Vocabulary instruction
Subtitle: research to practice
By: edited by Edward J. Kame'enui, James F. Baumann
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781462503971; 9781462503988
Subjects: Study and teaching; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy; Vocabulary; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reading Skills; Reading; EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics
Description: This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games for diverse learners are brought to life with detailed examples. Drawing on the most rigorous research available, the editors and contributors distill what PreK-8 teachers need to know and do to support all students' ongoing vocabulary growth and enjoyment of reading.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction1. Context for Vocabulary Instruction, Edward J. Kame'enui and James F. BaumannI. Teaching Specific Vocabulary2. Direct and Rich Vocabulary Instruction Needs to Start Early, Margaret G. McKeown, Isabel L. Beck, and Cheryl Sandora3. Teaching Vocabulary in the Primary Grades: Vocabulary Instruction Needed, Andrew Biemiller4. Vocabulary Instruction for Young Children at Risk of Reading Difficulties: Teaching Word Meanings during Shared Storybook Readings, Michael D. Coyne, Ashley Capozzoli-Oldham, and Deborah C. Simmons5. Young Word Wizards!: Fostering Vocabulary Development in Preschool and Primary Education, Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl and Steven A. StahlII. Teaching Vocabulary-Learning Strategies6. Teaching Prefixes: Making Strong Instruction Even Stronger, Michael F. Graves, Melanie Ruda, Gregory C. Sales, and James F. Baumann7. The Vocabulary-Spelling Connection and Generative Instruction: Morphological Knowledge at the Intermediate Grades and Beyond, Shane Templeton8. Teaching Word-Learning Strategies, James F. Baumann, Elizabeth Carr Edwards, Eileen Boland, and George FontIII. Teaching Vocabulary through Word Consciousness and Language Play9. Developing Word Consciousness: Lessons from Highly Diverse Fourth-Grade Classrooms, Judith A. Scott, Tatiana F. Miller, and Susan Leigh Flinspach10. Keep the "Fun" in Fundamental: Encouraging Word Consciousness and Incidental Word Learning in the Classroom through Word Play, Camille L. Z. Blachowicz and Peter Fisher11. Language Play: Essential for Literacy, Dale D. Johnson, Bonnie Johnson, and Kathleen SchlichtingIV. Special Topics in Vocabulary Instruction12. Vocabulary Assessment: Making Do with What We Have While We Create the Tools We Need, P. David Pearson, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, and Michael L. Kamil13. Reading and Vocabulary Growth, Anne E. Cunningham and Colleen Ryan O'Donnell14. Powerful Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners, Patrick C. Manyak15. Using Multimedia to Support Generative Vocabulary Learning, Jill Castek, Bridget Dalton, and Dana L. Grisham 16. What Differences in Narrative and Informational Texts Mean for the Learning and Instruction of Vocabulary, Elfrieda H. Hiebert and Gina N. Cervetti.