Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples
Guilford Press | Isabel L. Beck | 2008/05/04
ISBN 13: 9781593857530
Bringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers’ success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal complementary volume picks up where Bringing Words to Life left off. The authors present additional tools, tips and detailed explanations of such questions as which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to adapt instruction for English language learners. They provide specific instructional sequences, including assessments, for grades K&ndash2, 3–5, 6–8 and 9–12, as well as interactive lesson planning resources. Invaluable appendices feature a quick-reference menu of instructional activities and a comprehensive list of children's books and stories with suggested Tier Two words for study.
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“I love this book! Beck, McKeown and Kucan provide in-depth discussion of vocabulary and its effects on reading comprehension and writing; tier placement of words; and instructional sequence and activities. The Q&A format is reader friendly and I find the extended examples of full lesson cycles especially useful…. A ‘must-read’ for preservice and inservice teacher of every grade level, literacy coaches, educational researchers, and anyone who has ever had questions about vocabulary instruction.”—Clover Noack, MEd, reading specialist/curriculum co-ordinator, O'Fallon, MO
“In this engaging volume, Beck McKeown, and Kucan help readers to better understand their three-tier approach to categorizing words, describe the ins and outs of selecting Tier Two words for instruction, and explain in detail how to teach word meanings before, during and after reading…. The examples and detailed descriptions give readers the knowledge needed to generate their own word selections and instructional approaches to fit a variety of texts and a variety of students.”—Susan Watts Taffe, PhD, University of Cincinnati
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