| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Rationale for Robust Vocabulary Instruction -- Choosing Words to Teach -- Introducing Word Meanings -- Bringing Vocabulary into the Earliest Grades -- Instructional Sequences for Later Grades -- Assessing and Maintaining New Vocabulary -- Working with Instructional and Natural Contexts -- Vocabulary and Writing -- Differentiating Vocabulary Instruction -- Energizing the Verbal Environment |
| Summary |
"Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K-12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words. Grounded in research, the book explains how to select words for instruction, introduce their meanings, and create engaging learning activities that promote both word knowledge and reading comprehension. The authors are trusted experts who draw on extensive experience in diverse classrooms and schools. Sample lessons and vignettes, children's literature suggestions, end-of-chapter summaries, and 'Your Turn' learning activities enhance the book's utility as a classroom resource, professional development tool, or course text. New to this edition: Reflects over a decade of advances in research-based vocabulary instruction; Chapters on vocabulary and writing; assessment; and differentiating instruction for struggling readers and English language learners, including coverage of response to intervention (RTI); Expanded discussions of content-area vocabulary and multiple-meaning words; Many additional examples showing what robust instruction looks like in action; Appendix with a useful menu of instructional activities."-- Provided by publisher |
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Exciting and engaging vocabulary instruction can set students on the path to a lifelong fascination with words. This book provides a research-based framework and practical strategies for vocabulary development with children from the earliest grades through high school. The authors emphasize instruction that offers detailed information about words and their uses and enhances students' language comprehension and production. Teachers are guided in selecting words for instruction; developing student-friendly explanations of new words; creating meaningful learning activities; and getting students involved in thinking about, using, and noticing new words both within and outside the classroom. Concrete examples, sample classroom dialogues, and exercises for teachers bring the material to life. Appendices include suggestions for trade books that help children enlarge their vocabulary and/or have fun with different aspects of words.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Vocabulary -- Study and teaching
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Reading & Phonics.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Reading Skills.
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EDUCATION -- Language Experience Approach.
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Vocabulary -- Study and teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McKeown, Margaret G., author.
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Kucan, Linda, author.
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| ISBN |
9781462508259 |
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1462508251 |
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9781462508266 |
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146250826X |
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