Vocabulary Their Way: Word Study with Middle and Secondary Students (Words Their Way) - Softcover

Templeton, Shane; Bear, Donald R.; Johnston, Francine; Invernizzi, Marcia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131555359 ISBN 13: 9780131555358

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

The author team that developed the research-rooted word study phenomenon Words Their Way turn their attention to the same kind of hands on, research based approach to developing vocabulary with students in intermediate, middle, and secondary grades. The text offers research-tested ideas for helping students use word patterns to puzzle out meaning to content area vocabulary. It also provides much needed assessment information to help teachers gauge where to begin instruction, as well as hands on opportunities for teachers to keep student attention and interest as they build vocabulary. 

About this title

Review:

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Joseph W. Guenther, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

 

I like the overall presentation of the text. Given the emphasis on reading in middle and high school, I would think it would have a wide audience. I would consider this text as a supplemental or suggested text as it does enhance the content of the course I teach.

Nancy Williams, University of South Florida

 

This book contains useful information and offers helpful resources for those who would like further information. The chapters contain useful graphics and examples, and provide the reader with a solid background on words, word origins and the development of our vocabulary knowledge. The book also includes step-by-step strategies for sharing this knowledge with students.

Margot Kinberg, National University

 

Each strategy is described in detail, weaving research with examples from classrooms. I believe teachers can easily find new ideas for teaching content vocabulary, and understand when each strategy is most effective. I am especially impressed with the examples. 

Cathy Blanchfield, California State University Fresno

 

The text is well organized, theoretically sound, and the strategies are practical and effective. Excellent strategies for addressing the word-specific challenges for English learners. Excellent ideas and activities.

 Jackie Glasgow, Ohio University

From the Back Cover:

Vocabulary knowledge is the single best indicator of students’ reading ability and comprehension, and therefore, one of the best predictors of their success in school. This much-awaited book will help you build a solid content area vocabulary foundation with students as it gives you the tools to assess your students’ knowledge to determine where instruction should begin. Shane Templeton, Donald Bear, Marcia Invernizzi and Francine Johnston  provide you with the hands-on activities that will keep students’ interest as they develop their vocabulary knowledge.

 

Written for preservice and experienced teachers at the intermediate, middle, and secondary levels, Vocabulary Their Way is a resource that presents the essential knowledge and strategies needed for developing students’ vocabulary through the exploration of the meanings and the structure of words. 

 

How is the book organized?

·    Part I gives you the foundational understanding of learning and teaching vocabulary.

·    Part II covers instruction and assessment, providing strategies and activities, and the tools to examine content area vocabulary development.

·    The Appendixes feature word sorts, sample lessons for middle and secondary grades, and games and activities to take directly to the classroom.

 

Responses from the field...

I love this book. Write some more!

Joseph W. Guenther, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

 

Each strategy is described in detail, weaving research with examples from classrooms. I believe teachers can easily find new ideas for teaching content vocabulary, and understand when each strategy is most effective. I am especially impressed with the examples. 

Cathy Blanchfield, California State University Fresno

 

The text is well organized, theoretically sound, and the strategies are practical and effective. Excellent strategies for addressing the word-specific challenges for English learners. Excellent ideas and activities.

 Jackie Glasgow, Ohio University

 

Meet the Authors

Shane Templeton is Foundation Professor of Literacy Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.  A former classroom teacher at the primary and secondary levels, he researches the development of orthographic and vocabulary knowledge.

 

Donald R. Bear is Director of the E.L. Cord Foundation Center for Learning and Literacy at the University of Nevada, Reno, assessing and teaching students who experience difficulties learning to read and write. 

 

Marcia Invernizzi is Director of the McGuffey Reading Center at the University of Virginia, exploring developmental universals in non-English orthographies.  Marcia works with children experiencing difficulties learning to read and write in intervention programs such as Virginia’s Early Intervention Reading Initiative and Book Buddies.

 

Francine Johnston is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she teaches reading, language arts, and children’s literature. 

 

 

 

 

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0131555359
• ISBN 13: 9780131555358
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288