Wordmasters Champs! Hard work pays off!

  Congratulations to my wonderful team of 6th graders who placed FIRST in the Nation in this year's Gold division of the Wordmaster Challenge!


The Wordmasters Challenge is a national analogy solving competition that consists of three meets during the school year.  Students study the words and their relationships to prepare for the meets.


What are the benefits?
Improving vocabulary skills using analogies...
  • Develops verbal reasoning abilities
  • Addresses higher-order thinking skills
  • Emphasizes logic and reading comprehension
As a team, my 6th graders have had AMAZING success!!
Here's how we have been doing:


Wordmasters End of Year Rankings
9th in the nation: 2009

5th in the nation: 2013

2nd in the nation: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2008, 2007

1st in the nation: 2017, 2011, 2010, 2006, 2005

How do we prepare for the challenge?  

I get asked that all of the time!
I have started to put together some of my secrets here, and the Wordmaster Challenge website lists lots of spectacular activities as well!  

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