Teaching Individual Words: One Size Does Not Fit All (Language & Literacy Practitioners Bookshelf Series) (Language & Literacy Practitioners Bookshelf) (Practitioner's Bookshelf)

By Michael F. Graves

Helping students master a broad range of individual words is a vital part of effective vocabulary instruction. Building on his bestselling resource The Vocabulary Book, Michael Graves's new book describes a practical program for teaching individual words in the K-8 classroom. Designed to foster effective, efficient, and engaging differentiated instruction, Teaching Individual Words combines the latest research with vivid illustrations from real classrooms. Get ready to bridge the vocabulary gap with this user-friendly teaching tool

Book Features include:

A set of tactics proven successful for teaching individual words, including how to select words. Detailed lesson examples for introductory instruction, for reviewing words, and for assessing word knowledge. Strategies that will work across grade levels to meet the needs of struggling readers, average readers, gifted readers, and English language learners.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807749303
• ISBN13: 9780807749302
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.7"