Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!!

I'm sure at some point, we have all read a book by Dr. Seuss. My favorite was always Green Eggs and Ham--and as a parent I would feel this great sense of pride if I could get through the entire book during Story Time without tripping over my tongue.

And then came Fox in Socks. I have attempted to read this book many times and still find myself tripping over the words and tongue twisters.

Laughing at me? You try it:

“When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle.” 
― Dr. Seuss, Fox in Socks

Thankfully, my only concern with these books is trying to get the words out of my mouth. But many students in our community speak a first language other than English. Not only are our studnts trying to get the tongue twister over their tongue, but they are trying to decipher the words and their meaning too.

Enter Lingro.

Lingro is a website that will automatically change all the text on a website to clickable text. When you click on a word, a pop up will appear with the definition of the word.

Not only can you find the definition of the word in English, but you can choose a different dictionary and have the definition presented in another language.

This is a great resource for any of your students in your class--whether they are English Language Learners or not. When doing research online, you often end up on a site with a very sophisticated lexicon. 

Having trouble deciphering the following article?

Estimation of alternative splicing variability in human populations

Simple add the web address to Lingro and voila! all the words can be defined/explained in one click!