Benefits  Understand the importance of students' vocabulary development and ways educators at the classroom, school, and district levels can positively impact vocabulary building. Learn how to develop effective literacy leadership teams to foster a culture of vocabulary acquisition before implementing instructional strategies. Explore digital tools and how to use them to support word learning in interactive ways. Discover instructional strategies for teaching vocabulary to elementary students, secondary students, special education students, and English learners. Explore vocabulary word classification systems and methods for selecting vocabulary words to include in direct instruction. Access activities, recommended books, and other resources that support the three tiers of vocabulary instruction.  In Blended Vocabulary for K-12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital Tools and Direct Instruction, authors Kimberly A. Tyson and Angela B. Peery note the gap in vocabulary knowledge and instruction that pervades K-12 classrooms and illustrate why it is vital for elementary and secondary students to gain effective vocabulary instruction to achieve at high levels. Created for teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, and literacy teams, this resource outlines a research-based model that will help you ensure English learners, general education students, and special education students master tiered vocabulary. With greater understanding of how to teach vocabulary effectively and incorporate digital tools, you can develop a blended approach to word learning that makes a significant impact on achievement. Contents Chapter 1: A Culture of Word Learning Chapter 2: A New Model for Effective Vocabulary Instruction Chapter 3: Methods for Classifying and Selecting Vocabulary Words Chapter 4: Effective Instruction and Assessment Chapter 5: Vocabulary Strategies for Elementary Students Chapter 6: Vocabulary Strategies for Secondary Students Chapter 7: Vocabulary Strategies for Special Populations Appendix A: Digital Tools That Support Vocabulary and Word Learning Appendix B: Suggested Books Containing Tier Two Vocabulary Words for Primary and Intermediate Grades Appendix C: Annotated Bibliography of Vocabulary Books to Integrate Into Word Learning

Blended Vocabulary for K-12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital Tools and Direct Instruction (How teachers should approach vocabulary and assessment to close students vocabulary knowledge gap)

Education & Teaching

Angela B. Peery

Kimberly A. Tyson

Schools & Teaching

Solution Tree

Elementary educators face crucial questions when shaping their vocabulary teaching methods--what vocabulary words to target and how to foster self-directed learning. SNAP (Seeing/Saying, Naming, Acting, and Producing) can help increase student confidence and interest in reading and improve 21st century skills. This innovative book provides more than 100 research-based mini-lessons with vocabulary exercises to help teachers efficiently shape instruction, each taking no more than 20 minutes of instructional time. Teachers can modify these flexible, effective templates to fit their curriculum and their students' needs. Learn how to refine your teaching methods to increase students' vocabularies: <ul>
<li>Explore more than 100 short vocabulary lessons that can be adapted to fit diverse curricula.</li> <li>Obtain scaffolding and acceleration suggestions to meet students' individual needs.</li> <li>Target the most crucial root words, prefixes, and suffixes in English vocabulary to best employ instructional time.</li> <li>Find helpful technology resources for vocabulary instruction, such as websites and applications.</li> <li>Peruse an alphabetized vocabulary list of all the words featured in the lessons.</li> </ul>
"What students do during the entire SNAP mini-lesson is formative practice designed not only to enhance vocabulary but to increase student enjoyment of learning about words."

Vocabulary in a Snap: 100+ Lessons for Elementary Instruction - How to Teach Vocabulary to Elementary Students

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Words, Language & Grammar

Solution Tree Press

Access 100+ effective, practical, and fun vocabulary exercises that take 20 minutes or less. Designed specifically for middle school and high school teachers of grades 6-12, each minilesson can be easily modified to fit your curriculum and your students' needs. Rely on this resource to help refine your instruction and strengthen students' vocabulary, their interest in reading, and their likelihood of success in the 21st century. Learn how to increase vocabulary for high school and middle school students: 
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<li>Explore more than 100 short, memorable minilessons for teaching vocabulary that can be adapted to fit diverse curricula.</li> <li>Obtain suggestions for scaffolding and accelerating each short vocabulary activity to meet students' individual needs.</li> <li>Target vocabulary words with the most crucial root words, prefixes, and suffixes in the English language to best employ instructional time.</li> <li>Find helpful resources on how to teach vocabulary, such as websites and applications.</li> <li>Gain research-based vocabulary learning strategies used in the minilessons.</li>
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Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Minilesson Management Chapter 2: Supportive Strategies and Technology Tools Chapter 3: Robust Roots Chapter 4: Powerful Prefixes Chapter 5: Super Suffixes Chapter 6: Testing Terms Chapter 7: Varied Voice Appendix: Index of All Vocabulary Words Appearing in the Book References and Resources Index Also see Vocabulary in a SNAP: 100+ Lessons for Elementary Instruction.

Vocabulary in a SNAP: 100+ Lessons for Secondary Instruction (Teaching Vocabulary to Middle and High School Students with Quick and Easy Vocabulary Exercises)

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