"Just as word learning is incremental, so is learning about vocabulary instruction. Teachers need exposure to research, best-practice strategies, and fellow practitioners." -Charlene Cobb and Camille Blachowicz

The way we've learned influences the way we teach, but the vocabulary instruction many of us received-looking up words and writing sentences or completing worksheets- just doesn't work. So what can we do instead?

No More "Look Up the List" Vocabulary Instruction is your guide to engaging, research-proven practices for teaching words effectively. Practitioner Charlene Cobb and researcher Camille Blachowicz share why old-fashioned methods don't work, what the research shows does work, and how to put the research into action.

Charlene and Camille answer teachers' most commonly asked questions about vocabulary instruction, including: How many words, and how do I select them? How can I foster student independence using dictionaries and glossaries? How do I find time for meaningful vocabulary instruction? How can I assess and hold students accountable?

"Without practice in the full range of ways we use a word," write Charlene and Camille, "our word knowledge is limited and falls from our grasp as the next cycle of words enters." No More "Look Up the List" Vocabulary Instruction offers a solution-deepen students' engagement with words, increase their exposure to them, and expand their word knowledge.

This book showcases effective ways to build the vocabulary knowledge K-8 learners need to engage meaningfully in reading, writing, and discussion on academic subjects. The distinguished authors draw on decades of classroom experience to explain what academic vocabulary is, how it fits into the Common Core State Standards, and how targeting vocabulary can enhance conceptual understanding in English language arts, social studies, and math and science. Rich classroom vignettes, teaching tips, and examples of student work are included. The book also features helpful figures, word lists, discussion questions, and recommended print and online resources.

In order to succeed in school and beyond, students in grades 6-12 need to understand and use both academic language and discipline-specific vocabulary. This book describes effective practices for integrating vocabulary study with instruction in English language arts, history/social studies, and math and science, and for helping students become independent, motivated word learners. The expert authors present a wealth of specific teaching strategies, illustrated with classroom vignettes and student work samples. Connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are highlighted throughout; an extensive annotated list of print and electronic resources enhances the book's utility.

This practical resource and widely used text presents a wealth of research-based approaches to comprehension instruction. The authors offer specific classroom practices that help K-9 students compare and evaluate print and online sources, develop vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated readers.New to This Edition: *Incorporates advances in research on informational literacy and academic and content-specific vocabulary development.*Discusses the impact of recent federal initiatives.*Updated sample activities, classroom- and text-based examples, resource lists, and reproducible classroom tools.

This book showcases effective ways to build the vocabulary knowledge K-8 learners need to engage meaningfully in reading, writing, and discussion on academic subjects. The distinguished authors draw on decades of classroom experience to explain what academic vocabulary is, how it fits into the Common Core State Standards, and how targeting vocabulary can enhance conceptual understanding in English language arts, social studies, and math and science. Rich classroom vignettes, teaching tips, and examples of student work are included. The book also features helpful figures, word lists, discussion questions, and recommended print and online resources.

*The popular professional development resource and text, revised and updated; contributors include top scholars. *New chapters address timely topics not covered in competing titles, including English language learners, struggling readers, and adolescent fluency. *Provides teachers with research-based yet practical classroom strategies. *Rasinski conducts many professional development workshops.

This practical resource and widely used text presents a wealth of research-based approaches to comprehension instruction. The authors offer specific classroom practices that help K-9 students compare and evaluate print and online sources, develop vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated readers.

Watch the first published series aimed at increasing adolescent oral reading fluency in action. Students work in pairs and at comfortable reading levels, practice reading aloud a narrative fiction or nonfiction passage from the nonconsumable "Reader." A partner uses the consumable "Reader's Record," marking errors and scoring the oral reading. Repeated readings encourage students to increase their fluency. New Audio CDs allow students to hear fluent reading models for all selections at all levels.

Watch the first published series aimed at increasing adolescent oral reading fluency in action. Students work in pairs and at comfortable reading levels, practice reading aloud a narrative fiction or nonfiction passage from the nonconsumable "Reader." A partner uses the consumable "Reader's Record," marking errors and scoring the oral reading. Repeated readings encourage students to increase their fluency. New Audio CDs allow students to hear fluent reading models for all selections at all levels.

Watch the first published series aimed at increasing adolescent oral reading fluency in action. Students work in pairs and at comfortable reading levels, practice reading aloud a narrative fiction or nonfiction passage from the nonconsumable "Reader." A partner uses the consumable "Reader's Record," marking errors and scoring the oral reading. Repeated readings encourage students to increase their fluency. New Audio CDs allow students to hear fluent reading models for all selections at all levels.