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Teaching Words and How They Work: Small Changes for Big Vocabulary Results

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“An accessible volume for any educator or curriculum director who desires to take an innovative approach to vocabulary instruction.” ―Journal of Language and Literacy Education

“An empirically-based yet approachable guide for teachers to strengthen vocabulary instruction within their classrooms.” ―Teachers College Record

Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students’ comprehension of narrative and information texts. Often, vocabulary instruction focuses on a few target words in specific texts. However, to understand the many new words in complex texts students need to know how words work.

Written by an award-winning authority on reading instruction, this book shows teachers how to make small changes to teach more words and also how words work. Many of these small changes involve enrichments to existing vocabulary practices, such as word walls and conversations with students. Each chapter includes descriptions of teachers’ implementation of small changes to support big gains in students’ vocabulary. This book, which has sufficient depth in research and theory for graduate and undergraduate courses in vocabulary instruction, also offers practical steps that K–8 teachers can use in any reading program to help all students grow their vocabulary.

Teaching Words and How They Work shows teachers how to:

  • Identify the most important word families to teach.
  • Teach students to use opening text as background knowledge for comprehending the rest of the text.
  • Use word walls with more purpose and greater student engagement.
  • Select the right words to teach from new information texts.
  • Better understand limitations of leveled texts and how to adjust.
  • Use assets and address challenges to support English learners.
  • Access free mentor and teacher resources online at textproject.org.
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Elfriedda "Freddy' H. Hiebert is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.
"For any educator or curriculum director."—Jrnl of Lang and Lit Education

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“An accessible volume for any educator or curriculum director who desires to take an innovative approach to vocabulary instruction.”

― Journal of Language and Literacy Education

“ Teaching Words can be a tool to inform early and late career educators seeking foundational knowledge about classroom vocabulary instruction. The historical footing paired with critical issues such as linguistic diversity, multilingual students, and intentional materials selection offers an empirically-based yet approachable guide for teachers to strengthen vocabulary instruction within their classrooms. As stated by Hiebert, ‘Long-lasting changes in the complex contexts of classrooms are made through steady application of small changes’ (p. x). With Teaching Words, educators can develop effective, meaningful vocabulary instruction one small change at a time.”

― Teachers College Record

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“This book is a must-read for teachers who want to move their instruction beyond the weekly word list. By integrating small, specific changes, Hiebert helps you develop lasting improvements in your curriculum. She has created a viable process that can make a significant, long-term impact in the vocabulary development of your students without overwhelming you in the process. It should be on every educator’s bookshelf.” ―Melanie Kuhn, Jean Adamson Stanley Faculty Chair in Literacy, Purdue University

“Teaching Words and How They Work stands to make a significant contribution to the field. Teachers are expected to juggle numerous priorities and supporting children's word learning is often the ball that gets dropped. This book provides teachers with small but powerful suggestions for including vocabulary instruction through already-established classroom practices so that teachers can address multiple objectives at once. By making the small changes Hiebert suggests, teachers can make a big difference in children's vocabulary and thereby support children's learning throughout their school years.”
―Rebecca D. Silverman, Stanford Graduate School of Education

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Teachers College Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2019
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807763179
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807763179
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 0.33 x 9 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,069,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars (37)

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Elfrieda (Freddy) H. Hiebert is President and CEO of TextProject, Inc., a not-for-profit aimed at increasing student-reading levels through appropriate texts. She is also a research associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Hiebert received the Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has worked in the field of early reading acquisition for over 40 years, as a teacher in central California and as a university-based teacher educator and researcher. Dr. Hiebert has published numerous research articles, chapters and academic books. Dr. Hiebert's model of accessible texts for beginning and struggling readers--TExT--has been used to develop a number of reading programs that are widely used in schools, including QuickReads, QReads, and Zip Zoom.

Visit www.textproject.org for more information on Freddy Hiebert and the TExT model of reading. Free resources for students, teachers, and researchers are also available at www.textproject.org.

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