Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction / Edition 2

Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction / Edition 2

ISBN-10:
1462508162
ISBN-13:
9781462508167
Pub. Date:
03/14/2013
Publisher:
Guilford Publications, Inc.
ISBN-10:
1462508162
ISBN-13:
9781462508167
Pub. Date:
03/14/2013
Publisher:
Guilford Publications, Inc.
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction / Edition 2

Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction / Edition 2

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Overview

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, "Your Turn" learning activities, and a Study Guide for teachers enhance the book's utility as a classroom resource, professional development tool, or course text. The Study Guide can also be downloaded and printed for ease of use (www.guilford.com/beck-studyguide).

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.

See also the authors' Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples, which includes specific instructional sequences for different grade ranges, as well as Making Sense of Phonics, Second Edition: The Hows and Whys, by Isabel L. Beck and Mark E. Beck, an invaluable resource for K–3.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781462508167
Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date: 03/14/2013
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 210
Sales rank: 67,995
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Isabel L. Beck, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Education in the School of Education and Senior Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center, both at the University of Pittsburgh.

Margaret G. McKeown, PhD, is Clinical Professor of Education in the School of Education and Senior Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Linda Kucan, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Instruction and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.

Read an Excerpt

1. Rationale for Robust Vocabulary Instruction
2. Choosing Words to Teach
3. Introducing Vocabulary
4. Developing Vocabulary in the Earliest Grades
5. Developing Vocabulary in the Later Grades
6. Making the Most of Natural Contexts
7. Enriching the Verbal Environment
Appendices: A. Text Talk Books and Vocabulary Words
B. Books for a Lively Verbal Environment

Table of Contents

1. Rationale for Robust Vocabulary Instruction
2. Choosing Words to Teach
3. Introducing Word Meanings
4. Bringing Vocabulary into the Earliest Grades
5. Instructional Sequences for Later Grades
6. Assessing and Maintaining New Vocabulary
7. Working with Instructional and Natural Contexts
8. Vocabulary and Writing
9. Differentiating Vocabulary Instruction
10. Energizing the Verbal Environment
Appendix. Menu of Instructional Activities
Study Guide

Interviews

K-12 classroom teachers; reading specialists and coaches; special educators; teacher educators and students in literacy programs. Serves as a text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses such as Vocabulary Instruction, Word Study, Elementary Reading Methods, and Teaching English Language Arts (6-12).

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