1st Edition
Vocabularians Integrated Word Study in the Middle Grades
By Brenda L. Overturf
Copyright 2015
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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Building on the ideas developed in Word Nerds: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary , Brenda J. Overturf has updated and energized the recommended practices for middle grades students. Vocabularians is for any educator who wants to help young adolescents increase knowledge and competency with word study while bringing interest, motivation, and even joy to their learning. Brenda... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1: Why Focus on Vocabulary Development?; Chapter 2: Organizing for Middle Grades Vocabulary Development; Chapter 3: Words and Context; Chapter 4: Developing Morphological Awareness; Chapter 5: A Deeper Dive into Words and Phrases; Chapter 6: Creative Practice for Vocabulary Prowess; Chapter 7: Assessing Vocabulary Learning; Epilogue
Biography
Brenda J. Overturf was a classroom teacher for eighteen years before she coordinated K–12 Reading Curriculum and Assessment for Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky. Brenda also served as chair of the M.Ed. in Reading program at the University of Louisville, and is a former member of the board of directors for the International Reading Association
“I started reading Vocabularians and could not put it down! Readers are given a glimpse into middle-level classrooms where the best of collaborative, classroom-based research unfolds to reveal what can happen when teachers across disciplines work together to help students increase their word knowledge. Filled with resources, tools, strategies,students samples, assessments, and examples of inter-disciplinary planning, this is a book that needs to be a part of every PLC.” — Janet Allen, author of Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary
