Words Their Way

In this edition of the most comprehensive vocabulary text available, pre-service, novice, and experienced middle and high school teachers get invaluable tools to share with their students that will enable them to learn thousands of words independently. With an emphasis on developing students’ word consciousness–the knowledge and predisposition to learn, appreciate, and effectively use words–the book addresses three broad aspects of vocabulary learning and instruction: context-based instruction, word-specific instruction, and generative morphology instruction, as a means to enabling teachers to teach vocabulary their way.

 

This edition features an expanded author team; separate chapter for the major disciplines/subjects, including a separate chapter on Art, Music, Physical Education, and Career and Technical Education; a new, easily-accessible format presenting the strategies, activities, and assessments; chapter notes directing readers to the PDToolkit online resource, new Activity Selection Charts in each chapter; referencing to the Common Core Standards in each activity and strategy; updated research throughout; a new look at Academic Language; and a revised ESL chapter with a strong new multilingual focus.

 

Vocabulary Their Way provides an exceptional teaching and learning experience through:

• A focus on context-based vocabulary instruction, coupled with effective, engaging, word-specific general and domain-specific vocabulary activities.
• Attention to ESL learners and struggling readers and writers throughout.
• Special attention to ways to organise for effective instruction.

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“"This book is a wonderful primer for those just learning to teach and/or understand the necessity of vocabulary development for content area mastery."”

 -- Jane M. Saunders, Texas State University

 

"Vocabulary Their Way offers a wealth of resources that teachers can use to build their own knowledge of the origin and structure of the English language as well as the strategies that they can use to support students’ vocabulary development.   It is accessible, compelling, and interesting and contains a number of classroom examples." -- Jennifer Scott Curwood, The University of Sydney (Australia)

 

"This book is very appealing, as teaching academic vocabulary is part of the Common Core standards being adopted by most states.  Teachers will welcome the help for their classroom instruction, and administrators will welcome the information for professional development." -- Carla M. Stegall, Gilbert Middle School (Gilbert, SC)

Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor Emeritus of Literacy Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. A former classroom teacher at the primary and secondary levels, his research has focused on developmental word knowledge in elementary, middle, and high school students, focusing primarily on the relationships between spelling, morphology, and vocabulary. He is widely published in a number of research and practitioner journals, and is co-author of Words Their Way, Words Their Way with Struggling Readers, 4-12, Words Their Way with English Learners, and, with Kristin Gehsmann, Teaching Reading and Writing: The Developmental Approach. Shane’s other books include Teaching the Integrated Language Arts and Children's Literacy. With Darrell Morris, he co-authored the chapter on “Spelling” in the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume 3; he is author of the entry on “Spelling Instruction” in the Encyclopedia of Education (2^nd ed., 2003), and the chapter on Spelling in the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts (3rd ed., 2011). Since 1987, Shane has been a member of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.

 

Donald Bear is a professor in literacy education at Iowa State University where he teaches doctoral, master’s, and preservice teachers, and directs the Duffelmeyer Reading Clinic. He is also professor emeritus from the University of Nevada, Reno. Donald is involved in studies that examine literacy learning, particularly studies of orthographic development in different and second languages. His research explores the specific sequence students follow across the synchrony of literacy learning from beginning concept of word in prekindergarten to how morphology underlies academic vocabulary learning.  He is an author and co-author of numerous articles, book chapters, and 12 books, including Words Their Way, 5^th edition, Words Their Way with English Learners, and Words Their Way with Struggling Readers, 4 – 12. He is an author on several instructional programs used throughout the United States. Donald is also involved in innovative professional development grants, and his work in assessment and word study is used widely. He has received several awards for teaching and service, and is currently a board member of the International Reading Association.

 

Marcia Invernizzi holds the Henderson Professorship in Reading Education at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education where she is also the Executive Director of the McGuffey Reading Center.  She advises masters and doctoral students and teaches reading courses in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education.  Her research on the subject of word study, reading disabilities, assessment, reading development, and intervention, has been published in journals including Reading Research Quarterly, The Journal of Literacy Research, The Reading Teacher, The Elementary School Journal, The Journal of Speech, Hearing, and Language Services, The Journal for the Education of Students Placed At Risk, Scientific Studies of Reading, Applied Psycholinguistics, and Early Childhood Research Quarterly.  She is the primary author of Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS), a literacy assessment used widely across the nation.  She is the co-founder of Book Buddies, a tutoring framework for struggling readers, and coauthor of Words Their Way.  A former English and reading teacher, Marcia continues to work with teache

A new edition of the most comprehensive vocabulary text available for pre-service, novice, and experienced teachers of middle and high school students, Vocabulary Their Way, 2/e providesinvaluable tools for teachers to share with their students that will enable them to learn thousands of words independently. With an emphasis on developing students'' word consciousness--the knowledge and predisposition to learn, appreciate, and effectively use words--the book addresses three broad aspects of vocabulary learning and instruction: context-based instruction, word-specific instruction, and generative morphology instruction, as a means to enabling teachers to teach vocabulary their way. New to the Second Edition: NEW! The Common Core Standards addressed each activity and strategy are referenced: English Language Arts, Mathematical Practice, and Next Generation Science Standards. NEW! Updated research in vocabulary and acquisition and instruction gives teachers the latest information in the field. NEW! Academic Language is addressed showing how teachers can "unpack" the language of their discipline and make it accessible to students. REVISED ESL chapter includes a strong new multilingual focus, reflecting the most recent research and instructional lens in the field of multilingualism. And more! Meet the Authors Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor Emeritus of Literacy Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. A former classroom teacher at the primary and secondary levels, his research has focused on developmental word knowledge in elementary, middle, and high school students, focusing primarily on the relationships between spelling, morphology, and vocabulary. Donald Bear is a professor in literacy education at Iowa State University where he teaches doctoral, master''s, and pre-service teachers, and directs the Duffelmeyer Reading Clinic. He is also professor emeritus from the University of Nevada, Reno. Donald is involved in studies that examine literacy learning, particularly studies of orthographic development in different and second languages. Marcia Invernizzi holds the Henderson Professorship in Reading Education at the University of Virginia''s Curry School of Education where she is also the Executive Director of the McGuffey Reading Center. She advises masters and doctoral students and teaches reading courses in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education. Francine Johnston is a former classroom teacher and reading specialist who learned about word study during her graduate work at the University of Virginia. She is retired from the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she taught literacy courses and directed a clinic for struggling readers. She continues to work with regional school systems as a consultant. Kevin Flanigan is a professor in the literacy department at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He works in the WCU Reading Center, where he and master''s students work with children who struggle to read and write. A former middle grades classroom teacher and reading specialist/coach, he researches and writes about developmental word knowledge and struggling readers and works with schools to implement effective literacy instruction. Dianna Townsend is Associate Professor in Literacy Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research is in the areas of adolescent literacy, academic language, and the academic vocabulary development of English learners. In past and current studies, she has examined what adolescents know about and can do with academic vocabulary. Lori Helman is Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and Co-Director of the Minnesota Center for Reading Research. She specializes in literacy education and teacher leadership. Formerly a bilingual classroom teacher for 16 years, Lori was also a coordinator of beginning teacher development and literacy coordinator of her school district. Latisha Hayes has taught students with reading disabilities in the primary through middle grades as a special educator and reading specialist. Now a clinical assistant professor at the University of Virginia, she teaches courses on the diagnosis and remediation of reading difficulties. She works with pre-service and in-service teachers at the McGuffey Reading Center, where students across the grades receive diagnostic and tutoring services.

In this new edition of the most comprehensive vocabulary text available, pre-service, novice, and experienced middle and high school teachers get invaluable tools to share with their students that will enable them to learn thousands of words independently. With an emphasis on developing students' word consciousness-the knowledge and predisposition to learn, appreciate, and effectively use words-the book addresses three broad aspects of vocabulary learning and instruction: context-based instruction, word-specific instruction, and generative morphology instruction, as a means to enabling teachers to teach vocabulary their way . The new edition features an expanded author team; separate chapter for the major disciplines/subjects, including a separate chapter on Art, Music, Physical Education, and Career and Technical Education; a new, easily-accessible format presenting the strategies, activities, and assessments; chapter notes directing readers to the PDToolkit online resource, new Activity Selection Charts in each chapter; referencing to the Common Core Standards in each activity and strategy; updated research throughout; a new look at Academic Language; and a revised ESL chapter with a strong new multilingual focus.

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