue shirt looks nice, but the green shirt is […]

Dino27 March 2021

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How many pounds are in a ton?

The short answer to this question is 2000 pounds, but that may not be the complete answer that you’re looking for. The word “ton” is most commonly used to refer to a unit of mass, likely the short ton, but it changes depending on the part of the world, the context, and the time period. […]

Dino22 March 2021

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50 Speech Topics and Ideas

Giving a Good Speech (With Sample Topics!) Writing an engaging and compelling speech can be a tough task—you don’t want to disappoint the audience with a boring topic, but you also don’t want to pick an idea that’s too broad or overdone. Don’t worry! There are many topics you can still use to build an […]

Dino14 March 2021

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IXL vs. ArgoPrep

Both IXL and ArgoPrep offer amazing resources and tools for parents, teachers, and students! Let’s take a deep dive at what the two offer so you can make the right choice for your educational needs. IXL is a subscription-based learning website tailored for students from PreK to 12th grade. Students can work on hundreds of […]

Dino13 March 2021

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Is the SHSAT exam cancelled?

SHSAT

Introduction In recent years, New York City lawmakers have attempted to transform the admission process for specialized high schools, selective public high schools, by moving away from the SHSAT (Specialized High School Admissions Test). COVID-19 precautions have further complicated the testing process. In October 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the chancellor initially failed to […]

Dino05 March 2021

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Future Perfect Continuous Verb Tense

Also Known As: Future Perfect Progressive Tense The next tense is the future perfect continuous tense, which is also sometimes called the future perfect progressive tense. It indicates that something has started in the past and will continue happening for a set length of time into the future. This is noted in the form of […]

Dino20 February 2021

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Math Musts for Young Children

Math is a touchy subject for many adults. For a long time in education, people believed you either “got it” or you didn’t. There was no in-between. You were a math person, or you weren’t. This led to a lot of misconceptions about math, as well as about our individual abilities to understand and be […]

Dino14 February 2021

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Present Continuous Tense

Also Known As: Present Progressive The present continuous verb tense is used to show that an action is ongoing or is happening now, whether that be “now” in a direct sense or in a more general sense. This tense can also be used to show that an action will be taking place in the very […]

Dino11 February 2021

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Simple Past Verb Tense

Also Known As: Past Simple, Past Indefinite, or (rarely) the Preterite Let’s start with the most important issue: NO ONE we actually know uses the term “the preterite”. It is possible that if you are a linguistics professor in a language development program, you MIGHT use that term. Otherwise… it’s way too preterite to worry […]

Dino09 February 2021

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Future Continuous Verb Tense

Also Known As: Future Progressive Tense The next tense is the future continuous tense, which is also sometimes called the future progressive tense, is a tense that indicates that something has started in the past and will continue happening for a length of time into the future. The future continuous tense has not stopped happening. […]

Dino06 February 2021