Effective and Engaging Vocabulary Instruction

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	• Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, ... The Guilford Press, 2002 - 148 pages average customer review:based on 19 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Bringing Words to Life

While I appreciated the premise of the research outlined in this book, and have no doubt the approach recommended would be effective, I question the practicality for application in a classroom. It seems that it would take a considerable amount of planning and cumbersome documentation particularly with younger children or multiage classes. I plan to try to implement some of the suggestions and like the idea of working to help children establish their own definitions, moving away from traditional dictionary definitions that are only confusing for young students.

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A very good book!

This is one of the books I bought for my Education (Reading and Writing) class. It's really good, both the theory and examples. A must-buy for K6 teacher ^^

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Bringing Words to Life

This book does a great job of explaining the whys and hows of teaching vocabulary to children. It is a great read for teachers of any grade level or subject area. It is not a very exciting read for those outside of educational professions.

Effective and Engaging Vocabulary Instruction

This book is an outstanding resource for any teacher interested in expanding student vocabularies. It clearly details the selection high utility words and includes a table of titles with word lists for each book. Each suggested instructional technique is clearly modeled and all text is written in a narrative style that is easy to understand.

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Bringing Words to Life by Isabel Beck

This is an excellent book on teaching vocabulary to all grade levels. It is check full of ideas you can implement immediately with just enough philosophy to make the strategies understandable. I highly recommend it!!

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Exciting and engaging vocabulary instruction can set students on the path to a lifelong fascination with words. This book provides a research-based framework and practical strategies for vocabulary development with children from the earliest grades through high school. The authors emphasize instruction that offers rich information about words and their uses and enhances students' language comprehension and production. Teachers are guided in selecting words for instruction; developing student-friendly explanations of new words; creating meaningful learning activities; and getting students involved in thinking about, using, and noticing new words both within and outside the classroom. Many concrete examples, sample classroom dialogues, and exercises for teachers bring the material to life. Helpful appendices include suggestions for trade books that help children enlarge their vocabulary and/or have fun with different aspects of words.

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