Description
Book SynopsisWritten by an award-winning authority on reading instruction, this book shows teachers how to make small changes to teach more words and also how words work. Each chapter includes descriptions of teachers' implementation of small changes to support big gains in students' vocabulary.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Preface ix
- 1. Learning Words and How Words Work 1
- Vocabulary and Texts: A Two-Way Relationship 2
- Vocabulary Instruction: A Focus on Relationships Among Words, Not Individual Words 4
- How to Implement New Vocabulary Insights: Small Changes = Big Results 8
- The Last Word 10
- 2. Making Small Changes in Vocabulary Instruction 11
- Small Changes = Big Results: WHY 12
- Small Changes = Big Results: WHAT 13
- Small Changes = Big Results: HOW 15
- The Last Word 20
- 3. Why a Small Group of Word Families Is So Important 25
- The Evidence 25
- Small Changes = Big Results 35
- The Last Word 38
- 4. A Short History of English and Why It Matters 41
- The Evidence 42
- Small Changes = Big Results 49
- The Last Word 53
- 5. Recycling and Remixing: Multiple Meanings and Uses of Words 54
- The Evidence 56
- Small Changes = Big Results 61
- The Last Word 64
- 6. The Vocabulary Networks of Narrative Texts 66
- The Evidence 67
- Small Changes = Big Results 77
- The Last Word 80
- 7. The Vocabulary Networks of Informational Texts 82
- The Evidence 83
- Small Changes = Big Results 91
- The Last Word 94
- 8. Vocabulary and Text Complexity Systems 98
- The Evidence 99
- Small Changes = Big Results 107
- The Last Word 111
- 9. Different Labels But the Same Concepts: English Learners 113
- The Evidence 114
- Small Changes = Big Results 119
- The Last Word 123
- Children’s Literature and Instructional Texts 125
- References 131
- Index 139
- About the Author 154
