Full Description
Engage young children with this creative and strategic approach for building early literacy skills! This practical resource provides word lists, literature selections, and teaching strategies for building young learners' vocabulary and comprehension skills. Based on original research conducted by the author and Edward Fry, the lists are comprised of words used frequently by children in their writing, as well as additional words to enhance vocabulary and learning. Each thematic chapter offers: Literacy integrations for reading and writing in the classroomWriting prompts to integrate with journal activitiesRead-aloud suggestions from children's literatureThink-alouds to enhance vocabularySuggestions for parent involvement
Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorAbout the Guest ContributorIntroduction: Vocabulary Words for Primary Grade StudentsPart I. Vocabulary Voices I Hear: Development of Vocabulary Through Oral Language Literacy1. School Success#1: Back to School#2: People I Know#3: Kindness Counts#4: My Favorites#5: Classroom Jobs#6: Understanding Directions#7: School Themes#8: Parent Volunteers2. Oh, the Words We Know!#9: Witty Words We Know From A-Z#10: Words We Use When We Go Places#11: Dr. Seuss Fun#12: Name Games#13: My Word Wall#14: ABC Books Resource List3. Phonics and Team Work#15: What to Say Instead of "Sound It Out"#16: Words With R-Controlled Vowels#17: "H" Brothers#18: Cow WordsPart II. Read to Me Words: Building Rich Vocabulary Through Storybooks and Other Print-Rich Materials4. New Genres#19: What Are You Thinking?#20: Books With Lessons#21: We Are Special#22. Wired Words#23: Words I Know Web5. Informational Storybooks by T. Lee Williams#24: Nonfiction for Everyone#25: Cookbook Fun#26: Bugs and Brains#27: Factual Fun#28: Cultural Curiosity6. Celebrations#29: Happy Birthday#30: Celebrating the 100th Day#31: Holidays#32: Seasonal Fun#33: Literacy DayPart III. How I Use Words I Can Read: Developing Vocabulary Literacy Through Writing7. Writer's Learning New Words#34: Writer's World Words#35: Ideas for Writing#36: Writing Prompts#37: Creative Writing Connections#38. Vocabulary Word List From Israel and Fry's Research#39: Writing Responses#40: Books to Help Children With WritingResource A: Vocabulary Self-AssessmentResource B: Readings About VocabularyResource C: Web Sites for Teaching Phonics and Learning to ReadResource D: Science Vocabulary and Web Sites to Increase Critical ThinkingResource E: Poetry Learning CentersResource F: Home-School ConnectionsReferencesChildren's Book ReferencesIndex
