Full Description
A must-have resource for any K-12 classroom teacher, Teaching Vocabulary in All Classrooms, 5/e presents a comprehensive framework for seamlessly and effectively incorporating vocabulary into everyday classroom instruction across all content areas. Respected literacy researchers and educators Camille Blachowicz and Peter J. Fisher provide fresh and current ideas for implementing best-practice vocabulary research and classroom-tested strategies for beginning as well as experienced teachers who want to build or revitalize their curriculum. This new edition retains the most popular features of the earlier edition and now includes: new and expanded ideas for teaching academic vocabulary, new resources such as learner's dictionaries for spelling and morphology instruction for older students, expanded coverage of vocabulary instruction for diverse students, particularly English language learners and struggling readers, and an emphasis on connections to the Common Core State Standards.
Contents
Brief Contents
Ch. 1 Spotlight on Vocabulary: A Theoretical and Practical Perspective
Ch. 2 Learning Vocabulary from Context
Ch. 3 Integrating Vocabulary and Strategic and Close Reading Instruction
Ch. 4 Learning Vocabulary in Literary Reading
Ch. 5 Learning Vocabulary in the Content Areas
Ch. 6 Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction Using Structural Analysis
Ch. 7 Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge
Ch. 8 Vocabulary Intruction for Diverse Learners
Ch. 9 Using Dictionaries and Other References
Ch. 10 Developing Word Consciousness
Appendices
A. School dictionaries and Thesauruses
B. Books for expanding vocabulary and word play
C. Computer Programs with a Vocabulary Focus
D. Vocabulary Word Games
E. Websites/Apps for Vocabulary
