Vocabulary Handbook

Description

For the first time ever, teachers have one reference that clearly combines vocabulary research with the nuts and bolts of explicit instruction—instruction that is critical to improving students' reading comprehension and overall academic achievement.

Educators and reading specialists from elementary to high school will get in-depth, ready-to-use guidance on the three main elements of high quality vocabulary instruction: specific word instruction, independent word-learning strategies, and word consciousness. For each of these elements, four sections give teachers the what, the why, the when, and the how:

• What. Teachers will get a concise explanation of each element of vocabulary instruction.
• Why. A summary of scientifically based research (aligned with Reading First requirements) helps educators understand exactly why each component matters.
• When. Teachers will get succinct guidelines on when to introduce each element of vocabulary instruction, assess students' skills, and begin intervention.
• How. Detailed sample lesson models—complete with step-by-step instructions and explicit "what to say" scripts—make it easy to teach students new vocabulary strategies and reinforce them with guided, collaborative, and independent practice.

The book includes helpful graphics, definitions, tips for teaching English language learners, and simple charts that make the strategies immediately understandable and useful.

And the Resources section gives teachers photocopiable supplements to use with the lessons: short sample texts that introduce new words, activity worksheets that reinforce skills, and charts that summarize key concepts and strategies.

Part textbook, part practical handbook, this must-have resource from the trusted Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) will help every literacy teacher understand key research on vocabulary instruction, put best practices to work in any classroom, and improve the reading achievement of all students.

(Distributed for CORE, Berkeley, CA.)

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Forms of Vocabulary
Extent of Word Knowledge
Vocabulary Size
The Vocabulary Gap
Links Between Vocabulary and Comprehension
Components of Vocabulary Instruction
Instruction for English-Language Learners (ELLs)

Chapter 1. Specific Word Instruction

WHAT? Specific Word Instruction

Selecting Words to Teach
Rich and Robust Instruction

WHY? Specific Word Instruction
WHEN? Specific Word Instruction
HOW? Specific Word Instruction

> Lesson Models for Contextualized Vocabulary

Text Talk: Real-Aloud Method
Method for Independently Read Text

> Lesson Model for Basic Vocabulary

Introducting Function Words

> Lesson Models for Word Relationships

Concept Picture Sort
Semantic Map
Semantic Feature Analysis
Possible Sentences
Word Map

> Lesson Model for Word-Meaning Recall

Keyword Method

Chapter 2. Word-Learning Strategies

WHAT? Word-Learning Strategies

Dictionary Use
Morphemic Analysis
Cognate Awareness
Contextual Analysis
Combined Morphemic and Contextual Analysis

WHY? Word-Learning Strategies
WHEN? Word-Learning Strategies
HOW? Word-Learning Strategies

> Lesson Models for Dictionary Use

Using the Dictionary
PAVE Procedure
Concept of Definition Map

> Lesson Models for Morphemic Analysis

Compound Words
Word Families
Word-Part Clues: Prefixes
Word-Part Clues: Suffixes
Word-Part Clues: Roots

> Lesson Models for Contextual Analysis

Context Clues
Introducing Types of Context Clues
Applying Types of Context Clues

> Lesson Models for Combined Morphemic & Contextual Analysis

Introducing The Vocabulary Strategy
Practicing The Vocabulary Strategy

Adept Diction
Word Play
Word Histories and Origins

> Lesson Models for Word Consciousness

Animal Idioms
PAVE Procedure
Latin and Greek Number Words
Antonym Scales
Web Word Web
Five-Senses Simile Web
Poetry as Word Play
Vocabulary Hotshot Notebook

• Sample Texts
• Activity Masters
• Teaching Charts