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Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction

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Authors: Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. Mckeown, Linda Kucan
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 148
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6

ISBN: 1572307536
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.1071
EAN: 9781572307537
ASIN: 1572307536

Publication Date: March 20, 2002
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
divExciting 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. br/div

Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

A very good book! February 14, 2008
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 ^^

4 out of 5 stars

Bringing Words to Life November 8, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

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.

5 out of 5 stars

Bringing Words to Life by Isabel Beck October 17, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

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!!

3 out of 5 stars

Bringing Words to Life July 22, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful

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.

4 out of 5 stars

Valuable Vocabulary Strategies May 1, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

Bringing Words to Life is an essential book for any classroom. It offers valuable insights and strategies for teaching vocabulary in all classrooms, elementary through high school. It's written so that it's easy to understand and each chapter ends with activities for the reader to better understand the content of the chapter. There is also an easy reference appendix for books to use with vocabulary instruction. If you're looking to enhance the vocabulary of your students, this book has everything you need!

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