Word Wise and Content Rich, Grades 7-12 by Douglas Fisher
This book is a natural for a teacher study group. It is well worth the time spent reading and discussing with colleagues because the ideas it holds are basic to rethinking and transforming vocabulary teaching. -Karen Bromley Binghamton University, SUNYHow do you teach students the words that are crucial to unlocking the concepts in your content area? Until now assign, define, test has been the default strategy. But with Word Wise and Content Rich, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey bring vocabulary in out of the cold and into the heart of daily classroom practice in English, math, science, and history. Word Wise and Content Rich offers a five-part framework for teaching vocabulary that's tailored to the needs of adolescent learners yet mindful of the demands on content-area teachers. Grounded in current research, this framework gives students the multiple encounters necessary to lock in the meaning of new words forever. Fisher and Frey's five-step modelshows you how to:
- Make it intentional: select words for instruction and use word lists and up-to-date website lists wisely
- Make it transparent: model word-solving and word-learning strategies for students
- Make it useable: offer learners the collaborative work and oral practice essential to understanding concepts
- Make it personal: give and monitor independent practice so students own words
- Make it a priority: create a schoolwide program for word learning.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780325013824 |
| ISBN 10 | 0325013829 |
| Title | Word Wise and Content Rich, Grades 7-12 |
| Author | Douglas Fisher |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Heinemann USA |
| Year published | 2008-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 182 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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