Teaching individual words
Subtitle: one size does not fit all
By: Michael F. Graves ; foreword by James Bauman.
Series: The practitioner's bookshelf
Publisher: Teachers College, Columbia University; Teachers College Press; International Reading Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9780807749302
Subjects: Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Description: Helping students master a broad range of individual words is a vital part of effective vocabulary instruction. Building on his bestselling resource The Vocabulary Book, Michael Graves’s new book describes a practical program for teaching individual words in the K–8 classroom. Designed to foster effective, efficient, and engaging differentiated instruction, Teaching Individual Words combines the latest research with vivid illustrations from real classrooms. Get ready to bridge the vocabulary gap with this user-friendly teaching tool! Book Features include: A set of tactics proven successful for teaching individual words, including how to select words. Detailed lesson examples for introductory instruction, for reviewing words, and for assessing word knowledge. Strategies that will work across grade levels to meet the needs of struggling readers, average readers, gifted readers, and English language learners.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Crucial facts about words and word learning; title: Common considerations for vocabulary instruction; title: Building students' oral vocabularies; title: Rich and powerful instruction; title: Introductory instruction; title: Repetition, assessment, and differences across grade levels.