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Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples

Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples - Paperback

by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, Linda Kucan
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Availability:In StockContributor:Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, Linda KucanSeries:Solving Problems in the Teaching of LiteracyAudience:05 - 17Publish date:2008-05-01Pages:186
Language:EnglishPublisher:Guilford PublicationsISBN-13:9781593857530ISBN-10:1593857535UPC:9781593857530Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, EducationBook Subcategory:Literacy, Language Experience Approach, TeachingBook Topic:SubjectsSize:9.89 x 7.01 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC5NQGY4RT

Bringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal volume builds on the groundbreaking work of Bringing Words to Life. The authors present additional tools, tips, and detailed explanations of such questions as which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to adapt instruction for English language learners. They provide specific instructional sequences, including assessments, for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, as well as interactive lesson planning resources. Invaluable appendices feature engaging classroom activities and a comprehensive list of children's books and stories with suggested vocabulary for study.

See also the authors' Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, the authoritative guide to research-based vocabulary instruction, 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Guilford PublicationsISBN-13:9781593857530ISBN-10:1593857535UPC:9781593857530Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, EducationBook Subcategory:Literacy, Language Experience Approach, TeachingBook Topic:SubjectsSize:9.89 x 7.01 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC5NQGY4RT

Isabel L. Beck, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Education in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She has conducted research and published widely in the areas of decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension. Her contributions have been acknowledged by awards from the International Reading Association, the National Reading Conference, and the American Federation of Teachers, and she is an elected member of the National Academy of Education.

Margaret G. McKeown, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh. Her research on reading comprehension and vocabulary has been published extensively in outlets for both researcher and practitioner audiences. Dr. McKeown is a recipient of the Dissertation of the Year Award from the International Reading Association and a National Academy of Education Spencer Fellowship. Before her career in research, she taught elementary school.

Linda Kucan, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Instruction and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. In addition to vocabulary instruction, her research interests include classroom talk about texts and the design of meaningful and motivating tasks to support comprehension of text.



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