Word nerds : teaching all students to learn and love vocabulary
Title
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Word nerds : teaching all students to learn and love vocabulary
Personal Author EPSB
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Brenda J. Overturf
Summary
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Word Nerds takes you inside classrooms at a high-poverty urban school and shows how two teachers implement creative, flexible vocabulary instruction that improves their students' word knowledge and confidence, enhances classroom community, and increases achievement.
Year Published
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2013
Physical Description
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vii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
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What's the big deal about vocabulary instruction? -- Classrooms that foster word confidence -- Making introductions -- Squeezing the juicy words: adding synonyms and antonyms -- Active vocabulary practice -- Celebrating to validate -- Spreading vocabulary wings -- Learning through assessment.
Subject
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Vocabulary -- Study and teaching.
Added Author
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Montgomery, Leslie H., 1949-
Holmes Smith, Margot.
Summary
:
Word Nerds takes you inside classrooms at a high-poverty urban school and shows how two teachers implement creative, flexible vocabulary instruction that improves their students' word knowledge and confidence, enhances classroom community, and increases achievement.
ISBN
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9781571109545
Publisher
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Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, [2013]
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Westbrook | TR 372.44 OVE | Teacher resource | 30197000186633 | Teacher Materials |