Work on vocab. & donate rice
July 25th, 2008 by 
caikeda
What: Freerice.com
Free Rice Is a website designed to improve your vocabulary by giving you a word and offering 4 possible definitions. If you get the word right, you get a harder word, and if you get the word wrong, you get an easier word.
In addition, for every word you get right, the site donates 20 grains of rice through the United Nations World Food Program, so you’re building vocabulary AND feeding the hungry. 20 grains of rice is not much (try and count out 20 grains at home), BUT within 5 minutes I earned 1,320 grains of rice, so for a mere 5 minutes a day, you can learn vocabulary AND feed a small village. 
The website gets money for the donations through its sponsors on the site and they are also a part of the poverty.com organization. It’s a win-win situation.
Why vocabulary? Students with diverse vocabularies are better readers, better test takers, and they are better speakers because their words are more precise. Try it today!
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